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After reaching a brand new demand excessive of 197.07 GW yesterday, the facility demand has additional surpassed the 200 GW mark.
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- Last Updated:July 08, 2021, 17:00 IST
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Power demand within the nation touched an all-time excessive and crossed the 200 GW mark on Wednesday, amid hovering temperatures in lots of states due to delayed monsoon and easing of coronavirus-related restrictions. According to the most recent Power Ministry knowledge, peak energy demand or the best provide in a day touched an all time excessive of 200.57 GW on Wednesday.
On Tuesday, energy demand was at a report excessive of 197.07 GW. Experts opined that top temperatures in lots of states due to delayed monsoon and easing of restrictions that had been in place to curb coronavirus infections have led to a surge in energy demand today.
Last month, peak energy demand met or the best provide in a day witnessed a development of over 16 per cent at 191.51 GW (recorded on June 30) in contrast to 164.98 GW recorded in June 2020. The peak energy demand was 182.45 GW in June 2019.
As per the Ministry’s knowledge, peak energy demand had touched an all-time excessive of 192.16 GW on July 5, 2021. Then, the determine had surpassed the height energy demand of 191.51 GW recorded on June 30. “Today, All India peak demand met touched the all time highest degree of 197060 MW at 11:43 hrs. Looking ahead to the demand touching 200000 MW within the close to future,” Power Minister R K Singh had said in a tweet on Tuesday.
In January, Singh had tweeted that the power demand and supply surged to a new high of 1,88,452 MW at 9:42 am on January 28. “The rate at which we are going, we shall cross 2,00,000 MW very soon,” he stated.
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