Coal Crisis

Here's why countries must seek balance in energy mix as they chase climate goals

As consumer demand rises, manufacturers are unable to meet demand due to supply chain snarls. The collective effect has caused a grave shortage of resources that underpin modern life.

'Absolute baseless': Finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman rubbishes reports of coal shortage in India

“There are not going to be any deficiencies which may lead to any shortfall of supply. So that takes care of India's power situation. We are now a power surplus country," added Sitharaman.

Coal crisis: Centre warns states against selling share of unallocated power at a higher rate

In case of surplus power, states have been requested to intimate to the Government of India so that this power can be reallocated to other needy states, said the power ministry in a statement

No threat of disruption in power supply, assures Pralhad Joshi as states schedule outages

The daily average coal requirement at the power plants is about 18.5 Lakh tonnes of coal per day whereas the daily coal supply has been around 17.5 lakh tonnes per day, as per a government release

Coal crisis: Tata Power warns Delhi customers that city may see intermittent rotational load shedding in coming days

Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal said he has written to Prime Minister Narendra Modi for his intervention in making adequate arrangements of coal and gas to generation plants supplying electricity to the city

CIL asked to sign more FSAs; but power firms are wary

Even though Coal India has signed only 14 of the 48 fuel supply pacts it was supposed to sign, the ministry has it to sign even more

How India's coal crunch is giving a boost to solar energy

For six years in a row, India's monopoly coal producer has missed its production targets, leading to chronic electricity shortages and sending power producers scrambling for pricier imports. But what looks like a looming crisis could turn out to be an almost accidental energy overhaul.

Parliamentary panel raps NTPC, CIL during coal crisis

NTPC's two thermal power projects Kahalgaon (Bihar) and Farakka (West Bengal) had been forced to shut down due to non-availability of coal, forcing crores of people of that region to remain in dark.