Existing water shortage has already forced 61 thermal power plants to shut down between 2013 and 2017, leading to 17,000 gigawatt hours of lost generation The country’s coal-fired thermal power generating stations face a bleak future with the ongoing water shortage crisis set to worsen. The existing water shortage problems have forced 61 thermal power […]
Thermal Capacity Addition to Remain Subdued over FY20-FY21
India Ratings and Research (Fitch group) – Thermal Capacity Addition to Remain Subdued over FY20-FY21 New Delhi: India Ratings and Research (Fitch Group) expects coal-based capacity addition in the Indian power sector, which fell to a low of 3.6GW in FY19, to remain subdued at 5GW-6GW per year in FY20 and FY21. This likely decline […]
Thermal power ends FY19 on a glum note, only 29% of target achieved
Although 7266.15 Mw in fresh thermal power capacity was supposed to be added, only 2129.75 Mw was actually added The domestic thermal power sector hit many speed bumps in FY19 and managed to achieve just 29 per cent of the envisaged target. Although 7266.15 Mw in fresh thermal power capacity was supposed to be added, […]
Thermal power capacity addition hits a speed bump
Only 2130 Mw added till January against a target of 4850 Mw Fresh capacity addition in the thermal power sector has fallen woefully short of targets. Of the 4,850 MW capacity envisioned for the fiscal year 2018-19, only 44 percent has been added. No capacity was added by Centre-owned utilities in the period under review. […]
Soon, a green end to power blackouts
At the turn of the last year, Union power minister R K Singh announced that from April 1 2019, India would not face any blackouts, except in a couple of sectors like agriculture where electricity is not required 24×7. The minister made the statement in the context of state distribution companies, or discoms, often resorting […]