Data | Coal crisis: Over 100 thermal power plants have

Due to low levels of coal inventories, power generated from thermal plants has significantly declined and this becomes more worrying as the coal crisis has hit at a time when power demand has peaked due to summer months

Barely six months have passed and India is facing yet another coal crisis. In more than 100 thermal power plants in India, coal stock has fallen below the critical mark (

The chart plots the stock required (horizontal axis) against the % of actual stock maintained (vertical axis) as of April 18 across 173 thermal power plants. Of the 173 power plants, 101 have been labeled critical, while 51 have less than 10% of the required stock

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The chart shows power supply shortage as % of demand in April. Only States which recorded significant deficits have been listed

Andhra Pradesh has been recording a supply shortage of around 10% every day for the past week. On April 13, Jharkhand suffered a power supply shortage of 17%

 The chart shows the daily planned power outages (in megawatts) since April 10 due to the shortage of coal. Outages have consistently been above the 6,000 MW mark for the past nine days

The chart shows India’s power demand (in gigawatts) across various time periods: December 2021, January 2022, February 2022, March 10 to 18, and April 10 to 18