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Peak power demand was estimated to touch a record high of 229GW during this summer. (For Representational purpose only) | Photo Credit: Jothi Ramalingam. B The Ministry of Power on June 12 extended the time period of its direction to all…

The Ministry of Power on Monday extended the time period of its direction to all thermal plants using imported coal to operate at full capacity by three-and-a-half months till September 30 to avoid electricity shortage amid rising demand in…

New Delhi, February 21 The Power Ministry has mandated all imported coal-based thermal plants to function with full capacity from March 16 to June 15 this year in order to meet the anticipated high demand of electricity. This order…

NEW DELHI: Country's coal-fired power generation increased by 15.03 per cent to 98,443 million units (MU) in December, as per official data.Coal-based power generation -- which accounts for 76.59 per cent of the total power generation in…

“It is seen that apart from under construction coal-based capacity of 25GW, the additional coal-based capacity required till 2031-32 may vary from 17 GW to around 28 GW,” CEA said in a draft national electricity plan “It is seen that…

NEW DELHI: After extending deadlines twice for coal-based power stations to implement emission standards notified in 2015, the environment ministry has once again extended the timeline for installing pollution control technologies. The…

Amid the reports of coal shortage and power outages in the country, state-run power giant NTPC's Chairman and Managing Director Gurdeep Singh on 22 June said that coal-based electricity generation is the backbone of…

NEW DELHI: Coal-fired electricity generation has registered a sharp increase this month, preventing large-scale blackouts as the the power, coal and railway ministries made a concerted bid to improve fuel supply to power stations from…

NEW DELHI: The power ministry has directed all imported coal-based plants to run on full capacity amid the ongoing dry fuel shortage at thermal plants crippling electricity generation. In an office order issued in this regard on Thursday by…

Ministry said that "some imported coal-based capacity is still not operating". Ministry said that "some imported coal-based capacity is still not operating". The power ministry has directed all imported coal-based plants to run on full…