Requirement of coal and gas for thermal power plants
14 Aug 2007
During the terminal year of the 11th Plan (2011-12), the estimated quantity of coal and gas required for the thermal power stations (TPSs) now proposed to be set up during the 11th Plan would be as under:
i. Coal Requirement : 262 Million Tonne
ii. Average Gas Requirement : 20 Million Metric Standard Cubic Meter per day
Coal requirement of the thermal power stations proposed to be set up during the 11th Plan (except for Trombay TPS, Sikka TPS, Torangallu TPS and part requirement of Krishnapatnam TPS which are based on imported coal) would be met from Coal India Ltd., Singreni Coalfields Ltd. and captive mines of TPSs. Shortfall, if any, is proposed to be met through imported coal.
The requirement of gas for gas based power plants proposed to be set up during the 11th Plan is envisaged to be met through indigenous sources, such as ONGC, IOC, PMT JV and import of LNG.
This
information was given by the Power Minister Shri Sushilkumar
Shinde in a written reply to a question in the Rajya Sabha
today.
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