India's primary energy consumption mix is historically dominated by coal, which supplies the largest share of the country's commercial energy (especially for electricity generation), followed by petroleum (used mainly in transport), then natural gas, with hydroelectric power contributing the smallest share among these four major sources.
India's energy economy has long relied heavily on domestic coal reserves, making coal the largest single source of primary commercial energy consumption, used predominantly for...
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