India’s Coal-Power Plant Growth Holds Near Five-Year High

A coal-fired power plant on the outskirts of Visakhapatnam.

Photographer: Dhiraj Singh/Bloomberg
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India — which relies on coal to meet about three-quarters of electricity demand — kept installations of new capacity near a five-year high to try to meet surging power usage.