India expects lower rainfall in coal-producing areas, potentially easing power crisis
2 years, 6 months ago

India expects lower rainfall in coal-producing areas, potentially easing power crisis

Live Mint  

India expects rainfall in the biggest coal-producing areas of its east-central region to be below the long-term average this year, potentially easing utilities' coal shortages as there could be fewer disruptions to mining activity due to flooding. Higher rainfall in other parts of the country could increase hydro power generation and irrigation-driven electricity demand could be lower, easing pressure on thermal power. Domestic coal output typically dips during the annual monsoon period between June and September every year due to mining disruptions, and state-run Indian Railways also faces delays due to water-clogged tracks and route closures. The India Meteorological Department expects rainfall in the coal-producing regions of Maharashtra and Madhya Pradesh, which together make up a quarter of India's output, to be above average, it said on Tuesday.

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Weather Bee | As monsoon season nears end, skew in rainfall persists across India
3 months, 1 week ago

Weather Bee | As monsoon season nears end, skew in rainfall persists across India

Hindustan Times  

The southwest monsoon runs officially from June to September in India. However, the geographical skew in rain’s performance seen earlier in the season still persists. The rains in the remaining 19 days of the season can easily surpass that 3.3 mm shortfall, as IMD’s extended range forecast shows most of India receiving some rain every week up to the week …

IMD predicts ‘India to record above-normal rainfall in August and September’
4 months, 3 weeks ago

IMD predicts ‘India to record above-normal rainfall in August and September’

The Hindu  

With rain-triggered landslides killing more than 200 people in Kerala’s Wayanad, and intense spells battering Uttarakhand and Himachal Pradesh, the India Meteorological Department has forecast above normal monsoon rain in August and September. August, the second rainiest monsoon month, is expected to receive ‘normal’ monsoon and September more rainfall than the average 17 cm every year if the IMD’s forecast …

India's coal dependence for power to be highest in nine years as heatwaves intensify
6 months ago

India's coal dependence for power to be highest in nine years as heatwaves intensify

Hindustan Times  

India will use more coal for generating electricity this year than it has in almost a decade, to cope with surging electricity demand, Bloomberg reported. Representational The country expects to add 15.4 gigawatts in the financial year 2024-25, the most in nine years, people familiar with the matter told Bloomberg. Coal still generates about three-quarters of India’s electricity, and the …

India's agriculture faces concerns as monsoon rains a fifth below normal
6 months, 1 week ago

India's agriculture faces concerns as monsoon rains a fifth below normal

Hindustan Times  

India's monsoon has delivered a fifth less rain than normal so far this season, the weather department said on Monday, in a worrying sign for the vital agricultural sector. A farmer walks on a lake that has dried up due to drought outside Beed, India Summer rains, critical to economic growth in Asia's third-largest economy, usually begin in the south …

India's fizzling monsoon could prolong heatwave in north: Report
6 months, 1 week ago

India's fizzling monsoon could prolong heatwave in north: Report

India TV News  

India's monsoon rains have stalled after reaching western regions ahead of schedule, potentially delaying their arrival in northern and central states and extending the ongoing heatwave in the grain-growing plains, according to two senior weather officials. Heatwave concerns IMD data showed that maximum temperatures in India's northern states range between 42 degrees Celsius and 46 degrees Celsius, which is 3 …

IMD predicts above normal rain in the country this monsoon
6 months, 3 weeks ago

IMD predicts above normal rain in the country this monsoon

India TV News  

The India Meteorological Department on Monday announced that the core monsoon zone, which encompasses the majority of rain-fed agricultural regions in the country, is forecasted to experience above-average rainfall this season. The states like Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Maharashtra, Odisha, Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh and West Bengal form the country's core monsoon zone where agriculture is primarily rain-fed. "India's monsoon …

Plentiful rains could lift farm growth to 6% this year: Officials
7 months, 1 week ago

Plentiful rains could lift farm growth to 6% this year: Officials

Hindustan Times  

An above-average monsoon, expected to hit the Kerala coast on May 31, could lift farm growth to 6% this year on the back of higher output of summer crops and a base effect, a government policy-maker said on Thursday. Farming as part of India’s culture and civilisation The June-September rainy season is critical for Asia’s third-largest economy as nearly half …

Why monsoon rainfall matters
8 months, 1 week ago

Why monsoon rainfall matters

Hindustan Times  

The India Meteorological Department, the country’s national weather bureau, has predicted an above-normal monsoon season with a potential boost to the world’s fifth-largest economy. Two, nearly half of the country’s net-sown area does not have access to irrigation and therefore, depends on the rains to grow a number of crops vital for food security. The monsoon, which delivers 70% of …

India Likely to Experience Above-normal Rainfall this Monsoon: IMD
8 months, 1 week ago

India Likely to Experience Above-normal Rainfall this Monsoon: IMD

Deccan Chronicle  

New Delhi: India is likely to experience above-normal cumulative rainfall in the 2024 monsoon season with La Nina conditions likely to set in by August-September, the IMD has said on Monday.However, normal cumulative rainfall does not guarantee uniform temporal and spatial distribution of rain across the country, with climate change further increasing the variability of the rain-bearing system. Based on …

India to receive above-normal monsoon rains: IMD
8 months, 1 week ago

India to receive above-normal monsoon rains: IMD

The Hindu  

While several States reel under heatwaves, the India Meteorological Department has forecast a bountiful monsoon for the year. Last year, El Nino – a warming of the Central Pacific and usually linked to diminished rainfall in India – dented India’s monsoon by 6%. This year, the El Nino has not yet fully faded but is expected to do so by …

Coal power generation up 10.13% during April to December 2023
11 months ago

Coal power generation up 10.13% during April to December 2023

New Indian Express  

NEW DELHI: The country’s coal-fired power generation showed significant growth of nearly 10.13% from April to December 2023 compared to the corresponding period of the previous year. As per the coal ministry, the domestic coal-based power generation from April to December 2023 rose by 7.14% to 872 billion units, up from 813.9 BU generated in the corresponding period last year. …

Rainfall rising in over half of India’s sub-districts, says four-decade study
11 months, 1 week ago

Rainfall rising in over half of India’s sub-districts, says four-decade study

The Hindu  

January 17, 2024 10:39 pm | Updated January 18, 2024 01:51 pm IST - NEW DELHI Rainfall is increasing in more than half of India’s 4,400-odd tehsils or sub-districts, according to a granular analysis of changes in the Indian monsoon, conducted for the first time at the tehsil level. “In our study of localised wet rainfall extremes, we found that …

Capturing the monsoon: its variance and the message
1 year, 2 months ago

Capturing the monsoon: its variance and the message

The Hindu  

For the first time since 2018, India has reported a deficit monsoon. From June to September this year, India received 82 cm of rainfall, nearly 6% lower than the 89 cm that is considered ‘normal’. Between 2019 and 2022, the Indian monsoon was significantly impacted by the converse phenomenon – a cooling La Niña — that sometimes is associated with …

India boosts coal use to stop power outages as hydroelectricity output falls
1 year, 3 months ago

India boosts coal use to stop power outages as hydroelectricity output falls

Live Mint  

With an aim to stop outages caused by lower hydroelectricity output, India has stepped up the use of coal to generate electricity as an increase in renewables is struggling to keep pace with record power demand, according to Reuters reports. Hence, the driest August has resulted in power generation surging to a record 162.7 billion kilowatt hours, a Reuters analysis …

Why farmers in India are worried despite ‘average’ monsoon rains
1 year, 5 months ago

Why farmers in India are worried despite ‘average’ monsoon rains

Al Jazeera  

While average monsoon rains are ordinarily good for the farmers, uneven distribution this year has created new worries. India has received average monsoon rains since the start of the season on June 1, despite concerns that an El Nino weather pattern could lead to lower rainfall this year. While average monsoon rains are ordinarily good for Indian farmers, uneven distribution …

Monsoon rains swing from 10% deficit to surplus in 8 days
1 year, 5 months ago

Monsoon rains swing from 10% deficit to surplus in 8 days

The Hindu  

The bountiful rains in many parts of India in the first eight days of July have bridged the rainfall deficit for the entire country, according to the India Meteorological Department's data. While the eastern and northeastern region has recorded a deficiency of 17%, north India has witnessed 59% excess rainfall, the latest IMD data showed. Central India, where a large …

Monsoon rains cover entire country, still lower than average
1 year, 5 months ago

Monsoon rains cover entire country, still lower than average

Hindustan Times  

India's annual monsoon covered the entire country on Sunday, six days earlier than usual, the state-run weather office said, but rain totals are 10% below average so far this season. In a typical year, rains usually lash Kerala state, on India's southwest coast, from around June 1 and move northwards to cover the entire country by July 8. This year, …

IMD retains its normal outlook for monsoon
1 year, 6 months ago

IMD retains its normal outlook for monsoon

The Hindu  

The India Meteorological Department has kept its forecast of normal rainfall from June-September this year, unchanged from its prediction in April. At 96% of the Long Period Average of 87 cm, this is at the lowest end of what is considered ‘normal.’ The chances of an El Nino forming are near certain, and this will likely mean that rainfall levels …

Monsoons in India become unpredictable as pollution wreaks havoc
1 year, 6 months ago

Monsoons in India become unpredictable as pollution wreaks havoc

The Hindu  

In a small laboratory on the outskirts of the Indian city of Hyderabad, professor Kirti Sahu is studying raindrops. Using a machine that simulates the conditions of clouds, he is among a number of scientists aiming to understand how climate change and pollution are changing the monsoon rains that underpin the country's agrarian economy. In recent years, India has seen …

Monsoon rains to be below normal in northwest, normal in rest of India: IMD
1 year, 6 months ago

Monsoon rains to be below normal in northwest, normal in rest of India: IMD

Live Mint  

New Delhi: India will receive normal rains during the crucial southwest monsoon season despite the emergence of the El Nino weather phenomenon, the weather bureau said on Friday. El Nino is caused due to unusual warming of water in the eastern equatorial Pacific that has a high correlation with warmer summers and weaker monsoon rains in India. “Sowing would be …

India to see normal rains during June-September monsoon season this year: IMD
1 year, 8 months ago

India to see normal rains during June-September monsoon season this year: IMD

Firstpost  

New Delhi: In a big relief for farmers and people battling sweltering heat, the India Meteorological Department Tuesday announced that the country will witness normal rainfall during the southwest monsoon season. The forecast of normal rainfall during the southwest monsoon season comes as IMD sees a positive Indian Ocean Dipole and a lower snow cover over the northern hemisphere which …

India to see normal rains during southwest monsoon season: IMD
1 year, 8 months ago

India to see normal rains during southwest monsoon season: IMD

Deccan Chronicle  

New Delhi: The country can expect normal rainfall during the southwest monsoon season as a positive Indian Ocean Dipole and a lower snow cover over the northern hemisphere are likely to counter the evolving El Nino conditions, the India Meteorological Department said on Tuesday. "India to see normal rainfall during the southwest monsoon season. "If at all there is any …

India to witness normal monsoon this year despite El Nino condition, says IMD
1 year, 8 months ago

India to witness normal monsoon this year despite El Nino condition, says IMD

India TV News  

The India Meteorological Department on Tuesday said that the country will witness normal rains during the upcoming monsoon season despite the evolving El Nino conditions. Mohapatra said normal to below-normal rainfall is predicted over parts of northwest India, west-central and northeast regions during the southwest monsoon season. The Met department head said El Nino conditions are likely to develop during …

India likely to get ‘below normal’ monsoon rains in 2023: Skymet
1 year, 8 months ago

India likely to get ‘below normal’ monsoon rains in 2023: Skymet

The Hindu  

India is likely to get "below normal" monsoon rains in 2023 with an increasing likelihood of El-Nino, which typically brings dry weather to Asia, private weather forecasting agency Skymet said on Monday. El Nino return may presage a weaker monsoon," Jatin Singh, managing director, Skymet said in a statement. Monsoon rains in India are expected to be 94% of the …

Analysis | India cheers the return of 'King Coal' as industry sees buoyant future
1 year, 9 months ago

Analysis | India cheers the return of 'King Coal' as industry sees buoyant future

The Hindu  

India's coal industry celebrated the return of its major conference after a three-year pandemic hiatus by presenting a bullish view of demand, rising supply from new mines and strong demand for imports. Increased output The reality is that India has successfully increased domestic coal output, with official government figures released last week showing production in the first 10 months of …

Global warming making India vulnerable to extreme weather events
1 year, 10 months ago

Global warming making India vulnerable to extreme weather events

Live Mint  

India is likely to witness more extreme weather events, including intense heat waves, heavy flooding and severe drought that pose challenges to food and energy security for the second-most populous nation. Erratic weather conditions expose millions of Indians to climate disasters, kill thousands every year and increase economic hardships by eroding farm productivity. Deadly heat waves strained energy supplies and …

India to boost coal imports this year to cope with harsh weather, freight snags: Report
1 year, 11 months ago

India to boost coal imports this year to cope with harsh weather, freight snags: Report

Hindustan Times  

India's power utilities will likely boost coal imports this year to cope with surges in demand, made worse over the past year by extreme temperatures, and with freight bottlenecks that are disrupting domestic coal supplies, analysts and officials said. Coal imports by Indian utilities more than doubled to 42 million tonnes during the first eight months of this fiscal year …

India expects utilities' annual coal demand to surge about 8% after renewables shortfall
1 year, 11 months ago

India expects utilities' annual coal demand to surge about 8% after renewables shortfall

The Hindu  

India expects its power plants to burn about 8% more coal in the fiscal year ending March 2024, according to a senior government official and a Power Ministry presentation, after the country missed its 2022 renewable-energy goal by more than 30%. India expects utilities' coal demand to reach 821 million tonnes in 2023-24, according to the presentation. India is expected …

Explained | Shifting monsoon patterns
2 years, 2 months ago

Explained | Shifting monsoon patterns

The Hindu  

The story so far: The India Meteorological Department has said that the monsoon has begun to retreat from Rajasthan. Monsoon rainfall in India has been surplus by around 7% this year though with extreme inequity. Rains in Central India were surplus by 20% and in southern India by 25%, with the last month seeing several instances of flooding in Kerala, …

India needs climate-resilient farming
2 years, 4 months ago

India needs climate-resilient farming

Hindustan Times  

After a gruelling March-May season, marked by back-to-back heatwave days in parts of India, the country confronts another challenge: An uneven spread of the southwest monsoon. In July, there was 16.9% excess rain over the country, with 10.8% excess over northwest India; 42.7% excess over central India; 60.4% excess over peninsular India, according to the India Meteorological Department. For farmers, …

India’s Energy-Environment Catch-22
2 years, 5 months ago

India’s Energy-Environment Catch-22

The Diplomat  

Rani, a domestic worker in New Delhi, travels 10-15 kilometers every day from her cramped urban slum in Goyla Dairy, Najafgarh, to high rise buildings in Dwarka. While India plans to reach carbon neutral status by 2070, extreme weather events like the recent heatwaves keep pushing India’s energy sector to depend on traditional coal in the absence of enough renewable …

India's coal import declines to 209 MT in 2021-22 as domestic output jumps
2 years, 6 months ago

India's coal import declines to 209 MT in 2021-22 as domestic output jumps

Firstpost  

Coal imports, which had reached a peak of 248 MT in 2019-20, declined continuously during the next two years to 215 MT in 2020-21 and further to 209 MT in 2021-22 New Delhi: India’s coal import declined to 209 million tonnes in the financial year ended March 2022 as against 248 MT recorded in 2019-20, as per the government data …

Record renewable energy output helps India ease coal shortage in May
2 years, 6 months ago

Record renewable energy output helps India ease coal shortage in May

Live Mint  

Record green energy output reduced Indian dependence on coal in May, despite 23.5% growth in power demand, contributing to a rise in utilities' coal inventories, a Reuters analysis of government data showed. Surging supply from renewables will go some way towards mitigating India's coal shortage amid extraordinarily rapid growth in demand, which has forced the country to reopen mines and …

Record renewables output helps India ease coal shortage in May
2 years, 6 months ago

Record renewables output helps India ease coal shortage in May

The Hindu  

Record green energy output reduced Indian dependence on coal in May, despite a 23.5% growth in power demand, contributing to a rise in utilities' coal inventories, a Reuters analysis of government data showed. Surging supply from renewables will go some way towards mitigating India's coal shortage amid extraordinarily rapid growth in demand, which has forced the country to reopen mines …

June-September rains to be 103% of the average: IMD
2 years, 6 months ago

June-September rains to be 103% of the average: IMD

The Hindu  

Monsoon rains from June to September are likely to be more than that anticipated by the India Meteorological Department in April, with the agency on Tuesday upping its estimate from 99% to 103% of the Long Period Average. The monsoon rains over the four broad regions — central India, southern peninsula, northeast India and northwest India — for which the …

India to receive 103% rainfall this Monsoon, predicts IMD
2 years, 6 months ago

India to receive 103% rainfall this Monsoon, predicts IMD

India TV News  

Highlights The south-west monsoon reached Kerala on May 29, three days ahead of its usual date of June 1 The south-west monsoon is considered the lifeline of India's agri-based economy Monsoon in India: The India Meteorological Department has predicted that the country will receive more rains this monsoon season than predicted earlier. "The average rainfall this monsoon season is expected …

India heading towards another power crisis in July-August: Report
2 years, 6 months ago

India heading towards another power crisis in July-August: Report

India TV News  

A lower pre-monsoon coal stock at thermal power plants in India is suggestive of another power crisis in July-August, independent research organisation CREA has said. "The data compiled from official sources suggest that the coal power plants are in no position to address even a minor spike in the power demand and there is a need to plan for coal …

India to face wider coal shortages, worsening power outage risks
2 years, 6 months ago

India to face wider coal shortages, worsening power outage risks

The Hindu  

India is expected to face a wider coal shortage during the quarter ending September over expectations of higher power demand, an internal Power Ministry presentation seen by Reuters showed, worsening risks of widespread power outages. The energy-hungry nation expects local coal supply to fall 42.5 million tonnes short of demand in the September quarter, 15% higher than previously projected, due …

India likely to get ’normal’ monsoon rains, says IMD
2 years, 6 months ago

India likely to get ’normal’ monsoon rains, says IMD

Live Mint  

The India Meteorological Department expected seasonal monsoon rainfall to be normal this year. In the next five days, light to moderate rainfall is expected in Konkan and Goa region while other parts of the state will also receive light rainfall. "Strong winds with speed reaching 40 to 50 kmph gusting to 60 kmph are very likely to prevail along and …

Coal India to open big, new mine this year to fight power crisis
2 years, 6 months ago

Coal India to open big, new mine this year to fight power crisis

The Hindu  

State-run Coal India will open this year what is expected to become one of the country's biggest coal mines, officials said, as India struggles to keep pace with surging power demand. Output from the new Siarmal mine in eastern Odisha state would rise gradually, reaching capacity of 50 million tonnes in about five to seven years, Vinayak Jamwal, spokesman for …

IMD forecasts ‘normal’ monsoon, no El Nino
2 years, 8 months ago

IMD forecasts ‘normal’ monsoon, no El Nino

The Hindu  

The India Meteorological Department, while forecasting a ‘normal’ southwest monsoon for this year also, revised downwards the definition of what constitutes average rainfall. The IMD does not expect an El Nino, a phenomenon associated with a warming of the Central Pacific and drying up of the rains over northwest India, the coming monsoon. On Tuesday, private weather forecasting agency Skymet, …

India to face more power cuts due to coal shortage, soaring demand
2 years, 8 months ago

India to face more power cuts due to coal shortage, soaring demand

Live Mint  

India is likely to face more power cuts this year as utilities' coal inventories are at the lowest pre-summer levels in at least nine years and electricity demand is expected to rise at the fastest pace in at least 38 years, officials and analysts say. Utilities' coal inventory at lowest levels in at least 9 yrs, "The problem is, even …

Is another coal shortage crisis looming over India?
2 years, 10 months ago

Is another coal shortage crisis looming over India?

Business Standard  

In December last year, the Federation of Indian Mineral Industries shot off a letter to the Prime Minister claiming that the coal crisis was still prevailing, and was affecting the profitability of non-power industries. Data available on the National Power Portal shows that at the national level, the current stock of coal at power generation units stands at an average …

Over-reliance on coal in our power mix hurting India
3 years, 2 months ago

Over-reliance on coal in our power mix hurting India

Live Mint  

The current shortage of coal is raising the spectre of long power outages. At a broader level, the crisis also underscores India’s overwhelming dependence on coal to meet its energy needs, the significant push towards renewables notwithstanding. As of September 2021, thermal power— power generated from burning coal, gas and petroleum—comprised 60% of India’s installed capacity in power generation. In …

Watch | India on the brink of a power crisis due to coal shortage
3 years, 2 months ago

Watch | India on the brink of a power crisis due to coal shortage

The Hindu  

The world is facing an energy crunch as the supply of natural gas, coal and other energy sources fail to adequately satisfy growing demand. Amid this global energy crisis, a power crisis is brewing in India with the country's power plants running on critically low coal stocks. Three out of four power plants in the country possess less than a …

India staring at power crisis with coal stocks down to days
3 years, 2 months ago

India staring at power crisis with coal stocks down to days

Associated Press  

NEW DELHI — An energy crisis is looming over India as coal supplies grow perilously low, adding to challenges for a recovery in Asia’s third largest economy after it was wracked by the pandemic. Out of India’s 135 coal plants, 108 were facing critically low stocks, with 28 of them down to just one day’s worth of supply, according to …

Coal India Warned Govt of Coal Shortage in February, Documents Show
3 years, 3 months ago

Coal India Warned Govt of Coal Shortage in February, Documents Show

News 18  

Coal India’s warned the adviser to the federal power ministry in February of an impending fuel shortage as utilities tapped inventories and curbed purchases despite rising coal-fired power output, documents reviewed by Reuters show. But the company was more worried this year as coal-fired power output picked up with coronavirus-related restrictions easing, while utilities tapped stockpiles instead of buying fresh …

Heavy rainfall over several parts of India in 6-7 days: IMD
3 years, 5 months ago

Heavy rainfall over several parts of India in 6-7 days: IMD

India Today  

Following the revival of the Southwest Monsoon, heavy to very heavy rainfall is expected in several parts of the country, including the northern region, over the next six to seven days, according to the India Meteorological Department. The IMD said rainfall activity is very likely to increase with fairly widespread to widespread rainfall with heavy to very heavy falls over …

This monsoon, Manipur, not Delhi, has the biggest shortfall of rain
3 years, 6 months ago

This monsoon, Manipur, not Delhi, has the biggest shortfall of rain

Hindustan Times  

June 1 to September 30 is officially considered as the monsoon season in India. The headline number on rainfall exceeding LPA hides regional variations Not all regions have received higher than usual rainfall this monsoon season. Of the 613 2011 census districts for which this calculation is possible using IMD’s gridded dataset, 359 have received excess to large excess rainfall …

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