India & China face energy crisis, power cuts & load shedding as coal prices rise & supply fall

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2 жыл бұрын

#IndiaEnergyCrisis #ChinaEnergyCrisis #CoalDistribution
As the world suffers from an energy crisis and India is set to join in too. Shekhar Gupta explains why in the 'climate sensitive' world, scarcity of 'king coal' is troubling the world as coal crisis is caught in a perfect storm in a country highly dependent on the 'unwanted' commodity. Episode 850 of CutTheClutter.
Additional Research by Sukriti Vats and Amogh Rohmetra
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Read Union Power and Renewable Energy Minister R K Singh’s interview here: indianexpress.com/article/bus...\
Read Power crunch in China and India stokes global growth anxiety: www.ft.com/content/b790d504-b...
Read ‘Low coal stock crisis: 16 TPPs have zero coal stock, 108 have less than 7 days’ here: psuwatch.com/low-coal-stock-c...
Read India Says Coal Crisis Could Drag On as Long as Six Months: www.bloomberg.com/news/articl...
Read 'Coal Giant Told to Boost Output to Ease India’s Power Crisis' here: www.bloomberg.com/news/articl...
Read 'Energy Crisis Deepens in India With Four Days of Coal Reserves Left': www.bloomberg.com/news/articl...
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@ThePrintIndia 2 жыл бұрын

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@mdfarhanahmed4829 2 жыл бұрын

As of Jan,2021, generation of power Coal -53%-200 GW Hydro - 12% - 46 Solar - 10% - 40 Wind - 10% - 38.7 Nuclear - 1.8% - Others(gas, biomass) Total capacity 380 GW ( 200-thermal + 136(renewable) + 44 ( other))

@aviationdesigns_mg7883 2 жыл бұрын

Sir we have already found G-Gav

@aviationdesigns_mg7883 2 жыл бұрын

No need of nuclear and any things

@saumyendranathsen9937 2 жыл бұрын

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@saumyendranathsen9937 2 жыл бұрын

@agytjax 2 жыл бұрын

What an irony - On a day when the Nobel prize for Physics was awarded for climate change scientists, the humble Coal makes a comeback !

@oldmansgoldenwords 2 жыл бұрын

market has it own way to take revenge of the tyranny of intellectuals.

@zil1832 2 жыл бұрын

Even nobel prize have started to play to the gallery...started awarding in the areas that pertains to the "theme" and helps spread the "messege".

@justanotherview3243 2 жыл бұрын

@@oldmansgoldenwords Tyranny of intellectuals? 😂😂 I mean, is this comment in jest that a number of hardworking individuals enhanced their learning capabilities, discovered new knowledge and kept solving intractable problems that enhanced the contemporary human understanding of this planet and the rest of the universe? Anti- intellectualism is a weapon of a coward. A coward that can't dare to take efforts that these scientists are taking day and night purely to find answers to some persistent questions. Your contempt of them shows that you missed the boat of making any positive contributions to our world. Really sad and pathetic... Have some shame. And maybe learn some respect.

@oldmansgoldenwords 2 жыл бұрын

@@justanotherview3243 You should be ashamed when cores of people will sleep in dark with lower quality of life than their parents. These intellectuals take zero responsibility when people sleep in dark. You have missed the boat and failed to reflect on your failure in life. We had enough of intellectuals hyperbole and platitudes doubling down on things which failed them in first place. We need to strip these intellectuals of all their awards and hold them responsible for their crimes.

@samt1705 2 жыл бұрын

Coal has always been there.. there's no comeback BTW, The Physics Nobel was shared between Climate Modeling and Spin Glass research. Lazy reporters didn't report the other awardees's research.

@itatube7594 2 жыл бұрын

I am from arunachal. We have mostly hydro power. Finally something to be proud of. But yes, there are ecological and environmental setbacks

@sojujoseph8906 2 жыл бұрын

Kerala too

@seinentranslations2865 2 жыл бұрын

@@sojujoseph8906 Kerala mostly has coal too

@sojujoseph8906 2 жыл бұрын

@@seinentranslations2865 for electricity 🤭🤭

@byron-ih2ge 2 жыл бұрын

@Che Guevara india is about to, china is suffering since 1 week thats the difference

@artificialintelligence2653 2 жыл бұрын

@Che Guevara China is also running out of coal just like India is.

@zehahahha 2 жыл бұрын

The whole UN SDGs are so paradoxical with economic growth that its not even funny, developed countries who have grown on the back of cheap polluting sources of energy historically and continue to be leading per capita polluters now expect the developing ones to clean up their mess even if it means compromising on the golden period for these countries.

@jithinv8794 2 жыл бұрын

You cant have best of both worlds... If you want to export and do trading with developed countries, then you have to understand and work in your capacity for climate action.. Or else countries should chose to be like North Korea, neither involve in Global trade nor follow on climate action or any other Global rules.

@Indian-cv6hq 2 жыл бұрын

@@jithinv8794 like it's all one way trading

@edis6484 2 жыл бұрын

@Civil Engg you are correct. We have enough energy supply from the nuclear power plants right ?? So why to worry about coal, thermal power plants and power loss. We have enough power from the nuclear power plants and wind mills🤔🤔

@AnkhArcRod 2 жыл бұрын

@@himanshugurjar9002 This is by far the silliest comment I have ever seen. War is horror beyond belief.

@ssriramsrs 2 жыл бұрын

I hope the govt doesn't let this crisis go to waste. Stuff like rooftop solar and power buybacks of excess power need to be fast tracked and main streamed and encouraged in a very very big way. Best time to implement stuff for the long term

@arabindswain4455 2 жыл бұрын

You need nuclear power. Intermittent power is too unreliable.

@subhxsish 2 жыл бұрын

Solar isn't gonna suffice the power requirements of even a small country, least one as large as India. The only alternative is Nuclear power

@connecting.dots.8870 2 жыл бұрын

@@tony-pc4kd haha. Protest by Khangress govt states only. Here in my state i asked many farmers and farmer sons about the new law and they knew very well. Even they welcomed it. Don’t spread fake news. By the way i am not a bhakt. I do case study all the laws.

@swamivardana9911 2 жыл бұрын

pure comic relief .

@thirdperson2161 2 жыл бұрын

@@tony-pc4kd don't peddle your agenda here. Except the hardcore supporters of opposition everyone by now know these are not real farmers. These people will be no where to be seen once 2024 general elections are over.

@subratsingh1610 2 жыл бұрын

Murphy's law : "Anything that can go wrong will go wrong."

@manjulashanmugasundaram706 2 жыл бұрын

Anything that cannot go wrong will also go wrong

@mamaearthinternationalflan3334 2 жыл бұрын

Bhai Mujhe 80 thousand Paytm krdo. iPhone Lena hai.

@mrytyunjaykr 2 жыл бұрын

@@mamaearthinternationalflan3334 Paytm number do

@makn3513 2 жыл бұрын

Reincarnation of karna born with mask 😷 🤓

@mamaearthinternationalflan3334 2 жыл бұрын

Bhai iPhone k sath sath AirPods k bhi kr dena 😇😇

@MinhajAhmedAnsari 2 жыл бұрын

Coal India, the sole indian coal supplier's shares have increased almost to the tune of 33% in last one month. It is one of those low return, and high dividend paying equity stock. I know this as I am one of the regretful retail share holder in this stock. The company never meets its capital expenditure and revenue targets, has accumulated lot of account receivables, due to non payment of bills by power plants and still pays out handsome dividend to it's share holders, including the largest share holder Sarkar-e-hind. All that money which could be re-invested to improve the efficiency and increase production is doled out as cash. It's as much as failure of coal India as it is of successive central governments.

@jayantjolly 2 жыл бұрын

I know right. I always keep some Coal India share in my portfolio just for the dividends. Sold all of it yesterday!! But it's a good share to have if you can hedge it with options. Since it never moves anywhere one can keep making money from option selling and keep the shares for high dividends. My dad calls Coal India as "Governments Gullak(piggy-bank)"!! Jab bhi sarkar ko paisa chaiye hota hai Coal India will give dividends!! ☺😂

@joyalsajan1168 2 жыл бұрын

Pirvatise this shit.

@Pravar 2 жыл бұрын

"govt owned enterprise are least efficient in operation and production "

@MA123mo 2 жыл бұрын

he is lying no power shortage in India as such, coal expensive because coal is an international commodity & hug short in derivatives. there is no reason of crude also $ 82 short on Dabba. the shorter will revere double crude will fall like dhuuuuuuuuuuum, but when a million-dollar question.

@rajx7120 2 жыл бұрын

@@MA123mo Our domestic coal production is pathetic. Hence, the need to buy internationally. Thanks to Coal India.

@manjulashanmugasundaram706 2 жыл бұрын

Those of us who thought that when petrol price reaches 1000, we can buy electric bike have nowhere to go now. Doom. Total doom.

@neerajsinghbhar966 2 жыл бұрын

Those are andhbhakts and gober eaters

@neerajsinghbhar966 2 жыл бұрын

@SensationalDemigod 15 tera baap Jat hai

@mauryamaurya6376 2 жыл бұрын

lol chamchee spotted

@neerajsinghbhar966 2 жыл бұрын

@@mauryamaurya6376 Teri ma ka log ni spot hua

@neerajsinghbhar966 2 жыл бұрын

@@mauryamaurya6376 Teri mammy ka asli log hun tera baap

@fatimaninjabegam875 2 жыл бұрын

👍👍 China v/s Australia, India is buying from the ships that are already stranded at Chinese ports, we have bargained a good price for it!

@byron-ih2ge 2 жыл бұрын

@@tigereyewong9757 ya

@byron-ih2ge 2 жыл бұрын

@@tigereyewong9757 but india is buying all the coal stranded on chinese ports as china ha. Unofficially banned the use of Australian coal due to geopolitics

@sreekanthmukkandi9740 2 жыл бұрын

Yes bro. But for this Gupta nothing we can do if there’s no China’s help. These pseudo journalists never agrees India is going further and better than other countries.

@byron-ih2ge 2 жыл бұрын

@@sreekanthmukkandi9740 go watch republic then😂

@bestquotes2765 2 жыл бұрын

Think logically . china produces 10 times higher electricity than india . china consumes only 5% of Australian coal. It is banned now. That 5% is equal to 50% in indian consumption. India don't want that much coal. If india buys that much amount of coal from Australia indian coal mines get bankrupt. If india don't buy then Australian coal industry get bankrupt which accounts for 18% of Australian GDP.

@mitulkabutarwala2504 2 жыл бұрын

I run textile processing unit in Surat Gujarat and the only way out of this is that final retail selling price of all the products that are manufactured using thermal energy as the fuel to meet its process requirements will go up coz that’s the only way out. Trust me these new coal prices aren’t going down any time soon. Or perhaps never

@rext8949 2 жыл бұрын

The high prices will definitely continue for a protracted period. But over time as shuttered and disabled mines are bought back online and gas and oil production increase coal will gradually diminish.Question is whether the increase in renewables be able to keep up with the increase in consumption and reduce dependency on coal.

@theaccidentalguitarist9688 2 жыл бұрын

And kejriwal is promising free electricity to every state wherever aap is contesting elections.

@coolboi1621 2 жыл бұрын

He did not even pay electricity department and water department debt they are under 50k crore debt

@mauryamaurya6376 2 жыл бұрын

lol Italian chamchee.... its true should not provide electricity free

@ericme5715 2 жыл бұрын

@@tony-pc4kd U won my freind u won u called him IT cell guy and WhatsApp university graduate bravo 👏

@ujjwalkumar1624 2 жыл бұрын

@@coolboi1621 from where are you getting this, there is no toi articles about that!

@thirdperson2161 2 жыл бұрын

@@tony-pc4kd how is it hurting him? It's hurting not only him but everyone. Every citizen of this country has right to question government policies, it's not just reserved for a self centred whiner like you. Morons like you have no idea about finance and economics work but are always on the forefront to teach others. Kejriwal has been offering free bus services to women, to even those who can efford to pay for bus tickets, do you even know what is the condition of DTC buses in Delhi because of this? AAP has not even added a single new bus to DTC after coming to power, 7 years in power but no new bus added, the buses which are running in Delhi right now are all purchased by previous administrations and are beyond their operational life time. Some of them have been declared unfit for operation but government is still operating them. The bus numbers are decreasing in number every single day when they actually need to add more buses to serve ever increasing population of Delhi. Same logic applies for other departments, how do any department expand and improve their services when all of them are running under loses and are in debt because of free distribution.

@prasoongupta12 2 жыл бұрын

People who want sustained double digit growth, pretty easily forget that the infrastructure needed for that [physical or electrical] simply doesnt exist in India.

@VishalKumar-xp6gz 2 жыл бұрын

Very true that's why $5trillion economy is just a jumla..full decade is need to achieve that

@ThePrintIndia 2 жыл бұрын

Valid point made Prasoon, thanks for watching and writing in....stay well cheers. -Shekhar

@Truth-sv4lt 2 жыл бұрын

Just when you buy an electric car to escape the fuel price, this happens.

@2loopstv179 2 жыл бұрын

Correction. 10,000 Megawatt is “10” Gigawatt.

@maverick5669 2 жыл бұрын

Nuclear Power plant takes huge investment setup but it's the most eco friendly and when it produces power it's cheaper. Also then Kejriwal and other governments can give free power but not now. ECI or SC should stop these freebies. Otherwise there will be this kind of situation.

@chaitshk8149 2 жыл бұрын

Karnataka has already achieved UN sustainable development goals of 2030 in energy production. Karnataka has more than 40℅ power generated from renewable sources. In recent years power supply was excellent which I think is because of growth in renewable energy. Hope that the era of load shedding doesn't come back.

@Stallion_1044 2 жыл бұрын

But still, 7-8 hours of power outages in rural Karnataka, especially in the impoverished Northern Karnataka.

@jasujavs 2 жыл бұрын

Wait n watch

@MithunOnTheNet 2 жыл бұрын

The aam janta won't care if they still experience power cuts frequently. Even in Bengaluru, power cuts are very frequent.

@deepakshandilya5528 2 жыл бұрын

@@Stallion_1044 that's much worse than Bihar, rural Bihar hardly faces power cuts(unless it's raining heavily).

@vipulbarnwal 2 жыл бұрын

@@Stallion_1044 I am not sure on this but it could be due to power discom and not power generation

@stephenadams2397 2 жыл бұрын

The real question should be why didn't utilities take advantage of the extremely cheap prices during 2020 when coal was $50?

@pavansridharan 2 жыл бұрын

Is your question that they should have bought in bulk quantities like a "strategic reserve"? It was $50 back then because there was far reduced demand for power due to suppressed economic activity. We didn't need it back then.

@sophieedel6324 2 жыл бұрын

"You will have power cuts, energy shortages, a crisis..." *turns video to 360p...*

@virajkadam3017 2 жыл бұрын

Hahaha, switched to 144 after seeing this..

@rext8949 2 жыл бұрын

I'm on audio only.

@parvadhami980 2 жыл бұрын

@@rext8949 switch off TVs and turn on the radio

@ParthPatel643 2 жыл бұрын

At 15.13, you said 10K MW is a GW instead of 1K MW is a GW.

@sheshnagcs 2 жыл бұрын

Well recognised. I was about to put a comment on this and saw yours

@vireshbhan5933 2 жыл бұрын

Well Australia has emerged as a major Trade partner in this regard..guess the coal that was meant to be exported to china is now directed to india ... Australia is having great time with its exports...

@zbsishrth3734 2 жыл бұрын

It's been 3 weeks of "4 days Coal left in India" 🤣🤣🤣

@parthparekh7471 2 жыл бұрын

While watching this episode my home faced power cut for 5 minutes. And this is from Ahmedabad, we rarely see power cuts.

@Suryapoosarla 2 жыл бұрын

we didn't demonise coal we demoise nuclear power plants..we should atleast now consider nuclear power plants...

@raghavbinzani8220 2 жыл бұрын

Very true Brother

@metatron-scribeofgod6572 2 жыл бұрын

Yes brother

@sunnyyadav5065 2 жыл бұрын

activists oppose it

@subhxsish 2 жыл бұрын

@@sunnyyadav5065 Activists oppose coal not nuclear power.

@sunnyyadav5065 2 жыл бұрын

@@subhxsish Kudankulam

@manas0211 2 жыл бұрын

The only man who saw this coming was Donald Trump. He 'absolutely loved' coal and fracking. What. A. Man. 👑😂

@ThePrintIndia 2 жыл бұрын

haha Manas...tnx for watching. keep writing in to us. -Shekhar

@pushpendergusain4262 2 жыл бұрын

It is the job of journalists to cover the issues concerning the life of common people whether it is onion, potato or coal. The Government policy should be such that those consuming electricity in domestic sector beyond certain limit should be charged appropriately.

@faisalmuneerone 2 жыл бұрын

It will damage the growth. The govt is promoting Evehicle which consumes a lot of power, everything is becoming digital. Can't risk it.

@etroll6451 2 жыл бұрын

Appropriate response would be give discounts to larger consumers and invest in capacity...

@samt1705 2 жыл бұрын

electricity is charged in slabs anyway. The higher your usage, the higher charge per unit you pay.

@disha_chaudhari5864 2 жыл бұрын

Coal to world: "finally you realise my value.. "

@ThePrintIndia 2 жыл бұрын

Haha...thx Disha for watching and writing in. Please stay tuned for more. -Shekhar

@digitalpulseanil 2 жыл бұрын

For those who suggest clean renewables, the Infrastructure to manufacture and run the renewables are also powered by conventional sources like coal. 🙂

@caesaraugust1441 2 жыл бұрын

For now.

@rohanpatil7695 2 жыл бұрын

Sir you should consider doing a traditional 1 hour news show with cut the clutter as the main story, perhaps for members only. I'm sure many like me would like to see a news show that is not biased towards either the government or the opposition.

@manojramesh4598 2 жыл бұрын

Yup

@vineetshrivastava6249 2 жыл бұрын

No for better reach to truth keep watching different chanel for news n different for analysis . watching only one like getting sold.

@u.kvagabond1615 2 жыл бұрын

Your analytical, research work on coal and tpp will foresight the upcoming load shedding, but we have seen raw wisdom in our leader, it will help to overcome the load shedding crises across the country.

@kartikjoshi3963 2 жыл бұрын

Newcastle hasnt been the same since santiago munez left for madrid

@bunnydhraik6378 2 жыл бұрын

😂😂😂

@kahmeifranzz2883 2 жыл бұрын

It is going to change now with the new oil owner.

@shirishrk 2 жыл бұрын

Painful especially during these work from home days

@no22sill 2 жыл бұрын

india shining

@praveennayak1753 2 жыл бұрын

@@no22sill Tum Kya karoge?

@no22sill 2 жыл бұрын

@@praveennayak1753 meine kya karna hai.. modiji ko karna hai 🙏

@seventhuser904 2 жыл бұрын

@@no22sill yehi soch to badalni hai

@no22sill 2 жыл бұрын

@@seventhuser904 ghanta.. phir modiji sirf backchodi ke.liye gaddi par baithe hain?

@artificialintelligence2653 2 жыл бұрын

The government has done a very clever work here. China needs coal but its relations with Australia are bad that’s why it has kept Australian coal stuck in its port. Indian government is now buying the same Australian coal in very less price now.

@starfromakihabara4896 2 жыл бұрын

They buy to indonesia to,but with higher demand from china,Europe and east asia nation this to giant coal producers will likely play their role

@Subh8081 2 жыл бұрын

Sekhar: You will have hours of power cuts India: With already 6 hrs power cut per day in most rural North - "am I a joke to you"?

@fahadrahman1315 2 жыл бұрын

May the nine days of the festival illuminate your life with good health, peace and success. May these holy nights destroy all the evil that is within us and lead us to the straight path. May this event rekindle our spirits and bring us more closer to the Amighty. Happy Navratri Everyone 🎉🎉🎉

@maliniarya2088 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks so much for the good wishes.

@asgglass2709 2 жыл бұрын

Nepal has offered to sell electricity to India and India has not given any reply to Nepal. So with this critical situation in India, she needs to make wise choices for its citizens and factories.

@AryanGNU 2 жыл бұрын

Lol those momo walas will sell electricity 🤣🤣 They better export it to China

@asgglass2709 2 жыл бұрын

@@AryanGNU Would rather stay in the dark where your own family will not see you. Thank you.

@shivamjha1403 2 жыл бұрын

thank you for bringing this up SG!

@nsevv 2 жыл бұрын

Build more Nuclear power plant!! it is cleaner source of fuel.

@youllloveit. 2 жыл бұрын

U must know about it's side effects too

@raykalita3928 2 жыл бұрын

Cleaner?

@nsevv 2 жыл бұрын

@@raykalita3928 Yes. It doesn't pollute the air.

@nsevv 2 жыл бұрын

@@youllloveit. No side effect, unless you enjoy eating radioactive substances.

@sunilmvs 2 жыл бұрын

Freedom is the right of the citizen but freebies should not be considered a right to both politicians and people.

@rayaanaaryan2684 2 жыл бұрын

Nitin Gadkari talk about Tesla or EV car in India.... OLA set his EV factories to save Climate change ...but they forget one thing Indiass... Electric supply heavily depend on coal ....yehi hota Jab Unpad desh chalatey hai ....sab Kuch hawa mein ...Pollution free in 2030 ..5 trillion economy 2025 ....but it show we are moving towards Primitive world in next 10 years ... major power in coming days Precursor of that ...

@vish-sw9dc 2 жыл бұрын

Freebies to people is the reason why india chose democracy

@atrimos 2 жыл бұрын

Nuclear energy is only option. Personally i hate coal based power plant or any of its derivatives. The burning of coal and even its mining causes mind boggling pollution.

@ThatsMrPencilneck2U 2 жыл бұрын

Coal operations invest their profits in congressional campaigns. Engineers trying to develope improved nuclear technologies ask Congress for research grants. I'd bet on more topless mountains and CO2.

@anirudhsingh2228 2 жыл бұрын

But the problem, india dosnt have alot of uranium for lots of nuclear stations. And countries like america and eu wont share their uranium.

@ThatsMrPencilneck2U 2 жыл бұрын

@@anirudhsingh2228 India has been trying to breed U233 from Thorium in its HWRs, but reprocessing nuclear waste is expensive, and makes regulators nervous. India should invest in molten salt technology. In the 1960's, the US was working with breeding U233 from Thorium, and came up with a reactor they could simply turn off over the weekend. We developed a tremendous Uranium industry during WWII, so no one was interested, until around 2000. The original reactor was overly complicated, because (no joke) it was meant to power a bomber. The man behind it thought the application was insane, but he didn't like the LWR's we were developing for civilian use, either.

@sourabhdhanuka2252 2 жыл бұрын

@@ThatsMrPencilneck2U The amount of Uranium in his world is limited, we need to develop Thorium reactors

@ThatsMrPencilneck2U 2 жыл бұрын

@@sourabhdhanuka2252 I agree. A Belgian company has developed a Uranium version of the MSR to be built on barges and moved to harbor power stations. Other companies propose designs that are as small as semi trailers that can simply be stuffed in a hole and wired up to a grid. Many proposals are designed to run on PU reclaimed from conventional reactor waste.

@itsvikram07 2 жыл бұрын

Don't underestimate power of Coal... Be thankful to states like Jharkhand

@Indian-cv6hq 2 жыл бұрын

People want power but not power stations near their home.. strange ugh

@amanshukla8758 2 жыл бұрын

Episodes like this is one of the many reasons why I watch CTC. You cover these topics which are often blatantly ignored by mainstream Indian media but are actually pretty important in the long run Keep going 😎👍🏻

@artificialintelligence2653 2 жыл бұрын

The only two channels I saw covering this topic were The Print and WION.

@fobudomh 2 жыл бұрын

Right time to turn this obstacle into an opportunity.

@dineshthakkar7846 2 жыл бұрын

You gives good advice India must alert & take precautions

@iamleo88 2 жыл бұрын

I don’t think we were able to understand why the prices have gone up. Shekharji you didn’t get to the heart of the matter in detail.

@Brokenshadi 2 жыл бұрын

I agree. Not satisfied with this episode.

@rajpalani5060 2 жыл бұрын

Absolutely .... merely adding 3 crore families india is getting into the coal crises .......you have not taken up the limitations of GOI . ..

@vedantsharma9495 2 жыл бұрын

India is moving rapidly towards renewable energy, however it is not possible to entirely depend on renewable as of now or in the near future..... However, maybe the govt can implement programmes to generate awareness about renewable energy as well as distribute solar panels/encourage people to integrate solar panels into their homes. I think it will greatly help and reduce the stress on the power plants. Also switch public/street lighting, wherever possible, to solar.

@sampilgrim7839 2 жыл бұрын

India is rapidly moving towards dark age

@cvsarat 2 жыл бұрын

You are right “power is politicized” “ power costs money and produces lot of toxicity” and power is not perpetual ( my words)…in an absolute sense.

@patakotavenkateswararao2360 2 жыл бұрын

China power problems are different. China and India consumes around 2 Billions tonnes of coal. China has problems linked to ban of import of coal from Australia. In 2018 it imported 50 MT while this year it is zero till 450K tonnes allowed two days ago Australia produces 550 million tonnes of coal. So India need to get it from Australia.

@serry4-786 2 жыл бұрын

Don't underestimate coal, India can't produce electricity without foreign coal, india though one of top country having coal but it's a low quality coal with which electricity can't be produced. Coal accounts 70% of India's electricity. Currently indian Govt trying to increase efficiency of plants by clean coal project. India need to implement a tough renewable energy tech plans

@sudhanshutiwari4798 2 жыл бұрын

You are wrong. Foreign coal is used in steel as they have high Calorific value. India has enough coal for the next 150 years. Remember only 45% of total available blocks are currently mined.

@serry4-786 2 жыл бұрын

As far as I know, To produce electricity Low quality coal not usable, as it's calorific value is very less it needs to be mixed with high quality coal. High quality coal is unavailable in india, which needs to be imported

@jatin285 2 жыл бұрын

I thought india has abundance of coal and we are still so dependent on coal till 2021 we need to turn no. Renewable can see power cuts right now in rajasthan for 2 hours

@fastrackisaidiot5581 2 жыл бұрын

Yup we just need to starve and a genocide if we wanna go off coal

@pokinewspropaganda977 2 жыл бұрын

We have 4th largest coal reserves but problem is bureaucracy that regulates extraction of coal in the name of environment regulations and also ngo activists who try to stop coal mining

@maramnikhilreddy424 2 жыл бұрын

@Gourav Phoenix satire

@PiyushKumar-sm7oy 2 жыл бұрын

After this cut the clutter Good time to buy tata power and adani power stocks.

@t5ruxlee210 2 жыл бұрын

Consumer subsidies create wasteful shortages. Producer subsidies create useless surpluses. The more governments interfere, the worse the results. Good audio.

@SIDSresent 2 жыл бұрын

Please make more episodes like these important issues... Loved it

@antoniofernandes3715 2 жыл бұрын

Has the purchase of a large amount of Australian coal lying in Chinese ports and ships at discounted prices not alleviated the problem of coal shortage in Ibdia?

@sudhanshutiwari4798 2 жыл бұрын

There is no shortage of coal. Also that Australian coal goes directly to steel mills as they have high calorific value.

@sudhanshutiwari4798 2 жыл бұрын

Production season is on. All targets will be completed.

@seinentranslations2865 2 жыл бұрын

@@sudhanshutiwari4798 fingers crossed

@arabindswain4455 2 жыл бұрын

That huge quantity covers the requirement for only 0.33 days. I guess most people do not understand the quantity of coal India uses everyday.

@koolmax2k9 2 жыл бұрын

@ThePrint I think the power plants usually store the coal inventory of about 7-10 days. So unless average inventory levels are around 2-3 days for these 108 plants, it may not be as bad as it looks from data. But yeah coal prices are a concern. Secondly, i am curious whats the root cause of global prices rise... Is it that owing to lack of demand, during pandemic, the global coal production declined and subsequently it is taking a little while for coal production to match the rapid rise in demand from power plants. OR Is it the depleting coal reserves that is causing the coal futures to go up combined with current demand supply mismatch which is driving spot prices. I think this also is playing a major role in driving up of steel and aluminium prices.

@ThePrintIndia 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks Ankit for watching and writing in. Pls stay tuned for more that is yet to come. -Shekhar

@ehxiong 2 жыл бұрын

Strange time. Covid struck China, India laughed at China and then Covid struck India Flood struck China, India laughed at China and then flood struck India. Coal struck China, India laughed at China and then...

@mygow3443 2 жыл бұрын

Sir, to begin with - I am a paid subscriber, I value your video and I regularly pay subscription. About the Video: This is a very interesting topic. Thank you for picking up this. I would like to bring up three points which are less discussed. 1. Net Zero: Its nice to see all making effort to be Net zero but this is more aspirational than realistic. They didn't put any good effort to set up infrastructure required for "Sustainability". 2. Demand from new areas: It is wonderful seeing people coming above poverty line. There is nothing better to see overall upliftment. We would like this upliftment and progress based on hard-work and efficiency. The countries, central banks, politicians have made the money very cheap and easily available (through stimulus). It has its benefits but also flaws. We will continue seeing inflation and disruptions in future because one (money) of the 4 legs of economy (man, machine, minute) is not respected in a way it used to be. 3. Political accountability: There are no questions by anyone to the politicians who has used the power as a political tool for years. You have rightly picked up free power to farmer, free units etc. but the question is who will bell the cat?

@rishisaxena2346 2 жыл бұрын

Just a YES/NO question for the viewers of CTC. Do you think that it's absolutely fine for the AAP to provide free electricity to households consuming lesser than 200 units ? You also can justify your answer by adding a few lines to your ONE WORD answer. Tough days ahead seemingly.

@darshilmashru8479 2 жыл бұрын

NO. Free power is a great disservice to the entire power sector.

@lookintoit4537 2 жыл бұрын

No. It encourages inefficiency.

@aamna189 2 жыл бұрын

No. It's just incomplete, should add variables like salary, so the poor who are in the actual need gets the subsidy. We are also paying for the electricity in form of taxes, that taxes could be used somewhere else like hospitals, libraries, etc.

@mitsubishi8115 2 жыл бұрын

@lioness5838 2 жыл бұрын

for very poor ppl? yes. for those who can afford it? No

@easwaranpalaioh7928 2 жыл бұрын

Dear sir, you are a highly powerful person in the print media, can you ask one question to the government that why our transmission and distribution losses are more than 25% but applicable losses are 6 to 7 %. Where is the failure? please submit your report for the benefit of the public and India

@may4u310 2 жыл бұрын

He had covered it before old transmission line, free electricity given and theft of electricity is all covered in 25%

@h.p.tiwari5668 2 жыл бұрын

Sir, Should I buy an inverter?

@rohanindra6401 2 жыл бұрын

The common thread between India and China, both facing a power crisis, is politicisation of energy. Given they are state owned prices are kept artificially low rather than adjusting to supply and demand. So while the voter benefits when crisis strikes the system is too inflexible to respond and prices surge. Or in Indias case, the can is kicked down the road and absorbed through losses from state owned companies on their balance sheet. In true Indian fashion the problem is swept under the rug then a bailout for Discoms occurs. Yet many Indians criticise capitalism because “it leads to bailouts”. The irony.

@ThePrintIndia 2 жыл бұрын

Thank You Rohan for watching....pls do keep writing in. Take care. -Shekhar

@amathur2404 2 жыл бұрын

What is Coal India doing apart from giving employment? Why Coal India mine enough coal? Or Nationalisation of coal mining is another political disaster.

@sujoyghosh5880 2 жыл бұрын

This has happened due to indiscriminate privatisation of the coal blocks. The big corporates who have been alloted the coal blocks are not exploiting coal to its fullest potential. They are keeping coal in reserve waiting for heavy price rise. Then these corporate thugs are going to go for mining of coal and selling the same at huge price. This is also going to raise the electricity tariffs, cost of steel, cement etc. Thus the corporates are going to make huge profit and still would be begging for further reduction of the corporate tax. This is what Modi's economics all about. This was the reason why our late Prime Minister and Iron Lady Mrs Indira Gandhi went ahead and nationalised the coal sector. That bold step by Mrs Gandhi eliminated the coal mafia and uncouth practice of the private mine owners and the corporates. All these years Coal India has been doing well and making very good profits.

@VishalKumar-xp6gz 2 жыл бұрын

Everytime nationalisation is not villian..all major coal based economics are suffering..international private coal comp. Have deliberately reduced prod to match the prices and they are continuing these to extract as much profit they can...go n check website of Australia coal company production in last 6 months..

@sudhanshutiwari4798 2 жыл бұрын

@@sujoyghosh5880 you are wrong bro, in fact private coal miners like reliance, essar now mine more coal in proportion to their rival companies. Reliance sasan coal block mines more coal than their PSU Counterparts. Don't believe everything coupta ji says.

@amithabv1060 2 жыл бұрын

@@sujoyghosh5880 lol are you serious. Pvt companies were allowed to mine coal only last year. Their production hasn't even started

@sudhanshutiwari4798 2 жыл бұрын

@@amithabv1060 pvt. Companies are mining coal since decades. I know this coz I live in the vicinity. Reliance, Essar are mining coal and producing electricity. They sell their electricity to other states.

@mizisawesome8442 2 жыл бұрын

Can anyone tell me why the most resource rich regions in India often tend to be poor and backward?

@SIDSresent 2 жыл бұрын

Resource curse and Freight equalization policy....... Search these

@classoppressorbourgeoisie8416 2 жыл бұрын

Those ares are Maoist infested

@mizisawesome8442 2 жыл бұрын

@@SIDSresent 👍

@tarunkaushik1550 2 жыл бұрын

You’re right. Good observation. even in the world, Africa with its rich natural resources, was the least developed continent. Because once they develop, they’ll understand the value of their resources.

@classoppressorbourgeoisie8416 2 жыл бұрын

@@sidharthcs2110 no resources are under utilised

@sanjaypriyadarshi 2 жыл бұрын

In 2014 , Piyush Goyal was managing Coal ministry and he did an excellant job .. but in 2021 there is global shortage and huge demand- such was not seen in 2014 .

@siddharthjain9611 2 жыл бұрын

One of the reason is covid the coal extracted during past was quite less n now world will face shortage of it for few months or so

@sanjaypriyadarshi 2 жыл бұрын

@@siddharthjain9611 yes due to COVID and aftermath shipping lines container shortage and extraction of ore not able to meet the demand

@stevenpreston5619 2 жыл бұрын

Didn't know India is also having problems like china in this area? We are in trouble.

@kang2753 2 жыл бұрын

Answer is nuclear power plants. India can use distant locations for nuclear power generation

@seinentranslations2865 2 жыл бұрын

Time and cost. Also stupid environmentalists oppose at the behest of foreign countries

@oldmansgoldenwords 2 жыл бұрын

India has to import oil from Alberta, Canada where prices are depressed due to Trudeau war on fossil fuels.

@VishalYadav-qc9ij 2 жыл бұрын

I am from Uttarakhand , here we are mostly depending on hydro power and if I am not wrong our state supply electricity to other states too so it might be helpful to tackle the shortage a little

@s.m.9803 2 жыл бұрын

Dear Gupta ji, will you do another show on the so called `Havana syndrome'?! You were so enthusiastic in the last show on the topic! The immaculate peddling of the cooked up narrative from the Western establishment media was really touching! Audience would love to know your nuanced view on the report commissioned by the US State Department which was de-classified last week!!

@mdkaiffaiyaz2633 2 жыл бұрын

This is the most citizen-friendly reporting on print till now.

@tejmachhar4903 2 жыл бұрын

Still the world is far from finding an alternative source of energy.

@MidoReigh 2 жыл бұрын

We have. Nuclear energy.

@nicksonpinto2074 2 жыл бұрын

@@MidoReigh Agreed100% .

@tejmachhar4903 2 жыл бұрын

@@MidoReigh Not enough for the present demand. Nuclear plants in future is a hope to save us from energy crisis and the nuclear deal that we signed long back could make it a game changer. Nuclear energy is cheaper and cleaner produces infact nil pollution.

@MidoReigh 2 жыл бұрын

@@tejmachhar4903 You claimed that we are far from finding alternative source. That's not true. We have found alternative source. That is nuclear energy. We found it long back. Ask why is it not popular.

@tejmachhar4903 2 жыл бұрын

@@MidoReigh safety.

@atulsharma-mk4vm 2 жыл бұрын

Sir, please let me know who much money I need to give more for petrol and diesel....

@ashishpoudel5535 2 жыл бұрын

Nepal Govt is ready to export its surplus and cheap clean energy generated from Hydropower to India through inter-border transmission lines but India is ignoring this offer. It could have helped Indians to some degree but can't help petty politics!!!

@shrinivasj610 2 жыл бұрын

@Ashish Poudel how much surplus you have. Even if we buy from you I don't think it will be enough for us considering our demands

@ashishpoudel5535 2 жыл бұрын

@@shrinivasj610 I know it won't be of great help but it will be of some help. Something is better than nothing isn't it?

@laid_back_ash7831 2 жыл бұрын

Lets hope this crisis educates the country on the necessity of non renewable energy. The west is pretty hypocritical about this and we tend to fall into this trap. Look at Norway. Its a green country with practically an oil economy. We can fall on renewable energy sources when they are viable enough but right now we have to care for our populace.

@praveen25 2 жыл бұрын

Norway is powered almost entirely by renewables - hydro power. They export oil and don't use it for energy production.

@laid_back_ash7831 2 жыл бұрын

@@praveen25 I know. So it's ok to export oil to other countries and use that money to power your money. That's almost principle as that of blood diamonds..

@mithunchakraborty785 2 жыл бұрын

I just had a word with a Government employees regarding this shortage of coal. Sir you will be happy to know that Indian Railway has engaged it's full resources to transport coal from mines to decrease the shortage of coal. Activities are on high. Let's hope we don't have to face such desaster.

@abhishektewary6635 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for this information👍☺

@mohitsai4647 2 жыл бұрын

Cheers on 850 episodes ❤️ But it'd be amazing if we got some SG stories for such landmark episodes atleast

@Aap_companion 2 жыл бұрын

Kejriwal promises free power and 24x7 electricity. Then Modi decided coal crisis is the solution to stop Kejriwal

@ANIMEWORLD-dm4ji 2 жыл бұрын

We had today power cut for 12 hours 😅this seriously sucks while we have all power from hydro power

@MR-sf2nk 2 жыл бұрын

12hrs? where?

@poushalinag7942 2 жыл бұрын

Where?

@akapriyanshusinghdev 2 жыл бұрын

13:20 AAP guys you should listen to this 😉😉

@sukritrajesh5723 2 жыл бұрын

'We maligned coal too early.' Truer words have never been spoken!

@nandkishorshingne 2 жыл бұрын

I think Karan Thaper's interview with Anup Swarup made more sense than this video. At least, Karan tried to find out the mis- handling of the crisis. Shekhar Gupta should watch that interview

@Joseph-zg7vs 2 жыл бұрын

Once again this proves the level of good journalism by SG sir in CTC. Sir hats off to you and your team to pick up this topic,No television media has covered this topic even a bit leave it in details. Excellent information to the views of the gloomy days waiting. Thank you sir for making us aware when the others were busy covering those who won't be affected by power cuts.

@vivekmundra2313 2 жыл бұрын

Bottom line...we should stop the rhetoric and criticising things. Just like we overhyped organic and the reality is much reduced yield.

@yerramillivenkatanarayanam2584 2 жыл бұрын

Sir, In One-way shortage of coal is a blessing in disguise. The CO2, So2 emissions restricted and in turn the green house effect can be reduced. Initially there may be a teething problems but the Governments can look for alternative energy sources like Solar energy, wind energy, seawave energy, nuclear energy etc on a sincere effort and can overcome the coal shortage within a limited time. This is because the target fixed by the countries for limiting the greenhouse effect gases emmissions is after 20-30 years later and in the meantime the globe effects severely by food crisis, frequent cyclones, severe prolonged summers, sea-level rise inundating low level lands.

@kaminisingh918 2 жыл бұрын

It's high time for government to seriously explore other modes of energy generation for future. It's not like they don't exist.

@vishalshahiit 2 жыл бұрын

Commendable job by GOI towards adding so many consumers.

@joem0088 2 жыл бұрын

Those who gloat over others misfortunate, have a way or being served the same misery.

@SumitPalTube 2 жыл бұрын

Yeah, a lot of the BJP trolls were making jokes on China's energy crisis if it was a Modi ji masterstroke. Now, they will blame Chief ministers for this shortage.

@daviddunmer3889 2 жыл бұрын

Nuclear and Solar are really the only long term solution. Good on Modi govt for making good progress on solar capacity since 2014 but i believe it still is not usable capacity, ie generation is still not possible with that installed capacity yet.

@kvafsu225 2 жыл бұрын

Very informative Sir. Thank you Sir.

@sudhanshutiwari4798 2 жыл бұрын

Coal production in India is less during June - September due to mansoon. Coal production peaks up from October till may. It's been same every year. Don't spread unnecessary panic coupta ji.

@haridasification 2 жыл бұрын

True

@abhiwins123 2 жыл бұрын

The threat is real... Chinese production has halted due to price s

@DIYBill 2 жыл бұрын

Modiji and team will have solutions to this problem. 😬

@rahulee86 2 жыл бұрын

Shekhar sir, you should do an entire episode on energy mix of India, its a very interesting and mostly untouched subject. Would love to be of any help

@akshitdadhwal 2 жыл бұрын

And what I have noticed that despite decrease in income indians are spending a lot after a gap 1.5 years .. they are fullfiling their long pending needs

@chinnashekarabhandary8087 2 жыл бұрын

Why to create unnecessary fear. Coal shortage means energy demand is high. Even if there is shortage of coal , they can get it from Australia. And hydro power will run full with very good rains. And solar power also be up.

@jayantjolly 2 жыл бұрын

Did you even watch the video?? Bringing coal from Australia is time consuming!! It would take months for India to even get coal at it's shores. Also the price of the coal is highest from 2008 level. Premium is almost 4 times!! Energy demands can only be fulfilled if we have some thing to make energy from i.e. King Coal. Most of our electricity plants(60-70%) run on coal so Hydro power alone won't do it. Unlike Germany we don't have enough solar installations/plants to counter coal shortage!! And this not somebody creating fear. This is the NEWS!! The whole world is worried right now. Especially how India and China will manufacture products when they have energy shortage on their hands!!

@abhishekjoshi4648 2 жыл бұрын

This is the result of paap done by politicians recently. These power companies hungry for money have tried their best to jeopardize net metering for solar powered homes. All of the country should be allowed and encouraged for net metering. This is the only way to make India energy surplus.

@spdelta3 2 жыл бұрын

Remember we used to have powercuts in UPA time? Generators and UPS were high in demand. So let it come.

@aditeepathak8894 2 жыл бұрын

This episode raised multiple questions and ideas in my head. How and how much are renewables helping? Why are all metros in the country not backed up by renewables yet? Are we planning to replace entire coal-based production with renewables?

@karansingh-id8ng 2 жыл бұрын

Almost 30% is on renewables most of which has been off grid (locally produced at source and used their itself) its quite commendable given the time period. However the major sources of renewables are not consistent like solar is only available in the day. Hence we need to invest in energy storage technologies so we are able to generate and store energy for future use. The fastest way to remove coal is to develop nuclear energy till new technologies develop on renewables which are able to generate more power than we need right now as with time and pace of development energy consumption goes up.

@prachetmakwana6011 2 жыл бұрын

Getting renewables set up isn't easy either - look at what happens whenever a new hydro or nuclear power project gets announced, or is started No doubt lack of efficiency of the state plays a part, but still....

@zangoz_2693 2 жыл бұрын

Renewables are like Organic farming! Everything is good only in books

@karansingh-id8ng 2 жыл бұрын

@@prachetmakwana6011 also most of the renewable related technologies are just a concept or under research and development. Itll take atleast 20 years for mass scale production to begin such that we start to completely shift to non fossil energy. It may take up to 2060s to see a sizeable world wide shift to renewable sources for all it energy dependency

@VishalKumar-xp6gz 2 жыл бұрын

Srilanka has seen the dark sides of organic farming. Renewable look tempting but still no solid alternative except hydropower

@satgubi 2 жыл бұрын

I hope SG can advise AAP on energy crisis and stop them from giving free electricity as a poll promise!

@mandarp9472 2 жыл бұрын

World needs to spend more on Research & Development of alternatives like coal & oil. Theses fuels are finite and will eventually run out. We need unlimited source of power which can last for billions of years.