Coal Power Projects

India's $80 bn coal-power generation ambition is running short of water

The world's most populous country plans to spend nearly $80 billion on water-hungry coal plants by 2031 to power growing industries like data center operations

India coal-fired power output falls at fastest pace in five years in May

India's coal-fired power generation fell 9.5 per cent in May on an annual basis to 113.3 billion kilowatt-hours (kWh)

Big Tech's soaring energy demands make coal power plants more attractive

Coal-fired power plants, long an increasingly money-losing proposition in the US, are becoming more valuable now that the suddenly strong demand for electricity to run Big Tech's cloud computing and artificial intelligence applications has set off a full-on sprint to find new energy sources. President Donald Trump who has pushed for US energy dominance in the global market and suggested that coal can help meet surging power demand is wielding his emergency authority to entice utilities to keep older coal-fired plants online and producing electricity. While some utilities were already delaying the retirement of coal-fired plants, the scores of coal-fired plants that have been shut down the past couple years or will be shut down in the next couple years are the object of growing interest from tech companies, venture capitalists, states and others competing for electricity. That's because they have a very attractive quality: high-voltage lines connecting to the electricity grid tha

India's energy security hampered by years of coal backlash, misses targets

India has seen a dramatic boom in renewable energy installations - but that's not been enough to supply increasing power needs, prompting the government to also double down on coal power

G7 nations reach deal to shut down their coal-fired power plants by 2035

The accord will be included in the G7 energy ministers' final communique to be released on Tuesday at the end of a two-day meeting in Turin

Jindal Power proposes to top Adani's bid for coal-power plant: Report

The tussle for the 1,980-megawatt plant in central India, ensnared in insolvency proceedings, comes after the power minister called last November for more private investment

Domestic coal-based power generation rises by 8.8% to 686.7 BU in Apr-Oct

The domestic coal-based power generation increased by 8.8 per cent to 686.7 billion units (BU) in the April-October period of the current financial year. The domestic coal-based power generation stood at 630.7 BU in the year-ago period. Coal-based power generation (both domestic and imported coal) went up by 11.16 per cent during the April-October period of the current fiscal year, as compared to the corresponding period of the previous financial year. The rise has been on account of an unprecedented rise in temperature, delayed monsoon in the northern region of the country coupled with the resumption of full commercial activities post-Covid, the coal ministry said in a statement. Despite the escalating power demand, coal import for blending has dropped by 46.57 per cent to 13.57 (MT) up to October 2023, from 25.4 MT in the corresponding period of previous year. The government persists in its efforts to further enhance coal production, aiming to increase availability and reduce ..

Coal to dominate India power mix until 2030 despite record renewables push

Modi's administration has previously opposed international efforts to set firm deadlines to phase out the use of coal and envisages a key role for the fuel for decades to come

India's coal plant commissioning slowed, but new proposals persist: Survey

India continued to send mixed signals about its future coal use, as new plant commissioning slowed to their lowest in years, but plans for new projects persist and no clear retirement plans

Despite climate pledge, China finances coal plants in Bosnia, Herzegovina

Despite making a climate pledge made by Chinese Xi Jinping at the global stage, China is financing coal power plants in Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Coal crisis: Power projects with less than 4-day coal stock dips to 61

The coal stock situation at thermal power projects seems to be inching towards normalcy as the number of non-pit head projects having less than four days of coal (supercritical stock) reduced to 61

India tweaks policy to use biomass pellets in coal-fired power plants

The policy will come into force in October 2022

Proposed 27GW coal power plants could jeopardise India's RE goals: Report

The proposed new coal-based power plants totalling 27 GW could "jeopardise" India's target of 450GW renewable energy by 2030, says a report by Ember and Climate Risk Horizons. As per the report, 27 GW of pre-permit and permitted new coal power plant proposals in India are now "superfluous to its electricity requirements". "These coal project proposals could jeopardise the achievement of India's widely-praised RE target of 450 GW by 2030," it said. It said these surplus "zombie" plants - assets that would be neither dead nor alive - would require Rs 247,421 crore (USD 33 billion) of investment, and yet are projected to lie idle or operate at uneconomic capacity factors due to surplus generation capacity in the system. "As India recovers from the disruption caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, how the country uses scarce public resources will be absolutely crucial. By avoiding these unnecessary 'zombie' coal plants, India can not only save lakhs of crores of rupees, but also lower power

Best of BS Opinion: India's data deficiency, question of compliance & more

Here are the best of Business Standard's opinion pieces for Wednesday

Does India need more coal power?

Can we really give up on fresh coal-based plants? And still meet the goal of 24x7 electricity for all? A number of connected issues have to be examined before coming to a conclusion

India unlikely to accept IEA's call to stop new fossil fuel investments

"We do not think the report by IEA has been vetted by the member countries as a position document", said a senior source in the government

Phasing out coal for power holds key to India's net-zero goal by 2050

Under pressure to commit to a net-zero target before climate change talks in Glasgow in November, the world's third-biggest emitter of greenhouse gases has been considering a 2050 deadline

Breathe easy: 40% drop in Sulphur Dioxide concentration in air across India

The observations are significant as India was in 2019 named the world's largest emitter of SO2

Ban lifted on non-PNG industries in Delhi, coal-based units in NCR

The air quality index in Delhi read 357 at 4pm on Saturday, over 100 notches less than Friday as strong winds abated the smog lingering over the NCR for the past four days

Nine private power projects shortlisted for bank takeover

It is in line with decision of the central govt to convert stressed assets into 'national assets