Thiruvananthapuram / New Delhi: Efforts are on to resolve the power crisis in the country due to coal shortage. The Union Ministry of Coal said that the coal with sludge will be delivered to the thermal power plants soon.
At the same time, KSEB said that it had lifted the power restrictions imposed on the state as part of the crisis in the country due to the coal shortage. Informed. Steps have been taken to address the power shortage in the coming days. KSEB has decided to purchase 250 units of electricity per day at Rs. 20 per unit. Was decided. In addition, an additional 100 MW will be purchased through Power Exchange India Limited at Rs 17 per unit. 550 MW of electricity will be provided at a reduced rate through the Arunachal Power Trading-Corporation Banking offer. It will be available from the next day. The restoration of power supply from Jharkhand is also reassuring. The board will incur a liability of Rs 50 crore for purchasing power up to Rs 31 crore.
KSEB wants to reduce power consumption from 6 pm to 11 pm. Requested the people. There was no power outage in the state yesterday. Out of 19 power plants supplying power to KSEB, only three had stopped production. In it, the operation of the Mython plant in Jharkhand was resumed. Nallalam Diesel Station and Peringalkuthu Power Station provide about 65 MW of electricity.
According to KSEB, the crisis in the country is due to the shortage of coal and the increase in energy consumption. Pointed out in the statement. As a part of this, there will be severe power shortage in Kerala this month as well. About 70 per cent of the power required for the state comes from thermal power plants. The board also said that strict controls would be needed if the availability of thermal power plants fell by 20%.
According to the Center, Coal India Ltd. produced 27.2% more coal this year than last year and there is no crisis at present. The Railways had canceled 657 trains, including mail, express and passenger trains, to transport coal to the war zone.
KSEB Steps taken
250 MW of power will be purchased at Rs. 20 per unit. It is expected to cost an additional `40-50 crore.
200 MW will be made available immediately through the Banking Swap Tender from the Power Trading Company.
The Kozhikode diesel power plant will be temporarily operational and will generate 90 MW.
Naphtha was brought from Madhya Pradesh to NTPC in Kayamkulam. The plant will temporarily generate electricity.
The 24 MW Peringalkuthu project, which was commissioned for four, was commissioned immediately.
Up to 100 MW of power will be stored and distributed through the battery energy storage system to cope with the crisis during peak usage.
Inexpensive solar / wind power will be available to make efficient use of the battery energy storage system.
Efforts are being made to complete the ongoing hydropower projects within two years.
118 MW for Bhoothankett, Thottiyar and Peringalkuthu projects will be commissioned in six months.
Construction of Chinnar project inaugurated soon.
Assistance will be sought from National Agencies for the Lakshmi Project (240 MW) in Munnar and the Pumped Back Storage Project.