Coal Crisis

During this month's U.N. climate conference, India, backed by China and other coal-dependent developing nations, rejected a clause calling for the "phase out" of coal-fired power.

An energy crisis in two of Asia's key economies that caused power shortages and threatened slower growth is beginning to ease, though further risks remain.

Coal supply to the power sector went up by 27 per cent to stand at 59.7 million tonnes in October 2021, mainly due to a surge in power demand

Coal Minister Pralhad Joshi on Monday said that at least 18 days' stock should be ensured for thermal power plants by the end of this month

Government is aiming to maintain strategic reserves of natural gas and imported coal to supplement future demand

Central Electricity Authority said that plants with less than four days of coal have come down to 58 as on October 18 compared to 69 from a week ago.

Total power generation across the country was lower by 2.9 per cent till October 13 during current fiscal as many parts faced crisis

Former Union minister Hansraj Ahir has alleged that "negligence" by the Maharashtra energy ministry was responsible for the shortage of coal at power plants.

NCP chief Sharad Pawar today hit out at the centre for blaming the states for delaying the payment of coal, adding that the centre is yet to give the GST amount to the state but nobody is saying anything on the issue.

Coal's share in India's electricity generation jumped to nearly 70 per cent during the first fifteen days of October, compared with an average of 66.5 per cent during the whole of September

India is competing against buyers such as China, the world's largest coal consumer, which is under pressure to ramp up imports amid a severe power crunch.

Rajasthan Energy Minister BD Kalla on Thursday demanded the Centre provide coal to the state in adequate quantity so that the crisis caused by the shortage of coal could be addressed.

Coal-based electricity generation capacity under outage due to shortage of the dry fuel came down to 5 GW on Thursday from 11 GW on Tuesday, according to the Union power ministry.

Coal India Limited has temporarily stopped supplying dry fuel to non-power users

The opposition BJP in Maharashtra on Thursday said the Shiv Sena-led MVA government was solely responsible for shortage of coal which has affected power generation at thermal plants in the state.

During this month's U.N. climate conference, India, backed by China and other coal-dependent developing nations, rejected a clause calling for the "phase out" of coal-fired power.

An energy crisis in two of Asia's key economies that caused power shortages and threatened slower growth is beginning to ease, though further risks remain.

Coal supply to the power sector went up by 27 per cent to stand at 59.7 million tonnes in October 2021, mainly due to a surge in power demand

Coal Minister Pralhad Joshi on Monday said that at least 18 days' stock should be ensured for thermal power plants by the end of this month

Government is aiming to maintain strategic reserves of natural gas and imported coal to supplement future demand

Central Electricity Authority said that plants with less than four days of coal have come down to 58 as on October 18 compared to 69 from a week ago.

Total power generation across the country was lower by 2.9 per cent till October 13 during current fiscal as many parts faced crisis

Former Union minister Hansraj Ahir has alleged that "negligence" by the Maharashtra energy ministry was responsible for the shortage of coal at power plants.

NCP chief Sharad Pawar today hit out at the centre for blaming the states for delaying the payment of coal, adding that the centre is yet to give the GST amount to the state but nobody is saying anything on the issue.

Coal's share in India's electricity generation jumped to nearly 70 per cent during the first fifteen days of October, compared with an average of 66.5 per cent during the whole of September

India is competing against buyers such as China, the world's largest coal consumer, which is under pressure to ramp up imports amid a severe power crunch.

Rajasthan Energy Minister BD Kalla on Thursday demanded the Centre provide coal to the state in adequate quantity so that the crisis caused by the shortage of coal could be addressed.

Coal-based electricity generation capacity under outage due to shortage of the dry fuel came down to 5 GW on Thursday from 11 GW on Tuesday, according to the Union power ministry.

Coal India Limited has temporarily stopped supplying dry fuel to non-power users

The opposition BJP in Maharashtra on Thursday said the Shiv Sena-led MVA government was solely responsible for shortage of coal which has affected power generation at thermal plants in the state.