The draft National Electricity Plan of 2022 projected addition of 50 GW of new coal based capacity by 20323. The CEA study on Optimization of Generation Capacity released in May 23 estimated 40 GW of new coal based capacity addition by 2030.4. From 55% capacity generation coal based plants are now expected to run at a minimum of 40% capacity to permit this flexibility in the grid [2]. The need for making coal production and coal based generation more eco friendly needs emphasis. All possible measures need to be put in place to achieve this end.Mitigating emission from coal based generation will require introduction of CCUS technology.

Source: The Hindu June 02, 2023 03:36 UTC