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More than half of India’s gas-based power plants idle: Piyush Goyal

Reuters, New Delhi | ByReuters
Jul 20, 2017 11:02 PM IST

India is suffering from natural gas shortage.

About 57% of gas-fired power plants in India are lying idle due to non-availability of domestic gas, Power Minister Piyush Goyal told lawmakers on Thursday.

Representative image(HT File Photo)
Representative image(HT File Photo)

“Domestic natural gas supply to power sector can improve only in case production levels increase in future,” Goyal said.

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India, which has an installed gas-powered capacity of over 25 GW, is suffering from natural gas shortages that have required power plants to shut down or run at lower rates.

India has asked Qatar, the world’s biggest LNG exporter, to consider investing in some of its stranded gas based power plants.

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