Delhi broke the record of its highest ever power demand in the month of May and recorded an all-time high demand of 7070 MW on Thursday night.
- On Thursday, Delhi broke the record of its highest power demand in the month of May
- The peak power demand crossed the 7000 MW mark
- The cooling load has emerged as the main reason behind Delhi’s power load
Delhi broke the record of its highest ever power demand in the month of May and recorded a demand of 7070 MW on Thursday night. This is the first time in May that the peak power demand has crossed the 7000 MW mark.
In recent days, the national capital has been reaching higher levels of power demand as the city has been reeling under the scorching heat.
Similarly, earlier, in April 2022, the peak power demands were higher on 100 per cent of the corresponding days vis-a-vis those of April 2021, 2020 and 2019.
Moreover, on 7 occasions in April 2022, Delhi’s peak power demand clocked the highest ever in the month, each breaking the previous record in quick succession. On April 19, it was 5735 MW, 5761 MW on April 20, 5781 MW on April 21, 5786 MW on April 27, 6050 MW on April 28 and 6197 on April 29 and 6036 MW on April 30.
The cooling load (ACs, coolers, fans) has emerged as the main reason behind Delhi’s power load. In fact, according to estimates, almost 50 per cent of Delhi’s power demand in summers is because of it.
EARLIER PEAK DEMANDS
In May, Delhi’s peak power demand had never even reached the 6,000 MW mark in 2020 and 2021.
In 2019 as well, the demand crossed the 6,000 MW mark only on three days – May 29 (6020 MW), May 30 (6240 MW) and May 31 (6461 MW).
Source: PTI
