Power Ministry is gearing up to meet India’s surging electricity demand during the peak summer months, April-June 2025, with expectations that consumption may surpass 450 billion units (BU) and peak demand scale 270 gigawatts (GW). Demand is growing at around 5.5-6 per cent per annum due to rising household consumption, particularly cooling, and growing industrial and commercial base. During April-June 2024, India recorded its longest spell of heat waves in history with the power sector meeting a record peak demand of 250 GW. Consumption stood at a high of 452 BU, while coal demand grew at around 7.30 per cent Y-o-Y—also an all time high. However, the Ministry was able to contain the power deficit at levels of 0.2-0.4 per cent. As per last year’s statistics and rising incremental demand, India will require more than 235 mt of coal and around 100 million standard cubic meters per day (MSCMD) of natural gas to meet the electricity consumption on the part of the TPPs during April-June 2025. (ICE NEW DELHI)

Fonte notizia: The Business Line