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Breaking the six-month spell, electrical energy generation from conventional power plants, which include thermal, hydel and nuclear, grew 5.4 per cent on a month-on-month (m-o-m) basis in December 2019. Power plants created a total of 98.8 billion systems of electrical energy as compared to 93.7 billion units generated a month back. Power need has been diminishing monthly given that June last year falling considerably (m-o-m) around 6 per cent and 5.5 per cent in the previous 2 months. It fell at an average rate of 2.6 per cent in the remaining four months. The reprieve came from thermal electricity generation which grew 8.3 percent during the month. Electrical energy generation from thermal has been growing, m-o-m, albeit lower, given that October 2019 by 0.2 percent and 0.5 per cent in November. Generation from other 2 traditional power plants, hydel and nuclear is still down, however lower compared to November, it decreased 11.4 percent and 6.3 per cent, respectively. Things stand in contrast in 2019 as compared to the preceding year. Electrical energy generation stood at 98.8 billion units in December 2019 compared to 100.8 billion units generated in December 2018, decreasing by 2.1 per cent. This was the fourth month of successive decrease on a year-on-year (y-o-y) basis. Thermal electricity generation fell by 4.3 percent, y-o-y, in December 2019 to 86.12 billion systems. Hydro and nuclear power stations, nevertheless, reported an increase in generation. Their output rose by 14.2 percent and 15.7 per cent to 8.9 billion systems and 3.6 billion systems, respectively, in December 2019.
Conventional electrical energy generation during the first 9 months of the existing fiscal year remained nearly flat compared to the corresponding nine months of the previous financial year. It grew practically 4.8 per cent during 9MFY19 compared to 9MFY18. A total of 950.4 billion units of electrical power was produced throughout April-December 2019. The generation of thermal power stations fell by 3.2 per cent y-o-y to 779.6 billion units throughout the period. Hydro electricity generation increased by 15.9 percent to 129.5 billion systems and nuclear electricity generation rose by 25.4 percent to 35.7 billion systems during April-December 2019. Also read: Is this the real reason that Modi govt is unhappy with Jeff Bezos and Amazon?
Breaking the six-month spell, electrical power generation from conventional power plants, which consist of thermal, hydel and nuclear, grew 5.4 per cent on a month-on-month (m-o-m) basis in December 2019. Electrical power generation from thermal has actually been growing, m-o-m, albeit lower, given that October 2019 by 0.2 per cent and 0.5 per cent in November. Things stand in contrast in 2019 as compared to the preceding year. Conventional electrical energy generation during the first 9 months of the existing monetary year stayed nearly flat compared to the matching 9 months of the previous monetary year. Also read: Wall leakages, cutlery, plants and more; all that a home insurance might cover