Singareni plans to increase coal supplies to TG-Genco to 75K tonnes a day

SCCL and TG-Genco officials at a virtual coordination meeting on coal supply in Hyderabad on Tuesday.

With the demand for energy expected to rise further in the coming days due to the impact of El Nino conditions, the Singareni Collieries Company Ltd (SCCL) has decided to supply 75,000 tonnes of coal per day to the thermal power projects of the Telangana Power Generation Corporation Ltd (TG-Genco).

It includes supply of at least 16,000 tonnes of coal every day from the Naini coal mine in Odisha to the Yadadri Thermal Power Station (YTPS) and arrangements are being made to transport it seamlessly. The decisions were taken at a high-level coordination meeting held virtually at Singareni Bhavan, the corporate office of SCCL, here on Tuesday.

Chairman and Managing Director of SCCL Buddhaprakash Jyoti and CMD of Telangana Genco CMD S. Harish chaired the meeting from their offices. Coordination meetings are being held between SCCL and Genco on coal supplies to the latter’s thermal power plants. At the Tuesday’s meeting, it was decided to further increase the coal supplied further to Telangana Genco.

The Singareni CMD instructed the company’s Directors and area General Managers to give first priority to coal transportation to Genco’s thermal power plants and to supply coal to other States’ power plants only after meeting Telangana Genco’s requirements.

He stated that the Telangana Genco had been getting higher coal supplies from Singareni this year, compared to the past three to four years. Singareni was ready to supply additional coal to the extent of its capacity, if the State’s energy requirements increase.

Stating that the Naini mine had set a target of producing around 20,000 tonnes of coal per day and currently it was holding a stock of 3,00,000 tonnes, Mr. Buddhaprakash Jyoti urged the Genco to take steps to step up coal transport to YTPS. Mr. Harish explained that local transportation issues had caused some delays and that plans were in place to transport 16,000 tonnes per day from the end of this month.

The Genco CMD said measures were being taken to improve coal transportation by road from the mine to the nearest railway siding. He expressed satisfaction that coal transportation had increased following the coordination meetings.

The Naini General Manager noted that several private companies in the region, as well as the Gencos of Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Maharashtra and Tamil Nadu had sought Naini coal. The Singareni CMD instructed the Marketing Department officials to give Telangana Genco first priority for coal produced at Naini and to make arrangements to transport the remaining coal to meet the requirements of other Gencos.