Coal accounts for nearly three-quarters of India's annual electricity generation. Read more at straitstimes.com.
SINGAPORE - India has asked utilities to not retire coal-fired power plants till 2030 due to a surge in electricity demand, according to a federal power ministry notice reviewed by Reuters, just over two years after committing to eventually phase down use of the fuel.
The CEA, which acts as an advisor to the ministry, cited a December meeting where the federal power minister had asked that ageing thermal power plants not be retired, and to instead increase the lifetime of such units “considering expected demand scenario”.India, the world’s second largest-consumer, producer and importer of coal, fell short of its 2022 renewable energy addition target by nearly a third. Coal accounts for nearly three-quarters of annual electricity generation.
Peak power demand met - a measure of maximum power supplied during the day - rose to a record of as much as 210.6 gigawatts on Jan 18, surpassing the previous peak of 207.1 GW at the height of an intense heatwave last April that caused India’s worst power crisis in six and a half years.
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