India’s Energy Crunch Intensifies As Power Supply Deficit Worst Since March 2016
It’s now a fact that India is teetering on the edge of a power crisis as coal shortages have left power grids with the worst deficit in years.
This month, 80% of India’s 135 coal-fired plants had less than eight days of supplies — more than 50% of plants had two days of fuel left. For some context, the four-year average of coal inventory has been a little more than two weeks.