NEW DELHI: India’s power plants met maximum demand of over 201 GW (gigawatts) at 2.51 pm on Tuesday, beating the previous record of over 200 GW clocked on July 7 last year, as the economy began firing on all cylinders and a raging heatwave further fuelled consumption.
Coming amid low fuel inventories at coal-fired plants, which account for 75% of electricity flowing in the grid, the meeting of higher peak explains the faster depletion of fuel inventories at generation units and underlines the chinks in coal transportation.
