Coal dispatch by CIL to power sector rises 23% in April-November

Dispatch of coal by state-owned CIL to the power sector increased 22.5 per cent to 340 million tonne (MT) during April-November period of the ongoing fiscal year.

CIL’s despatches to coal-based power plants in the year-ago period stood at 277.4 MT, the PSU said in a statement.

“At a thumb rule specific coal consumption of 0.67 Kg, that is the quantity of coal required to generate one unit of power, CIL’s coal helped generate 507.46 Billion Units (BU) of power during the referred period spurring 22.5 per cent growth compared to 414.08 BU same period last year,” it said.

This is higher than the growth of overall domestic coal-based generation including despatches from sources other than CIL.