Articles Tagged "shortage"

40% of NTPC's Plants are Critically Short of Coal

Despite NTPC chairman R S Sharma’s exclamation that the PSU’s thermal power plants are not suffering from a shortage of coal, the power ministry is reporting that 40 per cent of the navratna company’s power plants have reached a critical stage of shortage. For full story, click here

Coal Crisis have fueled trouble for NALCO

A 110 mw unit of Nalco’s captive power plant here was shut down yesterday due to a shortage of coal. The dip in power generation affected aluminium production, prompting company officials to discuss the coal supply issue with MCL authorities. For full story, click here

Shortage of Coal has lead to power crisis

The Bihar government had to close down its lone thermal power plant at Barauni in Begusarai district due to acute shortage of coal. For the last one week, the plant is non-operational causing severe power crisis in the state. For full story, click here

More coal imports for China due to shortage

The General Administration of Customs in China was quoted as saying: China should import more coal to help ease tight supplies that have triggered power shortages in many parts of the country. Click here for full story.

No shortage of Coal in India: Ministry

Minister of state for coal Santosh Bagrodia was quoted as saying: There is no coal shortage in the country. I will take up the issue with Power Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde. We have repeatedly made it clear that power plants should have a coal stock position of 21 days, but none have got that stock, [...]