India extends full-capacity mandate for imported coal power plants till Dec 31: Report
New Delhi: India has extended the mandate for imported coal-based power plants to operate at full capacity until December 31, anticipating increased power demand, according to a government circular reviewed by Reuters.
Earlier, these plants were required to run at full capacity only until October 15.
The new directive, issued on Tuesday, is not yet public, and the federal power ministry has not commented on the matter, Reuters reported.
The order invoked an emergency clause that allows the government to instruct companies, such as Tata Power, Adani Power, and Vedanta, to run their imported coal-fired plants at full capacity, according to the report.
India’s imported coal-based power plants have a combined capacity of around 16 gigawatts.
This move comes despite a decrease in coal-fired power output for the second consecutive month in September due to slower electricity consumption and a surge in solar power generation.
However, data shows that India's overall coal-based power generation increased by 5% year-on-year from April to September, the first half of the fiscal year.
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