VISAKHAPATNAM: The power generation in NTPC’s Simhadri plant has come down to 1,050-1,100MW from 2,000MW for the past few days due to various reasons, including coal shortage and also breakdown of one unit.
Simhadri plant has four 500MW capacity power generation units. The coal requirement for the plant is 8-10 rakes (each rake between 32,000 MT to 37,000 MT), but the plant is receiving only six to eight rakes per day.
The plant usually has coal stocks for one week, but now it has stocks for one-two days.
Diwakar Kaushik, the Simhadri plant’s chief general manager, told TOI they have not been running the plant at full capacity for the past few days due to coal shortage.
“Based on coal availability we are declaring our generation capacity. One unit broke down on Monday and it is likely to be ready by Wednesday evening. We are hoping for the situation to improve in a week or two. Agricultural load would also come down as planting of paddy seeds would be over. With the days getting cooler, domestic load will also come down. Things should normalise in a week or two,” said Kaushik.
