Coal India to take up 126 New Coal Mine Projects to Increase Coal Production in the country...

 

Coal India Limited (CIL) has identified126 new projects to take up during the12th Plan period with an estimated capacity of 438.04 MT. Out of these 60 projects are likely to contribute about 88 MT during the terminal year of 12th Plan i.e. 2016-17.

Beside this, CIL has planned a number of other initiatives to increase coal production. 

In pursuance of the announcement in the Union Budget, 2013 regarding Public Private Partnership (PPP) Policy Framework with Coal India as one of the partners, MDO mode of operation for enhancement of production capacities of coal mines of CIL has been initiated in seven projects of CIL.

In order to infuse world class technology & modernize CIL has been decided to appoint a consultant of International standings for the modernization of its mines. The bid for selection of consultant is under process.

In order to overcome the problem of slow coal evacuation from its three major coalfields namely North Karanpura – Auranga of CCL, Mand Raigarh – Korba of SECL & Ib Valley of MCL which have a high growth potential, CIL has planned investment of Rs. 7045 Crore in three major railway infrastructure facilities namely Tori-Shivpur (Kathotia), Mand-Raigarh- Korba & Gopalpur- Manoharpur in these coalfields respectively which is under various stages of implementation. These rail links together shall stretch to about 435 kms, are expected to handle 150 Mt by the end of 12th Plan periods.

Introduction of high capacity equipments at par with global standards in opencast mines such as Gevra, Dipka, Lakhanpur etc. and introduction of mass production technology equipments like continuous miners & powered support long-wall faces in underground mines.

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Power Capacity addition target for FY12-13 – 18000 MW…

It seems that the Power Ministry have fixed a target of adding 18,000 MW capacity in the current financial year of 2012-13.

 

In a meeting between the Power Ministry officials and the Principal Secretary to the Prime Minister Mr Pulok Chatterji on Monday, the capacity addition target for 2012-13 was discussed.

 

The target may be around 16,000 MW during this fiscal and also additional 2,000 MW of nuclear power capacity, sources said.

 

The government has added about 53,000 MW power generation capacity in the past five years (2007-12), around 9,000 MW short of the target of 62,000 MW.

 

The government had earlier set a target of over 78,000 MW for the 2007-12 period, which was curtailed to 62,000 MW in the Planning Commission’s mid-term review due to lack of environment clearance for the coal blocks allotted for the power projects.

 

Even as power stations reel under acute shortage of coal, the ministry is hopeful of meeting this goal, by the end of this fiscal, sources added.

 

The Power Ministry also envisages to add 76,000 MW in the coming five years (2012-17), even though the Planning Commission has proposed a target of above 90,000 MW during the same period.

 

The ministry is of the view that since coal and gas are unavailable at the moment, setting up a huge capacity would be difficult.

 

Meanwhile, the Working Group on Power for formulation of the 12th Plan has estimated total fund requirement of Rs 13,72,580 crore for the power sector. Of the total amount, power generation would need around Rs 6,38,600 crore, while the requirement for electricity distribution has been pegged at Rs 3,06,235 crore.

 

According to the Planning Commission estimates, the country’s energy supply needs to grow at 6.5 per cent annually if the nation wants to achieve annual economic growth of 9 per cent during the 12th Five Year Plan period (2012—17) that commenced from April.

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Power Capacity Addition target fixed at 85,000 MW for the 12th plan period…

As informed by Mr. K. C. Venugopal, Minister of State for Power, the power capacity addition target during the 12th plan (2012-17) has been fixed as 85,000 MW.

 

According to him work on around 75,000 MW projects are already under going out of these massive power capacity addition target of 85,000 MW.

 

 

This capacity addition will meet the project power demand of 1354.87 Billion units by 2017 which has been estimated by the 18th Electric Power Survey (EPS) report.

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