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11 Oct 2021

Acute coal crisis: '115 out of 135 power plants facing shortage in India'

Out of 5 power plants that provide electricity to Delhi, one has no coal supply left. One plant in Uttar Pradesh has only 8 days of coal stock left. In Haryana, no coal stock is available for a single day in 4 out of 5 power plants.

NTPC

12 Sep 2017

Power plants step up buying natural gas after coal shortage

These plants, where Rs 1.24 lakh crore has already been invested, operated at a mere 22.51 per cent plant load factor, producing 49 billion units of electricity, in 2016-17.

Power secttor

11 Jun 2017

India likely to be power surplus nation in FY18

India may become a power surplus country in the current fiscal as the energy shortage and peak power deficit was already less than 1 per cent in April with many states reporting nil electricity deficit.

Power firms

12 Apr 2015

State power firms to import 52 MT coal in FY16

State-owned power generation companies will import about 52 million tonnes of coal, accounting for 70 percent of total dry fuel imports by power firms in the current fiscal, to meet their requirements.

power deficit

11 Jan 2015

Peak power deficit down to 3.3% in Dec: CEA

Peak power deficit in the country reduced to 3.3 percent last month due to improved coal supplies, generation capacity addition and connectivity of the southern transmission network with the National Grid.

coal

31 Dec 2014

Coal Ministry says taking steps to boost coal supplies

The Coal Ministry on Wednesday said it is working in tandem with the Railway Ministry for expeditious laying of three critical rail lines in three states to transport the dry fuel.

power

25 Dec 2014

Peak power deficit lowers slightly to 3.7% in Nov: CEA

Power requirement during November was 1,37,620 MW of which 1,32,530 MW was met, leaving a shortfall of 5,090 MW, according to an official data by the Central Electricity Authority (CEA).

Power Ministry

26 Nov 2014

Offer at least 20% discount on CIL price for auction: PowerMin

According to sources, Power Ministry has made this suggestion on advice from its techno-economic clearance arm Central Electricity Authority (CEA).

Fuel stockpiles

16 Oct 2014

Coal stocks at power plants lowest in 25 years: CEA

According to latest data (October 13) by the Central Electricity Authority, total fuel stocks at 103 coal-based stations have come down to 7.2 million tonnes.

coal

09 Oct 2014

Coal India misses output target for 5th month in a row

State-owned Coal India missed the output target for the fifth consecutive month producing 34.88 million tonnes (MT) of coal in September against targeted 36.17 MT even as acute fuel shortages continue to hit power generation.

coal imports

08 Oct 2014

India's coal imports increase 18.47% in first half of FY'15

Driven largely by an increase in coal imports by fuel-starved power stations, India's dry-fuel imports rose 18.47 percent to 110.15 million tonnes (MT) in April-September period of the current fiscal.

coal

03 Oct 2014

Coal stocks at 56 thermal plants critical: CEA

As per the latest data (September 29) by the Central Electricity Authority (CEA), 56 coal-based power plants reported critical fuel stocks of less than seven days.

Coal stock position

17 Sep 2014

Coal stock position at thermal plants to improve in a month

The critical coal stock position at thermal power plants across the country is likely to stabilise after about a month.

Central Electricity Authority

24 Aug 2014

Panel of third party samplers of coal constituted

The Central Electricity Authority has constituted a panel of third party samplers of coal, including Mineral Exploration Corp, amid charges that stones are being despatched by CIL even after the introduction of the mechanism to assess the quality of the dry fuel.

Goyal

05 Aug 2014

Goyal asks CIL for action plan to augment output by 150 MT

Coal and Power Minister Piyush Goyal has directed state-owned CIL and its subsidiaries to submit an immediate action plan to augment their output by 150 million tonnes (MT) within a year.

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