India's top power firm to boost private coal buys on tightening supply

Source: Mysteel Oct 15, 2026 17:35

India's largest power producer NTPC plans to increase coal procurement from private mines to shore up fuel supplies, as availability tightens and electricity demand rises, Reuters reported.

Coal remains central to India's power system, with coal-fired plants forming the backbone of dispatchable supply. The country is leaning on thermal power to meet rising electricity demand amid an extended summer and weaker hydropower output linked to El Niño. India's power shortages hit 560 million kilowatt-hours (kWh) in September,

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