Coal supply hits power, but renewable generation falls in September

September saw power generation in the country falling by 3.7 per cent. Though analysts blamed lower coal output for the fall, generation from even renewable sources fell by as much as 7.13 per cent, indicating an overall decline in demand.

Overall power generation in the country was 114.66 billion units in September, as against 119.07 units in the same month of 2018.

According to the core sector data released on Thursday, all sectors of infrastructure showed a fall, except for fertiliser production.

Thermal power generation fell 21 per cent to 78.631 billion units in September 2019, as against 87.357 billion units the previous year. Coal, which constitutes one tenth of the core sector index, saw production fall by 20 per cent in September after 8.6 per cent and 1.6 per cent contraction in the previous two months, respectively.