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Coal supply prioritised temporarily to power sector to replenish stock: CIL

State-owned CIL on Tuesday said the supply of coal was prioritised temporarily to power producers to replenish their dwindling stock of the dry fuel. The statement assumes significance in the wake of the country's power plants grappling with fuel shortages. "In view of the low stock position at the power house end due to a spurt in economic activities during post-second wave of COVID-19, the supply of coal was prioritised temporarily to the power sector to replenish their dwindling coal stock," Coal India Ltd (CIL) said in a statement. To achieve the same in the quickest possible time, coal companies were advised only to go slow temporarily on conducting further e-auction of coal, barring the special forward e-auction for power. "This was a highly transitory measure to tide off the current high demand scenario in the power sector and normalcy will be restored soon," the filing said. Coal Minister Pralhad Joshi on Tuesday discussed ways to improve coal stocks at thermal power plant

Coal, railway, power ministers discuss coal supply at power plants

Coal minister Pralhad Joshi on Tuesday discussed ways to improve coal stocks at thermal power plants with railway minister Ashwini Vaishnaw and power minister R K Singh. The meeting comes against the backdrop of power plants grappling with coal shortages. "Held virtual meeting with Ministers @AshwiniVaishnaw ji & @RajKSinghIndia ji, along with officers of @CoalMinistry, CMDs & officials of coal companies. We discussed improving coal stock at thermal power plants & resolved our commitment to fulfill energy demands of the country," Joshi said in a tweet. The coal minister also reviewed the performance of Coal India arm Northern Coalfields Ltd (NCL) and directed it to ramp up production and load at least 34 rakes of the dry fuel daily. "Reviewed @NCL_SINGRAULI today, with the company CMD. Directed NCL to ramp up coal production and load at least 34 rakes per day. After this, will be visiting coal mines of NCL to interact with employees & motivate them to scale up coal ..

India's electricity demand picks up in Oct as coal shortage lingers

India's electricity demand grew 4.9% during the first half of October, with supply falling short of demand by 1.4% despite a 3.2% rise in coal-fired generation and 30% rise in solar output

India's October power supply deficit worst since March 2016

The October shortfall was already the biggest in absolute terms for a single month since November 2018, even with 19 days of October still left.

Power crisis: Lessons for India from China's power policy changes

India, which too is in a coal and power crisis, has lessons to learn from this since domestic coal shortage is not the only cause for concern for its power generation sector

PMO reviews coal supply, power availability situation

The government is looking at ways to defuse the energy crisis being faced by several states

NTPC says Delhi discoms scheduling only 70% of power available with them

On Monday, Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal had said that the power situation is "very critical" in the entire country.

Power situation 'very critical' in entire country, says Kejriwal

Kejriwal said all efforts were being made to address the power crisis and his government did not want that any "emergency situation" is created.

Tata Power surges 9% on heavy volumes; stock zooms 40% in two weeks

Tata Power is India's largest, integrated power company and operates across the power value chain

Ample coal stocks for power plants; no blackout risk, says govt

States continue to flock spot market, prices at record high

India says it has ample coal stocks for power sector

State-run Coal India Ltd is using its 40 million tonne stocks to replenish utilities, which together have 7.2 million tonnes of inventory, equivalent to four days' requirements, the ministry statement

Total power outage in Lebanon as grid shuts down after running out of fuel

Lebanon's electricity grid has shut down entirely after the country's two main power stations ran out of fuel

Govt releases guidelines for cybersecurity in power sector

The government on Thursday announced the release of guidelines for cybersecurity in the power sector for the first time, to create a secure cyber ecosystem. Under the direction of Union Power and New & Renewable Energy Minister R K Singh, the Central Electricity Authority (CEA) has prepared the guidelines for cybersecurity in the power sector and it was released on Thursday, the power ministry said in a statement. The CEA under the provision of Section 3(10) on cybersecurity in the 'Central Electricity Authority (Technical Standards for Connectivity to the Grid) (Amendment) Regulations, 2019' has framed the guidelines on cybersecurity in the power sector to be adhered to by all power sector utilities to create a secure cyber ecosystem. The ministry said this is the first time that comprehensive guidelines have been formulated on cybersecurity in the power sector. The guidelines lay down actions required to raise the level of cybersecurity preparedness for the power sector. The ...

NTPC, lectricit de France ink pact for int'l power project opportunities

State-run power giant NTPC has inked a pact with lectricit de France S.A. (EDF) for cooperation in international power sector.

Coal shortage in India leads to soaring costs for steel producers

'Mills are paying more than four times the normal costs for procuring coal from e-auctions and from mines'

Centre to revise coal stock norms to avert future crisis

The power sector's current daily demand is 1.7 mt, of which 1.3 mt is met by CIL

Further re-rating likely for NTPC stock: Here are a few possible triggers

Capacity expansion, high operational efficiency, focus on renewables and reasonable valuation are triggers

Energy crisis: India says coal crisis could drag on as long as six months

More than half the nation's plants are on alert for outages after surging electricity demand and a slump in local coal output eroded stockpiles

Power stocks extend gain as demand seen rising; Tata Power up 26% in a week

The rating agency ICRA has revised energy demand growth outlook upwards from 8 per cent to 8.5 per cent for 2021-22

Coal India supply to power sector grows by 12% to 118 MT in Sep qtr

Coal India accounts for over 80 per cent of domestic coal output.