India turns to emergency powers and imported coal as plant stocks slide further
Coal stocks at Indian thermal plants stood at 21.98 million tonnes on 26 September. That is 24% below the 29...
27 September 2026
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Coal Watch: India’s coal imports slide as weaker thermal and coking shipments cut weekly arrivals
India’s coal imports fell sharply during 13–19 September 2026, with combined steam and coking coal arrivals declining to 2.73 million...
22 September 2026
Coal Watch: India’s coal imports rise as stronger coking shipments offset weaker thermal arrivals
India’s coal imports increased during 6–12 September 2026, with combined steam and coking coal arrivals reaching 3.996 million tonnes (MT),...
15 September 2026
India’s coal crisis proves to be a logistics problem, not a scarcity one
The power-plant stock situation kept deteriorating through the window. Fifty-nine coal-fired plants were classified as critically low as of 9...
14 September 2026
India’s coal supply gap widens as Coal India’s output falls and global prices climb
Last week’s report flagged forty-five power plants running critically low on coal. That number has since climbed to fifty. Government...
06 September 2026
NTPC’s US$176.4 billion roadmap shows India’s power money is outrunning its regulators
At its 50th annual general meeting on 27 August, NTPC’s chairman and managing director, Gurdeep Singh, told shareholders the company...
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04 September 2026
Coal Watch: India’s coal imports fall as weaker coking shipments outweigh thermal demand
India’s coal imports fell sharply during 23–29 August 2026, with total arrivals declining to 2.73 million tonnes (MT) from 3.42...
01 September 2026
India’s monsoon calm hides a discom reckoning and a busier regional grid
India’s power system has stepped back from the extraordinary highs of early summer, when national peak demand touched a record...
31 August 2026
India’s coal supply crunch collides with a rallying global market
The most striking story of the week was not a price chart but a stock chart. Central Electricity Authority data...
30 August 2026
India’s power grid has stopped being a pipe. It is becoming a queue
India solved its power shortage problem. It has not solved its power-sharing problem. For three decades, the country’s electricity story...
23 August 2026
India’s coal fleet must learn to flex or its solar boom will keep hitting a wall
By November 2025, India reached a milestone few expected this early. Non-fossil sources crossed half of the country’s installed power...
23 August 2026
Coal Watch: India's coal imports ease as weaker coking coal offsets stronger thermal arrivals
India's coal imports moderated during 9–15 August 2026, with total shipments falling to 3.42 million tonnes (MT) from 3.56 MT...
18 August 2026