Nearly 40% of India’s coal power plants running critically low on fuel, data show
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Data shows that nearly 40% of India's coal power plants are critically low on fuel, with 74 plants having less than 25% coal inventory, limiting power generation capacity to three days or less. This marks a sharp increase from the previous week, raising concerns about electricity supply stability.
The number of power plants with critically low coal stocks of less than 25% of the required inventory or only able to generate power for less than three days rose sharply to 74 as of September 19 from about 60 plants last week, data from the Central Electricity Authority that is updated daily showed
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