Lucknow: The All India Power Engineers’ Federation (AIPEF) has demanded that the Centre take the responsibility to import foreign coal on government- to- government basis since state generation companies are in no way responsible for the coal crisis which has resulted from lack of coordination among ministries concerned. In a letter to Union power minister […]
Category: Coal
Centre pulls up states over pending dues to gencos, coal producer
Anticipating a demand-supply problem that could trigger a power crisis during the upcoming monsoon season when coal dispatches slow down, the power ministry on Thursday wrote to several states over pending dues to generation companies and the Coal India Limited (CIL), the country’s largest coal producer. Union power minster RK Singh also wrote separately to […]
Import coal for blending by June 15 or face 5% domestic supply cuts: Power ministry to Gencos
New Delhi: The Union power ministry has warned of cutting domestic coal supply by 5% to generating companies (gencos) if they do not import coal for blending by June 15. Power minister R K Singh has also separately written to chief ministers of Haryana, Uttar Pradesh, Karnataka and West Bengal for delaying the process of […]
Coal mine expansion norms eased amid supply crunch
The Union environment ministry has relaxed the mandatory compliance norms for coal mining expansion projects citing higher demand for coal amid an ongoing power crisis — a move that has been criticised by environmentalists, especially since the coal ministry has said there is no shortage of coal in the country. According to the revised norms, […]
Consumer groups allege unofficial power cuts in state, MSEDCL denies it
Although the Maharashtra government claims the state is free from distress load-shedding despite the coal crisis and the soaring demand for electricity due to the rising heat, consumer groups allege it is resorting to covert power cuts without announcing them officially. However, the allegation has been refuted by the state-owned power distribution utility. “Instead of […]
Govt asks power firms to increase coal import
Anticipating at least two more surges in peak power demand across the country due to raging temperatures, the power ministry is planning to push for coal imports and will also ask generation companies (gencos) to use roadways for coal transport as well, said a senior official of the ministry familiar with the matter. In another […]
Centre directs imported coal-based plants to run at full capacity
The Centre on Friday issued fresh instructions to states asking them to ensure that all plants based on imported coal operated and generated power to their full capacity after it directed them and generating companies based on domestic coal to import at least 10 percent of their requirement of coal for blending. The instructions issued […]
India aims to boost coal output by up to 100 million tonnes, reopen closed mines
India is looking to boost its coal output by 75-100 million tonnes in the next two-to-three years by restarting closed mines, the country’s coal secretary A K Jain said on Friday. India, the world’s second largest producer, importer and consumer of coal, produced 777.2 million tonnes of the fuel during the year ended March 2022 […]
85% of wagons allocated for coal transportation
The Indian Railways has allocated 85% of its open wagons in the country to transport coal in order to cater to the high demand from states, senior officials familiar with the strategy told HT on Wednesday. According to one of the officials, of the 131,403 open wagons owned by the railways, 113,880 have been put into service […]
Coal shortage: Production up by 23.2%; only non-priority trains cancelled
As several states are facing an acute power shortage amid the coal crisis and the Indian Railways has decided to cancel some passenger trains to speed up the movement of coal rakes to power plants, government officials said train cancellation has been done in non-priority sectors and only in less-busy routes to ensure coal movement […]
Heatwave, coal shortage lead to blackouts. See how your state is affected
A severe heatwave, accompanied by an acute coal shortage, has triggered blackouts across India. Thousands of people from Jammu and Kashmir to Tamil Nadu are dealing with power cuts of up to eight hours daily. Raising fears of a power crisis like last year, several states are struggling to meet the demand for electricity. And […]
Coal demand up amid crunch, power concern
State power distribution companies have resorted to power cuts of between five and eight hours in some states, with electricity demand surging by up to 30% in the past few days as compared to the same time last year due to the heat wave in the plains of India, even as the government scrambles to […]