Explained: How heat wave added to power demand amid coal shortages - The Indian Express

India is staring at a crisis again, this time induced by a debilitating fuel shortage at coal-fired thermal plants, which make nearly 70 per cent of India’s base load power generation capacity.

In October 2021, as the economy recovered from the pandemics second wave, a sharp surge in energy demand triggered a spiralling fuel shortage across coal-fired thermal stations, which Union Power Min… [+5337 chars]

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