A labourer works inside a coal yard on the outskirts of Ahmedabad, India, April 6, 2017. REUTERS/Amit Dave LONDON, Sept 28 (Reuters) – India’s electricity supply appears much more comfortable than a year ago, when coal and generation shortages led to grid instability and widespread blackouts. Power consumption has grown significantly, but coal stocks are more than double than last year’s level and grid frequency is staying closer to the target. Between June and August, total electricity demand met was up by 22 billion kilowatt-hours (6%) compared with the same period in 2021. The increase was supplied by extra solar generation (+6 billion kWh) and thermal power plants (+16 billion kWh) mostly burning coal. India’s installed capacity from solar farms and wind turbines had grown 16% by the end of August 2022 compared with August 2021, helping increase the share of output from renewables. But most of the increase […]