{"id":7345,"date":"2023-10-25T15:18:22","date_gmt":"2023-10-25T10:18:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.asiafreepress.com\/?p=7345"},"modified":"2023-10-25T15:18:23","modified_gmt":"2023-10-25T10:18:23","slug":"india-allows-power-plants-using-imported-coal-to-run-until-next-june","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.asiafreepress.com\/en\/asia\/india-allows-power-plants-using-imported-coal-to-run-until-next-june\/","title":{"rendered":"India allows power plants using imported coal to run until next June"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>NEW DELHI, Oct 25 (Reuters) &#8211; India has extended by eight months the operation of power plants using imported coal, as high consumption and poor supply deplete domestic stocks of the fuel, according to a government order reviewed by Reuters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The order invoked emergency powers in asking such plants, with a capacity of nearly 17 gigawatts, to operate so as to meet high demand for electricity until next June.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;It is imperative that &#8230; power from imported coal-based generating stations is available to meet demand,&#8221; the government said in Monday&#8217;s order.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It cited a surge in demand for electricity, inadequate domestic coal supply and limited hydropower.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Indian power plants that use imported coal, such as those owned by Tata Power&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/markets\/companies\/TTPW.NS\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">(TTPW.NS)<\/a>&nbsp;and Adani Power&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/markets\/companies\/ADAN.NS\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">(ADAN.NS)<\/a>, stop operations when prices of fuel shipments rise.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The extension came as worries mount over shrinking coal stocks at power plants, where&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/markets\/commodities\/india-coal-inventories-drop-fastest-pace-two-years-boosting-imports-2023-10-18\/\">inventories<\/a>&nbsp;fell in the first half of October at their fastest in two years.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NEW DELHI, Oct 25 (Reuters) &#8211; India has extended by eight months the operation of power plants using imported coal, as high consumption and poor supply deplete domestic stocks of the fuel, according to a government order reviewed by Reuters. The order invoked emergency powers in asking such plants, with a capacity of nearly 17 [&hellip;]<\/p>","protected":false},"author":21,"featured_media":7346,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[80,84,396],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7345","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-asia","category-india","category-latest"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.asiafreepress.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7345"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.asiafreepress.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.asiafreepress.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.asiafreepress.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/21"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.asiafreepress.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7345"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.asiafreepress.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7345\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.asiafreepress.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7346"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.asiafreepress.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7345"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.asiafreepress.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7345"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.asiafreepress.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7345"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}