The annual report of India 's Power Ministry has a plan to grow power by about 80GW as part of their 11th 5 - year plan .
79 % of that growth will be in fossil fuel -- fired power plants , primarily coal .
The annual report of India 's Power Ministry has a plan to grow power by about 80GW as part of their 11th 5 - year plan , and 79 % of that growth will be in fossil fuel -- fired power plants , primarily coal .