India's Coal Non-Supply Chain Threatens 46,000 Megawatts of Power and National Blackouts
Posted on November 14, 2012 at 02:27 AM EST
JOHANNESBURG--November 14, 2012--Written by Richard Finlayson, Senior International Editor for Industrial Info resources (Sugar Land, Texas)--India's power supply is on the blackout brink--again. Following positive news about coal allocations to power stations and attempts to debottleneck the coal supply chain, it was reported that coal-fired power stations that rely on domestic supplies, with a total generating capacity of about 46,400 megawatts (MW), are operating with only three days of coal stocks. One day of disruption in the coal supply could lead to shutdowns and blackouts.