Coal news and updates

NTPC Ltd has been allocated 10 coal blocks spreading over Chhattisgarh, Odisha and Jharkhand states, with combined Geological Reserves of approx. 7.6 billion tonnes, officials informed.

 

The aggregate capacity of the coal blocks is approx. 10.7 MTPA.

 

NTPC intends to develop the coal blocks by outsourcing to Mine Developer cum Operator(MDO) selected through international competitive bidding process.

 

The MDO contract is awarded for Pakri Barwadih(Jharkhand) and Dulanga(Odisha) coal blocks.Coal production has already started from Pakri Barwadih Coal Mining block.

 

The Board of Directors of NTPC Ltd had already accorded investment approval for Talaipalli project in Raigarh district of Chhattisgarh for mining 18 Million Tonnes per annum of coal per annum at an appraised current estimated cost of Rs 3004 crore.

 

The company is expected to commence coal production from Talaipalli block in Raigarh district by November 2019, official sources informed.

 

The company had also been granted bridge linkage for seeking coal supply from the Talaipalli block by the Union Coal Ministry.

 

The scheduled date of start of coal production from the coal block as per the Coal Mines Development and Production Agreement is financial year 2019-20.

 

Notably, the power to be generated by upcoming  NTPC Ltd’s 1600 MW Super Thermal Power Project (STPP) at Lara in Raigarh district will be supplied to Chhattisgarh , Goa and Maharashtra states, officials stated , officials stated.

 

The coal requirement for the proposed plant would be met from Talaipalli Coal Block of Mand in Raigarh Coalfields, they stated.

 

It may be recalled that NTPC’s upcoming Lara STPP in Raigarh district of Chhattisgarh has acquired all necessary clearances from the Union Ministry of Forest, Environment and Climate Change for the project, officials stated.

 

The Lara plant of NTPC would be utilising super critical technology for power generation. 

 

The Union Ministry of Coal has also assured Coal India Ltd (CIL) for getting Mand-Raigarh railway line project expedited to facilitate growth in offtake of coal from mines under South Eastern Coalfields Ltd (SECL) in Chhattisgarh.

 

This was against the target of 123.89 million tonnes (MT) — a growth of 11.1 per cent.

 

Notably, SECL is targeting total coal production of 250 million tonnes (MT) from its underground and open cast mines by 2019-20, officials stated.

 

SECL recorded coal production (provisional) of 12.10 million tonnes (MT) against target of 11.70 MT as on February 2016, Coal India Ltd (CIL) informed the Bombay Stock Exchange in its filing.

 

Meanwhile, the total value of mineral production (excluding atomic & minor minerals) in the country during December 2015 was Rs 20096 crore. The contribution of Coal was the highest at Rs 9132 crore (43 per cent), the Central government has informed.

 

Notably, the Coal India Ltd (CIL) is targetting production of 1 billion tonnes of coal by 2020. Wagon availability will be a key factor for achieving this target by Coal India Ltd, officials stated.

 

By signing of the MoU, the Railways and Coal India Ltd will be entering into a strategic partnership which would ensure adequate wagon availability for meeting the transportation needs of coal produced by Coal India Ltd.

 

Notably, the Central government has also signed a Memorandum of Understanding each with the states of Odisha, Jharkhand and Chhattisgarh for critical coal connectivity projects to improve transportation of coal, officials informed.

 

The Union Railway Budget 2016-17 had put Chhattisgarh on Centre’s high priority list among states for its ambitious dedicated freight corridor project implementation plans.

 

NTPC Group achieved highest ever cumulative gross generation of 263.95 BUs so far during the current year surpassing previous annual best of 263.42 BUs recorded in FY-16.

 

Generation of Group NTPC registered an annual growth of 4.71 per cent over last year, a company press release informed.

 

NTPC Pit head Coal stations, having capacity of 25840 MW, recorded day PLF of 95.71 per cent on 16-3-17 and cumulative monthly PLF of 91.4 per cent in the month of March-17 till date. 29 Units of NTPC coal plants have generated at a PLF of more than 100 per cent on March 16, 2016.

 

NTPC stations have continued excellent performance in the current month with Vindhyachal station, India’s largest power station having capacity of 4760 MW, achieving highest ever day generation of 114.254 MUs at PLF 100.01 per cent on 8-3-17. Mouda station also recorded highest ever day Generation of 31.2 MUs on 9-3-17 and Solar Generation of NTPC touched maximum generation of 2.353 MUs on 12-3-17.

 

NTPC is the largest power utility in the country playing a major role in meeting the power needs of the country thus contributing to its economic and social development by contributing nearly 24 per cent of country’s generation. NTPC has a vision to be the World’s Leading Power Company,

 

Energizing India’s Growth. Known for its efficient operations and consistent performance NTPC is the third largest power company in terms of coal based power generation capacity, 2nd in PLF, 3rd in machine availability and 7th in terms of electricity generation, among the top twenty coal based power generating companies globally.

 

Source: The Pioneer