Record increase in electricity demand in the country this year, supply reached 23 to 23.5 hours: Energy Minister RK Singh – EQ Mag Pro
Electricity demand in the country has increased by a record 40,000 to 45,000 MW per day this year due to scorching heat in northern India, expanding economy and access to electricity connections to millions of underprivileged households. Union Power Minister RK Singh gave this information.
scorching heat in north india, Economy Electricity in the country due to expansion of (Electricity) This year’s demand has increased by a record 40,000 to 45,000 MW per day. Union Power Minister RK Singh (Power Minister RK Singh) gave this information. Singh said that there has been tremendous improvement in power generation capacity, integration of the country into one transmission grid and the Narendra Modi government. (Modi Government) Due to the strengthening of the distribution system during the eight years of the year, today the government is able to supply 23 to 23.5 hours of electricity. India’s electricity demand reached an all-time high of 2,10,792 MW on June 9. The consumption of electricity on that day was 471.2 crore units.
Singh said that the power plants are operating at their full capacity so that this demand can be met. The government has placed coal import orders to augment the domestic supply. The minister said that the entire power sector has changed in the last eight years. Before 2014, there was power shortage in the country and power cuts were common.
Big improvement in power supply in rural areas: Singh
Referring to an NGO survey, Singh said that at the national level, electricity was available in rural areas for 12.5 hours. Today this figure has reached 22.5 hours. He claimed that India was once a power deficient nation. The power shortage was 17 to 20 percent. Today India has become a power surplus country.
Giving details, the minister said that in eight years, 1,69,000 MW power capacity has been added. He said that our total power capacity has reached 4,00,000 MW (400 GW). At the same time, the maximum power demand is only 215 GW. Singh said that after laying 1.66 lakh circuit kilometers of transmission lines, today the entire country has been connected to a single grid. The distribution system has been improved by replacing the old lines.
Singh further said that today India is the world’s largest single-frequency electricity grid. He said that earlier we could transfer only 37,000 MW of electricity from one corner of the country to another. Today we are in a position to transfer 120,000 MW of power.
Singh said that the result of this is that today the availability of electricity has increased. Average availability of electricity has reached 23 hours in rural areas and 23.5 hours in urban areas. Singh claimed that today electricity has reached thousands of villages which were deprived of this facility for 70 years. Electricity connection has been provided to 2.86 crore underprivileged houses. This is more than the combined population of Germany and France. The minister also informed that the power stations have been asked to use 10 percent imported coal in power generation.
Source: PTI
