The government has asked all power generators to ensure their upcoming projects use more imported coal in an effort to meet the country's rising demand for electricity.
The Central Electricity Authority (CEA) has told central and private power utilities and equipment manufacturers to use boilers and auxiliaries designed for blending at least 30% or more imported coal.
Equipment at existing plants cannot use more that 15% imported fuel in their coal supply as it leads to pollution and corrosion of boilers.
"As there exists a large gap between projected demand and supply of indigenous coal, all future coal-fired thermal power stations to be set up in the country shall be so designed as to enable use of higher percentage of imported coal.to keep pace with the large generation capacity addition programme in the 12th plan period and beyond," the CEA said in an advisory issued on Tuesday.
"The station facilities shall also be designed for unloading, handling and blending more imported coal," it said.
Imported coal has a higher calorific, or heat, value as compared to domestic coal.
The Central Electricity Authority (CEA) has told central and private power utilities and equipment manufacturers to use boilers and auxiliaries designed for blending at least 30% or more imported coal.
Equipment at existing plants cannot use more that 15% imported fuel in their coal supply as it leads to pollution and corrosion of boilers.
"As there exists a large gap between projected demand and supply of indigenous coal, all future coal-fired thermal power stations to be set up in the country shall be so designed as to enable use of higher percentage of imported coal.to keep pace with the large generation capacity addition programme in the 12th plan period and beyond," the CEA said in an advisory issued on Tuesday.
"The station facilities shall also be designed for unloading, handling and blending more imported coal," it said.
Imported coal has a higher calorific, or heat, value as compared to domestic coal.
No comments:
Post a Comment