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fEATURE
Power utilities’ coal import target for
FY’13 raised to 70 mt
Coal Insights Bureau
The Central Electricity Authority (CEA), a department
of Ministry of Power, responsible for keeping a watch
on various developments in the power sector, has
increased the coal import target of both imported as well as
indigenous coal based power utilities for the financial year
2012-13 to 70 million tons (mt) compared to the 2011-12 target
of 55 mt, a senior official of CEA told Coal Insights.
“The coal import target for indigenous coal based power
plants has been set at 46 mt for financial year 2012-13 while
the assessment for coal import by imported coal based power
plants is 24 mt,” the official said, adding that, “We do set
targets for indigenous coal based power plants, but only come
out with assessments for imported coal based plants.”
Asked whether the target of 46 mt import by indigenous
coal based power plants is feasible considering that fact that
the import by such plants in 2011-12 is likely to be only around
80 percent of the target of 35 mt, the official said, “We expect
that at least 40 mt of coal will be imported in 2012-13 by plants
designed to run on indigenous coal for blending purpose.”
“We have to set a higher import target for indigenous coal
based power plants as actual imports by them had traditionally
been lower than the target,” the official added.
“As far as imported coal based power plants are considered,
they too are expected to import around 85-90 percent of the
target,” he said.
According to information available with Coal Insights, the
indigenous coal based power plants had imported a total of around
22.94 mt coal between April 2011 and January 2012 against their
target of 29.17 mt whereas imported coal based power plants’ coal
import during the period stood at 15.8 mt against a target of 18 mt.
The total coal import by utilities stood at 40.6 mt, which was 80
percent of the target of 50.5 mt for the period.
S.
No.
Coal import target for indigenous coal based
power plants in 2012-13
Name of Power Plants
Target for
2012-13 (in
million tons)
Target for
2011-12 (in
million tons)
1 HPGCL 2.00 1.45
2 CLP 1.00 NA
3 RRVUNL 2.00 1.45
4 UPRVUNL 1.00 1.08
5 Reliance (Rosa) 0.90 0.30
6 Lanco (Anpara) 0.90 NA
7 CSEB 0.20 0.20
8 Torrent (AEC) 0.50 0.50
9 GSECL 1.50 1.48
10 MPPGCL 0.80 0.80
11 NTPC-SAIL Power Plant 0.40 0.30
12 Lanco (Pathadih) 0.40 NA
13 Mahagenco 3.50 3.35
14 RIL (Dahanu) 0.6 0 0.60
15 APGENCO 1.60 1.60
16 TNEB 2.00 1.80
17 KPCL 1.50 0.90
18 DVC 3.00 1.73
19 CESC 0.50 0.50
20 WBPDCL 1.00 1.00
21 NTPC -Indira Gandhi 1.00 0.30
22 NTPC 16.00 15.45
23 Bajaj Hindustan 0.30 NA
24 TVNL 0.20 NA
25 Vedanta (Sterlite) 1.00 NA
26 Vedanta (Balco) 0.30 NA
27 NTPC (JV) –Vellur 0.40 NA
28 Adani (Tiroda) 1.00 NA
29 Tata Power (Maithon) 0.50 0.21
Total (Indigenous Coal Based) 46.00 35.00
Total (Imported Coal based) 24.00 20.00
JSW Energy, Udupi TPP, Torangallu, Adani
Power, Mundra, Wardha Warora TPP,
Trombay etc)
Grand Total 70.00 55.00
COAL INSIGHTS 44 March 2012