Power Generation Through Coal
The coal consumption has increased from 240.4 Million Tonne in 2001-02 to 417.6 Million Tonnes in 2011-12 for coal based power generation. During the year 2012-13 (upto Jan, 2013), the details of mode wise generation and percentage breakup as being monitored in Central Electricity Authority is given below: Source Generation in Billion Units (BU) Percentage (%) Thermal Coal 544.5 71.4 Lignite …