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India reaches key climate goal 5 years ahead of target: The full picture, explained

July 24, 2025 12:52 pm

Less than 22 per cent of India’s total energy consumption is done in the form of electricity. The rest happens through direct burning of fossil fuels such as oil, coal and gas

GETCO wins Best Performing Power Transmission (System) Utility Award

March 23, 2025 1:51 am

GETCO has won this award for its performance across various criteria, which included evaluation on several performance parameters

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Why banning new coal-run power plants is a good idea

May 26, 2023 9:11 am

Using generating units that are more than 25 years old can work since the station heat rate of well-maintained plants does not get adversely affected with age.

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CEA notice to not retire thermal units hinders renewable energy goal: experts

February 12, 2023 5:15 am

In its January 20 notice, CEA said that “the country is witnessing huge energy demand post-pandemic which is projected to surge to an all-time high in coming summer of 2023 and beyond’’.

India may need up to 28GW of additional coal-based power generation capacity by 2032: Central Electricity Authority

September 12, 2022 5:30 pm

"It is seen that apart from under construction coal-based capacity of 25GW, the additional coal-based capacity required till 2031-32 may vary from 17 GW to around 28 GW," CEA said in a draft national electricity plan.

Demand management: New Feb-Jun coal stock norms for power units

December 09, 2021 1:36 am

Many states including Punjab, Rajasthan and Uttar Pradesh were forced to impose load shedding in October as some thermal power plants ran out of coal leading to inadequate power supply.

CEA study finds 200 new sites for thermal power plants of 428.9 GW

December 23, 2018 12:51 pm

An official explained that thermal power stations need to be set up in future because these serve as the base load and are required for grid stabilisation in view of the government's ambitious target of having 175 GW of renewable energy by 2022.