Page 20 - Coal Industry

Record renewable energy output helps India ease coal shortage in May

The share of renewable energy sources in power output rose to 14.1% in May from 10.2% in April. Coal made room for it, dropping to 72.4% of Indian generation from 76.8%

Coal India production rises 28% in April-May at 108 million tonne

State-owned CIL on Wednesday said it produced 108.2 million tonne of coal in the first two months of the ongoing fiscal year, registering year-on-year increase of 28.8 per cent. The company had produced 84 million tonne (MT) of coal in April-May last fiscal year, Coal India Ltd (CIL) said in a filing to BSE. The company's output in May increased to 54.7 MT from 42.1 MT in the corresponding month of previous fiscal year, the filing said. "Accelerating its production, CIL posted a strong 30 per cent output growth in May'22. The increase in volume terms was 12.6 MT," the PSU said in another filing. Facing a production target of 700 MT for 2022-23, which entailed 12.4 per cent growth rate at the beginning of the fiscal year, CIL brought down the year's asking growth rate to 9.9 per cent by the end of last month. "Admittedly, sustaining the level of growth witnessed so far, throughout the year, is difficult but we will be monitoring the progress month by month to augment the output," s

India's core sector output rises to six-month high of 8.4% in April

The eight sectors - coal, steel, cement, fertilisers, electricity, natural gas, refinery products, and crude oil - comprise two-fifths of India's total industrial production

Power ministry earmarks 81 thermal units to move coal to renewable by 2026

The list includes generation units of state-owned NTPC, and privately owned units of Tata Power, Adani Power, CESC, Hindustan Power

India asks power producers to seek weekly payments to manage coal imports

NEW DELHI (Reuters) - India has asked power producers to bill electricity buyers every week to ensure adequate cash flow as costs surge due to higher imports of expensive coal, according to a federal power ministry letter seen by Reuters.

Country has constraints in availability of domestic coal, says govt

The country is facing constraints in the domestic coal availability and the rest of the dry fuel demand needs to be met with imports, according to the coal ministry. The ministry has also emphasised that coal block holders -- both captive and commercial -- have a major role to play in mitigating the coal shortfall situation. Domestic coal production is about 800 million tonnes, according to the coal additional secretary, who is also the chairperson of an inter-ministerial panel on coal linkages for the power sector. The inter-ministerial panel met ?recently to consider the requests for coal linkages to central/state sector power plants and to review the status of existing coal linkages. The additional coal secretary stated that "there are constraints in domestic coal availability and the domestic coal production is roughly about 800 MT". "Therefore, the rest of the coal demand of the country has to be met through imports from other countries", according to the minutes of the meetin

Environment approvals for coal mine expansions eased to tackle fuel crisis

Coal supplies at power plants are shrinking amid a grueling heat wave that's pushed electricity demand to a record in recent weeks

Power crisis: Railways missed coal train provision targets for over a year

In April, state-run Indian Railways supplied 261 trains per day to Coal India for the power industry, the lowest in three months

India's dependence on coal based power is proving to be very expensive

The situation cries out for more global investment in India to retire coal, buy out existing contracts, compensate affected communities and switch to renewables

India sets end-June as coal import target as power crisis mounts

The move can put pressure on the global prices of coal as the utilities rush to avoid a repeat of the electricity crisis in April

CIL's supply to power sector up 16% in Apr; to augment dispatches further

On an average, the PSU supplied 1.66 MT of coal per day to power utilities in April which increased to 1.73 MT during last week

CIL's priority is to ensure power plants are well-stocked with coal: CMD

Public sector miner Coal India has asked its employees to step up efforts and breach the production and offtake target of 700 million tonnes for FY23.

Centre tells states to step up coal imports for three years: Report

The decision to boost imports underscores the severity of India's fuel crisis as coal inventories are at the lowest pre-summer levels in at least nine years

Setback for efforts on cutting emissions as China promotes coal-fired power

Official plans call for boosting coal production capacity by 300 million tons this year, according to news reports

India staring at power outage in multiple states amid coal crisis

States such as Punjab, Uttar Pradesh, Maharashtra, Haryana and Andhra Pradesh are witnessing powercuts amid low coal stocks

Lack of planning by Maharashtra reason for coal shortage: Union Minister

"The MVA is raising a hue and cry about shortage of coal. If the state government had prepared a plan in advance, it would not have faced power shortage," Raosaheb Danve said

Govt in discussion with World Bank on framework for coal mine closure

Coal Additional Secretary M Nagaraju said the government is committed to ensuring that mines are properly and scientifically closed for the benefit of the society

Centre allows tolling of up to 25% for thermal power plants

Cabinet clears use of land not meant for coal mining

Higher domestic coal output helps reduce imports, says govt

Imported coal-based power generation which was 78.07 BU during April to January 2020 has reduced by 55 per cent to 35.13 BU during corresponding months of current FY'22

India's coal imports fall 23% during Apr-Jan 2022 as local production rises

The domestic coal-based power generation upto January 2022 is 815.72 Billion Units (BU) with an increase of 12.55 per cent over 724.746 BU during the corresponding period of FY20