Coal power plants seen thriving at 65% PLF despite RE surge: Crisil
Over the past two fiscals, demand for electricity has seen a robust 8-9% annual growth, driven by the post-pandemic economic rebound. During this period, 34 gigawatt (GW) of capacity has been added with 90% of it in RE. In GW terms, this is a 9% growth in power capacities but on normative terms this was only 4-5% growth as capacities operates at varying PLFs2 and in this incremental supply, coal-based power plants remain an important cog, accounting for 69-71% of total power generation because of the intermittent nature of RE with lower PLFs3.
Source: indiatimes.com
