India’s thermal power plant operators were unable to comply with norms that required them to mix coal with a certain proportion of biomass because of inadequate supply chains, said Union Power Minister R.K. Singh on Thursday.
The proceedings of an inter-ministerial meeting of the Environment, Agriculture and Power Ministries on October 3 2022 (Monday) expressed concern over several power plant operators not meeting the target of replacing 5% of their coal with biomass. Biomass pellets have the same calorific value as coal and mixing them with coal saves consumption as well as reportedly cuts emissions.
The Power Ministry in October 2021 had decreed that all thermal power plants ensure 5% compliance by October 2022.
