Tuesday, 13 Apr 2010
It is reported that the coal stock position at 79 thermal power plants across the India continues to be woeful with most of the plants having less stock than the normative level.
Moreover, 19 thermal power plants are in critical condition with coal stock of less than seven days and out of them eight are reeling under a super critical condition with coal stock of less than four days.
The coal stock position of these thermal power plants as on March 31st 2010 is reflected in the data of the Central Electricity Authority.
It said that of the 19 thermal power plants facing critical coal stock position, West Bengal leads the pack with six power stations and two out of these six power plants in a super critical state. The six power plants facing a critical coal stock in that state are the ones at Mejia, Bakreswar, Kolaghat, Sagardihi, Santaldih and Farakka, all with a generation capacity of more than 600 MW.
The coal stock at the 1340 MW Mejia power plant and the 1050 MW Bakreswar plant is alarming as these two power stations have only 18,000 tonnes and 10,000 tonnes coal respectively which will barely last for a day.
The other power plants in the country facing critical stock include three in Guajarat, two each in Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu and Bihar and one each in Orissa, Delhi and Chhattisgarh.
The critical coal stock at these power stations is attributed to factors like less receipt of coal than the actual requirement, delay in imports by the power plants and higher generation of power without a commensurate rise in coal supplies.
A coal analyst of a global consultancy firm said that “Some of the power plants in the country are regularly grappling with the problem of critical coal stock and this is a cause of concern. While it is true that there is delay in coal imports by these power plants to meet their growing requirement, there has been a persistent problem of inadequate rakes to carry coal.”
A top official of Coal India Limited said that “Presently, we are meeting around 98 per cent of the normative coal requirement of the thermal power plants. But the fact remains that our coal production is not going up in sync with the rising generation at these power plants and linkages are being given to the upcoming power plants at a time when we are unable to scale up our coal output significantly due to long delay in environmental clearances.”
(Sourced from BS)
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It is reported that the coal stock position at 79 thermal power plants across the India continues to be woeful with most of the plants having less stock than the normative level.
Moreover, 19 thermal power plants are in critical condition with coal stock of less than seven days and out of them eight are reeling under a super critical condition with coal stock of less than four days.
The coal stock position of these thermal power plants as on March 31st 2010 is reflected in the data of the Central Electricity Authority.
It said that of the 19 thermal power plants facing critical coal stock position, West Bengal leads the pack with six power stations and two out of these six power plants in a super critical state. The six power plants facing a critical coal stock in that state are the ones at Mejia, Bakreswar, Kolaghat, Sagardihi, Santaldih and Farakka, all with a generation capacity of more than 600 MW.
The coal stock at the 1340 MW Mejia power plant and the 1050 MW Bakreswar plant is alarming as these two power stations have only 18,000 tonnes and 10,000 tonnes coal respectively which will barely last for a day.
The other power plants in the country facing critical stock include three in Guajarat, two each in Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu and Bihar and one each in Orissa, Delhi and Chhattisgarh.
The critical coal stock at these power stations is attributed to factors like less receipt of coal than the actual requirement, delay in imports by the power plants and higher generation of power without a commensurate rise in coal supplies.
A coal analyst of a global consultancy firm said that “Some of the power plants in the country are regularly grappling with the problem of critical coal stock and this is a cause of concern. While it is true that there is delay in coal imports by these power plants to meet their growing requirement, there has been a persistent problem of inadequate rakes to carry coal.”
A top official of Coal India Limited said that “Presently, we are meeting around 98 per cent of the normative coal requirement of the thermal power plants. But the fact remains that our coal production is not going up in sync with the rising generation at these power plants and linkages are being given to the upcoming power plants at a time when we are unable to scale up our coal output significantly due to long delay in environmental clearances.”
(Sourced from BS)
Review: http://www.steelguru.com/news/index/MTQxMDIw/79_thermal_plants_in_India_facing_critical_coal_stock.html
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