Friday, December 19, 2025 | 07:55 PM ISTहिंदी में पढें
Business Standard
Notification Icon
userprofile IconSearch

NTPC plans to ramp up coal supply as shortage hits thermal units

NTPC said the company was augmenting its imported coal capacity of 2.7 million tonne, which was drawn from its earlier contracts

Close to 87 Gw of power generation capacity has coal stock less than 8 days, and 17 Gw cap­acity has less than one day of coal stock.
premium

Close to 87 Gw of power generation capacity has coal stock less than 8 days, and 17 Gw cap­acity has less than one day of coal stock.

Shreya Jai New Delhi
As thermal power generation units across the country grapple with coal shortage, India's largest power generator NTPC is looking at several methods to augment supply to states. It is also relying on gas-run units to improve power supply in the middle of a coal shortage.
 
NTPC, however, added sta­tes were not scheduling po­wer from gas-based stations but were drawing from the grid. Gas-run power units sell power at higher rates than coal, hydro and renewable energy units as most rely on imported gas. As on August 29, the peak power demand stood at 173 Gw while the peak shortage