A sharp uptick in power demand and low supply of coal due to the monsoon has pushed overall stock of coal at thermal power plants in India down to 8.1 million tonnes or four days worth of stock on October 1, down from 24 million tonnes or 13 days of coal stock at the beginning of August, according to a government release.
Thermal power plants with a generation capacity of 6,960 MW are currently facing outages due to a shortage in coal supply. Of the 135 power plants in the nation, 72 have coal stocks of below three days compared to a recommended inventory of 14 days.
