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Union Power Secretary Reviews Report of the Core Management Team; Monitors Position At Thermal Power Plants – EQ Mag Pro
Range of Interventions towards Easing out the Coal Stock Position and Ensuring Uninterrupted Power Supply. Secretary, Union Ministry of Power, Shri Alok Kumar, today reviewed the report of the Core Management Team (CMT) which comprises of representatives from Ministry of Power (MOP), Central Electricity Authority (CEA), Coal India Limited (CIL) and Railways to ensure daily […]
Emission Control Measures By Thermal Power Plants
Government of India vide Gazette Notification dated 21.05.2020 made rules for use of coal by thermal power plants, without stipulations of ash content or distance, subject to following conditions: (1) Setting Up Technology Solution for emission norms: (i) Compliance of specified emission norms for Particulate Matter, as per extant notifications and instructions of Central Pollution […]
JSW Energy Will Be Integrating Their Thermal Power Plants With Their Wind Or Solar Power Plants
In two years, JSW Energy expects its thermal power plants to run at a lower capacity and work as a storage system. A JSW power plant in Himachal Pradesh Billionaire Sajjan Jindal-led JSW energy is one of the largest players working towards going green. The company has set aside a target to reach 20 GW […]
Steps Taken By Government to Resolve Stress in Thermal Power Plants
The following steps have been taken by the Government to resolve the stress in thermal power sector: 1. Government of India constituted a High Level Empowered Committee (HLEC) under the Chairmanship of Cabinet Secretary to address the issues of stressed thermal power projects. The Government thereafter constituted a Group of Ministers (GoM) to examine the […]
High Level of Efficiency in Power Plants
To meet higher demand of energy in summer months and to ensure that power plants operate with maximum efficiency, the following measures have been taken by the Government: (i) All planned shutdowns of units (Thermal and Hydro) have been rescheduled to lean demand period. (ii) There shall be periodic review of forced outage by Central […]
Thermal power plants are not responsible for the deteriorating air quality of Delhi NCR
Deterioration in ambient air quality and Air Quality Index (AQI) in National Capital Region is the most serious health issue in these COVID times. Vehicular emissions, construction activities, road dust, industrial emissions and above all, the agro-waste (Parali) burning in the nearby states all are contributing to the smog, that threatens to have an irreversible […]
Shut all 11 NCR thermal plants to curb pollution: Delhi to Centre
Delhi has alternative sources to generate power and there is no lack of it even during peak hours, he said. “So closing these thermal plants won’t lead to reduction of power supply,” the AAP minister said New Delhi: Power minister Satyendar Jain has written to the Centre, requesting it to shut all 11 thermal power […]
Over 42,000 MW thermal power plants have outlived their lives
CPCB issued show cause directions to 31 units of 14 thermal power plants worth 13,830 MW capacity in January and to another 11 units of 4 TPPs of total 1,495 MW capacity in February this year for non-compliance New Delhi: Thermal power plants of 42,877 megawatt (MW) capacity have outlived their lives and have been […]
PLF of thermal power plants to fall below 53 per cent in 2020-21: CARE Ratings
The COVID-19 lockdown has led to shut down of all non-essential commercial activities across the country New Delhi: The Plant Load Factor (PLF) of thermal power plants is likely to fall below 53 per cent in the current financial year (2020-21) in the wake of the ongoing lockdown due to the coronavirus outbreak. “A decline […]