Problems and prospects of Indian coal-power sector: strategic planning for sustainable power crisis mitigation

摘要

Natural energy resources play a vital role in sustainable growth and development of the country. Self reliance of a country largely depends on the optimum utilization of its natural energy resources and availability of power as primary energy. Today, amongst the various problems faced by coal-fired thermal power sector of the country, primary issues are increasing users' end power cost, decreasing fuel quality and tightening global and national environmental standards [1].