The Indian electricity sector, which accounts for 70 percent of domestic coal consumption, is facing a serious threat from the ‘missing’ transmission lines. While the installed capacity stands at around 235 GW, peak load supply is only 140 GW. Further, there is huge shortage of capacity for producing power generation equipment. And the flooding of Chinese equipment is making new capacities vulnerable to serious quality slippage. Will the transmission gaps ground the power sector’s growth engine? Will it make new capacities redundant? What will be the impact on the Indian coal industry and bulging imports? The December issue of Coal Insights brings out a detailed report to highlight the ‘missing links’ in India’s power sector expansion. The issue also covers the contentious issue of the opening up of the domestic coal industry. Partha S Bhattacharyya, former chairman of CIL, gives a clarion call to bring global miners to the Indian shores “without any further delay".
Coal Insights is India's premier and widely read monthly magazine on coal & mining industry published by mjunction services ltd (A JV of Tata Steel and SAIL).It caters to the entire coal supply chain from mining to consumption. It tracks the coal market with special focus on India, & covers production & consumption reports, as well as dispatch and stocks at power plants.It covers a variety of topics including demand, supply, e-marketing, mining technology, imports, pricing and policy matters, logistics, infrastructure and clean coal initiative. It also covers the interviews of the decision makers of coal industry on a regular basis.
