MAY 20238The coal ministry, power producers in western and northern states are employing the rail-sea-rail (RSR) route to receive their coal supply from eastern India in order to avoid rail congestion and also to decrease coal imports. Mahanadi Coalfields (MCL) is where we find coal. The RSR route transports three rakes on average each day. To ensure supply and lessen reliance on imports, we plan to raise it to 12-15 rakes every day, the official said.The gencos are being advised by the three ministries of coal, power, and railways to increase their capacity for rail-sea-rail transit in order to make coal from highly congested locations in Chhattisgarh and Odisha available. "Jharkhand's railway evacuation system is only moderately developed.The availability of coal will increase if power producers in the west, north, and southwest transport even 5 to 10 percent of it from Paradip port by sea. Even though the coastal route is more expensive than the rails, he claimed that buying coal through RSR is still significantly less expensive than buying imported coal. According to the official, the price of coal, including transportation, often ranges between Rs. 4,700 and Rs. 12,000 per tonne from Odisha to Gujarat via RSR and imported coal of the same grade. "Coal from our mines can be transported through the sea route and significant savings can be done for the nation as a whole during peak seasons when the coal requirement is high and dependence on coal imports increases".To two of its thermal power plants in Jhajjar in Haryana and Dadri in Uttar Pradesh, NTPC has begun transporting coal from Paradip. The finalisation of the bids for the power plants in Kudgi, Karnataka, and Unchahar, Uttar Pradesh, is underway. Even Rajasthan, Gujarat, and Maharashtra made bids that are currently undergoing various phases of approval. He noted that whenever necessary, this extra capacity from MCL and South Eastern Coalfields (SECL) might be used. The Gujarat cabinet adopted the draught land allocation policy for green hydrogen projects, taking the initiative in India's major transition to the production of green hydrogen. According to important sources with knowledge of the situation, land parcels totaling 1.99 lakh hectare have been set aside for five important private sector firms considering their entry into the production of green hydrogen, along with additional incentives. The distribution process will shortly get underway.The major players are Reliance New Energy Limited (74,750 ha), Adani New Industries Limited (84,486 ha), Torrent Power Limited (18,000 ha), ArcelorMittal Nippon Steel India Limited (14,393 ha), and Welspun Group (8,000 ha), which have all received preliminary approval from the state government for land parcels in the districts of Kutch and Banaskantha. The state cabinet has approved 1.99 lakh acre at a rate of Rs.15,000 per hectare on a 40-year lease basis, compared to a demand of 3.26 lakh hectare in company applications. A source added, "Further land allocation may be approved in the coming days". The expected revenue for the government from these land parcels is Rs.299 crore.These five corporations will provide the government with a security deposit of Rs.2,998 crore. According to government estimations, the entire amount of renewable energy using green hydrogen on the planned land is anticipated to be 99,814 MW, with a production of 39.95 lakh metric tonnes of green hydrogen. POWER PLANTS UTILISE RAIL-SEA-RAIL ROUTE TO OBTAIN COAL SUPPLIESGUJARAT CLEARS 1.99 LAKH HECTARES OF LAND FOR GREEN HYDROGEN PROJECTSTOP STORY
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