Chennai: The Tamil Nadu Electricity Board has 50 crore kg of coal in reserve. The Tamil Nadu Electricity Board has five thermal power plants with a capacity of 4,320 MW. Of these, 7.20 crore kg of coal is required for full power generation per day. Only in thermal power plants, it can produce continuously for 24 hours. Thus, in thermal power plants, always keep the required coal reserve for seven days.
Last, due to heavy rains in November and December 2021, the Electricity Board reduced the production of thermal power and saved coal. Thus, the thermal power generation was affected as the coal reserve was kept for about two days. Coal was requested on behalf of Tamil Nadu and a request was made to the Central Government. Following that, 5 crore kg of coal has been shipped daily since the beginning of May.
Apart from this, the Electricity Board has issued orders to two companies to purchase 48 crore kg of coal. Of this, 10 crore kg is coal so far. At present, more than 2,500 MW of electricity is available daily from wind farms. Production at thermal power plants has been halved to save coal.
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