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India's coal burning is tight, and more than half of the power plants' coal stocks can onl

2021-10-19

According to a report by India-Asia News Agency on October 17, local time, data provided by the Central Electricity Authority (CEA) in India showed that the average coal inventory of coal-fired power plants in India can be used for 4 days. Among the 135 major coal-fired power plants, more than Half of the power plants’ coal stocks can be used for less than 2 days.

On the 12th, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and senior officials of the Ministry of Coal and Electricity discussed the current power supply situation in particular. New Delhi, Punjab, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Jharkhand, Kerala, Tamil Nadu and Andhra Pradesh are the areas most affected by coal shortages in India. Some areas have adopted electricity curtailment to avoid the complete exhaustion of coal.

Due to the skyrocketing price of imported raw coal, India’s Tata Electric Power Company’s Mundra imported coal-fired power plant in Gujarat has stopped supplying 1,850 MW in Gujarat, 475 MW in Punjab, 380 MW in Rajasthan, and Maharashtra. Electricity supply of 760 MW and 380 MW in Haryana. As many as 14 power plants in Uttar Pradesh providing a total of 4,520 megawatts of electricity have been temporarily closed due to coal shortages.

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