Govt may do away with mandatory washing of coal for thermal power units
The Environment Ministry is reportedly set to issue a notification that is likely to do away with the mandatory use of washed coal in power stations located beyond 500 KM from coal supplying mines. If done, it would not only clear the last hurdle in the implementation of a new technology called flue gas desulfurisation (FGD) but also renege on one of its own reforms.
Through a January 2014 notification, the Ministry had made it mandatory for use of washed coal having ash content of 34 percent or more for use in power stations located beyond 500 KM from coal supplying mines.
