Adani and Torrent Power's $3.7 Billion Coal Deals
Adani Power Ltd. aur Torrent Power Ltd. ne Madhya Pradesh se ₹32,500 crore (lagbhag $3.7 billion) ke alag-alag contracts hasil kiye hain, jo koal-fired power plants banane ke liye hain. Yeh India ki ongoing reliance on coal ko darshata hai, jabki desh safed urja ke liye bhi prayas kar raha hai.
MP Power Management Co. Ltd. ne Torrent Power ko ₹22,000 crore ka contract diya hai ek 1,600 MW ultra-supercritical plant ke liye. Iske alawa, Adani Power ne ₹10,500 crore ka contract prapt kiya hai ek 800 MW coal-based power plant banane ke liye. Dono companies in plants se Madhya Pradesh ki power distribution company ko ₹5.8/kWh ke thoda upar ke tariffs par power supply karengi.
Yeh deals dikhati hain ki India ka koal par badhta hua nirbharata hai, jabki Prime Minister Narendra Modi safed urja mein aur adhik investments ko protsahan de rahe hain. Desh ka plan hai ki voh 2030 tak 500 GW renewable energy power capacity install karega, jismein bade corporations ne is target ko support karne ke liye billions of dollars commit kiye hain.
India coal-based power capacity ko badhane ki yojnaon par bhi aage barh raha hai. Sarkar ka roadmap, jo late 2023 mein unveil kiya gaya, kehta hai ki voh 2032 tak lagbhag 88 GW naye coal-based power ka addition karne ka plan bana raha hai, jo pehle ke proposal se 63% zyada hai.
Halanki, Adani Power aur Torrent Power ke shares BSE par Friday ko 0.92% aur 1.55% gir gaye, jabki benchmark din ke ant mein 0.34% gir kar 79,809.65 points par band hua.
