Coal shortage: 59 thermal power plants have less than four days of fuel stocks
India | October 21, 2021 20:54 ISTThe latest figures indicate that the coal shortage situation is improving slowly.
The latest figures indicate that the coal shortage situation is improving slowly.
Terrorists could also target the emergency landing strip in Anantnag, according to intelligence inputs.
The government may allow power plants facing fuel shortages to blend upto 10 per cent imported coal and run their plants at optimal capacity to prevent any outages.
The development assumes significance in the wake of the country's power plants grappling with coal shortages in the country at a time when the festival season has already begun.
Earlier in the day, Home Minister Amit Shah held an hour-long meeting with Power Minister, Coal Minister, and other officials over possible coal shortage and power crisis concerns.
Delhi Power Minister Satyendar Jain said that the NTPC has capped production capacity of its plants to 55 per cent.
The UP govt's Solar Energy Policy 2017 is not only dispelling darkness from every village of the state, but also creating plethora of opportunities for people to earn their living from it.
"I had in this letter explained that we may have to direct the closure of thermal power plants, which do not meet the 2015 standards as air quality deteriorates in the coming days," he said
Delhi Power Minister Satyendar Jain on Wednesday wrote a letter to the Union Power Minister RK Singh and requested him to shut down all the 11 thermal power plants of the NCR.
Vedanta Resources Limited executive chairman Anil Agarwal has said that BHEL can produce best power plants in the world if its provided with full autonomy in order to cut dependency on China and move forward towards Atmanirbhar Bharat.
Rajasthan targets to set up 30,000 MW solar power plants by the year 2024-25 in the state, Energy Minister B D Kalla said on Tuesday. Replying to a question raised by BJP legislator Arjun Lal Jingar during Question Hour in the Rajasthan Assembly, Kalla said the government has issued a new Solar Energy Policy-2019 to promote solar production in the state.
Power plants with emissions above prescribed limits will be asked to close down, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said on Saturday. Presenting the Budget for 2020-21, she said India's commitment towards tackling climate change made at Paris conference kick starts from January 1, 2021.
A total of 440-megawatt (MW) of Nuclear Power generation is expected to begin in Tamil Nadu and Karnataka between November 27 and December 1 this year, as per Power System Operation Corporation Ltd (POSOCO). The two units of 220 MW each belongs to India's nuclear power operator Nuclear Power Corporation of India Ltd (NPCIL).
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