Acute coal crisis: '115 out of 135 power plants facing shortage in India'
Notably, India's coal-fired power plants have an average of 4 days supply of coal left, Central Electricity Authority report said.
Oct 11, 2021, 23:34 PM IST
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.
Sep 12, 2017, 17:23 PM IST
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.
Jun 11, 2017, 13:16 PM IST
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.
Apr 12, 2015, 13:31 PM IST
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.
Jan 11, 2015, 12:48 PM IST
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.
Dec 31, 2014, 15:32 PM IST
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).
Dec 25, 2014, 18:13 PM IST
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).
Nov 26, 2014, 17:10 PM IST
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.
Oct 16, 2014, 14:01 PM IST
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.
Oct 09, 2014, 21:29 PM IST
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.
Oct 08, 2014, 17:19 PM IST
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.
Oct 03, 2014, 18:27 PM IST
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.
Sep 17, 2014, 14:24 PM IST
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.
Aug 24, 2014, 11:56 AM IST
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.
Aug 05, 2014, 20:46 PM IST
