Coal-based power plants again get extension to install emissions control equipment

NEW DELHI: After extending deadlines twice for coal-based power stations to implement emission standards notified in 2015, the environment ministry has once again extended the timeline for installing pollution control technologies.
The latest notification, issued on Monday, has extended this deadline for retiring units (older than 25 years) to December 31, 2027 and for non-retiring units to December 31, 2026. It also extended the implementation timeline for power plants within 10 km radius of Delhi-NCR and million-plus population cities to December 31, 2024 from the earlier deadline of December 31, 2022.
On the other hand, new deadline for power plants located in 10 km radius of critically polluted areas has been extended from December 31, 2023 to December 31, 2025 whereas new the deadline for all other power plants across the country will be December 31, 2026 against the earlier deadline of December 31, 2024.