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State-owned Coal India Ltd (CIL) will continue with the supply of coal to the power plants under import substitution in the ongoing fiscal (FY). The development assumes significance in the wake of the PSU earlier stating its drive for coal import substitution has gained tempo with consumers opting for approximately 90 million t of indigenous coal in FY21.
“The issue of supply coal in the FY21 – 22 was deliberated during the sub-group meeting…chaired by Joint Secretary, Ministry of Coal, wherein it has been decided to continue the supply of coal to the power plants under import substitution mechanism for FY21 – 22,” CIL said in a notice.
State-owned Coal India Ltd on Wednesday said that the PSU accounted for only 0.65 per cent of the country s total carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions of 2,616 million tonnes (MT) during FY2019-20.
Coal India (CIL) said that this is according to the data sourced from Global Carbon Project: Carbon Di-Oxide Information Analysis Centre, of the US. A back-of-the-envelope calculation estimates 30 kg of CO2 emission for every tonne of coal produced. With CIL s opencast output at 572 MT, during FY20, a little over 17 MT of CO2 equivalent was emitted out of CIL s coal mining operations, compared to the country s total of 2,616 MT. Pollution arising out of coal mining operations is not much compared to burning of the fossil fuel, from where major emissions emanate.
Coal India ready to meet any surge in demand from power sector
The company is also pushing ahead for increased production, committed to shoring up the supplies to coal-fuelled power plants
PTI | January 24, 2021 | Updated 13:30 IST
State-owned Coal India Ltd on Saturday said that it is well geared to meet any surge in demand for coal from the power sector. The statement follows power demand touching an all-time high of 187.3 GW on Friday. CIL (Coal India) is well geared to meet any surge in demand for the dry fuel from the power sector especially on the back of close to 63 million tonnes stock at its pitheads, the PSU said in a statement.
Coal India says geared up to meet any surge in fuel demand from power sector
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Synopsis CIL (Coal India) is well geared to meet any surge in demand for the dry fuel from the power sector especially on the back of close to 63 million tonnes stock at its pitheads, the PSU said in a statement.
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Coal India Ltd on Saturday said that it is well geared to meet any surge in demand for coal from the power sector. The statement follows power demand touching an all-time high of 187.3 GW on Friday.
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