Tata Power says its Mundra power plant remains shut because an agreement with the Gujarat government is yet to be signed. With the facility idle, the company is reportedly losing close to INR100 crore every month, turning a stalled bureaucratic step into mounting financial pressure. The restart hinges on final approvals that are still pending.
Trials are underway on 10 coal power units totaling about 18,000 MW to test whether plants originally built for imported coal can operate on local coal blends. The exercise focuses on operational feasibility, measuring effects on efficiency, combustion characteristics and equipment performance—key to shifting supply without compromising output.
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