Fig. 3: Phaseout roadmap of coal power units and their actual lifetimes under climate goals scenarios across periods.
From: Ambitious climate targets can make the phaseout of India’s coal-fired power plants cost-beneficial
a, b The retirement year of individual coal power units. Operating units refer to those still in operation in the baseline year 2020, while pipeline represents units that are planned or currently under construction. The grey, red, green, and yellow dots represent operation units that have not yet been retired, operation units that have retired, commissioned pipeline units that have not yet been retired, and retired pipeline units, respectively. The size of the circles indicates the installed capacity (in megawatt, MW). The labels in the upper-right corner of each map indicate the number of retired units by type and their total capacity (in gigawatt, GW). The map is based on factual evidence and displays the non-disputed areas under actual control. c The actual lifetime of each unit under the 1.5 °C and 2 °C scenarios. d, e Cost-benefit outcomes for each state under two scenarios, ranked in descending order by net value from top to bottom. The benefits include carbon and health benefits, while the costs encompass plant loss and tax & employment loss. The base maps were obtained from Esri ArcGIS 10.8. Map images © Esri and its licensors. Used under license.
