Coal India Ltd has a coal output of 380 million tonnes per annum, or mtpa, and plans to increase it to 405mtpa by 2009-10
New Delhi: India’s coal and power ministries, which had locked horns over the supply of coal to new power projects, have reached a compromise by which 10-15% of the coal requirement for such projects will be made through imports by state-owned Coal India Ltd, or CIL, although this will increase the cost of the power generated by these plants.
The decision was taken at a recent meeting held between the ministries of coal and power, according to a government official who didn’t want to be named. The meeting was also attended by representatives of NTPC Ltd, CIL and Central Electricity Authority. The proposal to import coal was made by the power ministry, and the coal ministry agreed to it on the condition that the former facilitates the fuel supply agreement between the power utilities and CIL.
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