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India's planned coal capacity nearly doubles to 638 mtpa
India's coal pipeline hit 638 mtpa in 2025, driving most of an 11% global rise to 2,521 mtpa. The government targets 1.5 billion tonnes by 2030.
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India nearly doubled its planned coal mining capacity in 2025 to 638 million tonnes per annum, and the country accounted for almost all of the growth in the global coal project pipeline, Global Energy Monitor said.
The research group put India's proposed mine capacity at 638 mtpa against 329 mtpa a year earlier. The global pipeline expanded 11% to 2,521 mtpa. India's 309 mtpa increase alone exceeds the global gain of roughly 250 mtpa, so proposed capacity outside India fell over the year.
Most of the new proposals sit in the eastern states of Jharkhand and Odisha. New Delhi has set production targets of nearly 1.15 billion tonnes in fiscal 2025/26 and 1.5 billion tonnes by 2030, and the project pipeline is the supply side of that plan. India is lifting domestic output to keep pace with rising power demand even as its renewable energy capacity expands.