‘Blackout’ crisis in India: List of states which may face power cut as coal demand rise
12:19PM Sun 10 Oct, 2021
- Electricity consumption has jumped almost 17% in the last two months alone when compared to the same period in 2019
An energy crisis is looming in some states, including Delhi and Punjab, due to a combination of factors such as excess rainfall hitting coal movement and imported coal-based power plants generating less than half of their capacity due to record high rates.
Power plants across the country regulated generation after stock ran low. Against the requirement of maintaining 15 days to 30 days of stocks, over half of the country's 135 coal-fired power plants, which in total supply around 70 per cent of the nation's electricity, have fuel stocks of less than two days, as per the data from the grid operator.
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