Requirement or Criteria on the use of Beneficiated/Blended Coal in Thermal Power Plants in India

In order to minimise Fly Ash generation, MoEF, GOI notified on 2/1/2014 (vide Gazette Notification GSR 02(E) on the use of Beneficiated coal containing Ash not more than 34% on quarterly average basis in the following TPPs depending on their Location.

1)   A stand-alone TPPs of any capacity
                                    or
 Captive PPs of installed capacity of  100MW or above

Located beyond 1000 Km from Pit-head  area
                                     or
Located in an Urban area
                                    or
Located in an ecologicaly sensitive area 
                                    or 
Located in a critically polluted Industrial area, irrespective of its distance from Pit-head area 

except Pit-head TPPs with an immediate effect.

2)  A stand-alone TPPs of any capacity
                                    or
 Captive PPs of installed capacity of  100MW or above

Located between 750-1000 Km from Pit-head 

 with effect from 1/1/2015.

3) A stand-alone TPPs of any capacity
                                    or
 Captive PPs of installed capacity of          100MW or above

Located between 500-749 Km from Pit-head

with effect from 5/6/2016.


The following Technologies or the Green /Clean technologies or any other technology approved by MoEF, used in TPPs, are exempted from use of Beneficiated Coal irrespective of their locations.

The technologies are
Power plants using
1. Circulating Fluidised based combustion or 2. Atmosphere Fluidised based combustion or
3. Pressurised Fluidised bed combustion or
4. Integrated Gasification combined cycle technologies.
5. Supercritical Power Plant