CHENNAI: The state registered an all-time high energy demand of 17,106MW at 10.30am on Monday, which is expected to increase further in the coming days. It has been planned to import 4.8 lakh MT of coal with a gross calorific value of 5,000Kcal/kg to meet the demands of the summer, according to electricity minister V […]
Delhi met peak power demand of 7323 MW between April and Dec last year: Report – EQ Mag Pro
Delhi has installed 897.601 MW capacity of solar power against the target of 1825 MW till December 2021. The Delhi government’s power department met the peak demand of 7323 MW from April to December last year, according to the Outcome Survey status report 2021-22. It stated that out of 52 indicators for assessment, 83 per […]
Reduction in Coal Imports Despite Increased Power Demand – EQ Mag Pro
The Ministry has also amended the Mineral Concession (Amendment) Rules, 1960 under MMDR (Amendment) Act, 2021 to allow lessee of captive mines to sell coal or lignite up to 50% of the total excess production. New Delhi: With the increase in domestic production of coal, India has achieved a significant reduction in import despite a […]
India Achieves Major Success in Coal Import Reduction Despite Increase in Power Demand – EQ Mag Pro
India is the world’s third largest energy consuming country and electricity demand grows by 4.7% each year. To reduce the dependence on imports of coal, major reforms have been carried out by the Ministry of Coal with the vision of “Atma Nirbhar Bharat”. The Ministry has also amended the Mineral Concession (Amendment) Rules, 1960 under […]
India’s power demand expected to rise by 8-10 per cent in 2021-22 – EQ Mag Pro
India’s electricity demand is now expected to rise in the range of 8-10 per cent during FY22, said HDFC Securities. The brokerage house had earlier predicted a 12 per cent rise in power demand in FY22. Accordingly, the downward revision of demand expectation is largely due to a prolonged winter and disruptions in demand caused […]
Peak power demand deficit almost wiped out, in 2020-21, says Union Power Ministry – EQ Mag Pro
Providing statistics, the Ministry said the deficit stood at 0.4% in 2020-21 compared to 16.6% in 2007-08 and 10.6% in 2011-12. The Union Power Ministry on Monday said that peak power demand deficit in the country was almost wiped out in 2020-21 period. Providing statistics, the Ministry said the deficit stood at 0.4% in 2020-21 […]
Power Demand Hits All Time High On 7th July
Impressive Yon Y increase in average energy consumption. Solar and Wind Energy generation also show marked Y on Y increase System Operation highlights for July 2021 released The country witnessed highest ever demand for power at 12:01 hours on 7th July 2021. This demand of 200570 MW was 17.6 % higher than in July 2020 […]
India’s Power Demand Soared to All-time High of 197.06 GW on Tuesday
The last peak power demand record was 182.45 GW in June 2019. Power demand in the country touched an all-time high of 197.06 GW on Tuesday amid many states witnessing high temperatures due to delayed monsoon, and easing of coronavirus-related restrictions. “All-Time Highest All India Demand of 197060 MW observed at 11:43hrs today has been […]
India’s power consumption grew 6.1 percent in December
After a gap of six months, power consumption recorded a year-on-year growth of 4.5 per cent in September and 11.6 per cent in October. NEW DELHI: India’s power consumption grew by 6.1 per cent to 107.3 billion units (BU) in December, showing spurt in economic activities, according to official data. Power consumption in December 2019 […]
Energy demand improvement slows down in Nov: India Ratings
This was due to the early onset of winters impacting demand from the northern region Mumbai: The all-India energy demand increased year-on-year for the third consecutive month in November after declining over March to August although the improvement slowed down to 3.7 per cent to 97.9 billion units, India Ratings and Research (Ind-Ra) said on […]