Lok Sabha Question No. 3549 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-03-23
Subject: Energy Generation from Coal
Ministry: COAL
Asked by: MEENAKASHI LEKHI

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF COAL LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.3549

## TO BE ANSWERED ON 23.3.2017

## Energy Generation from Coal

## 3549. SHRIMATI MEENAKASHI LEKHI:

Will the Minister of COAL be pleased to state:

- (a) the percentage of industries dependent on coal as their primary source of  power;
- (b) the energy generated from per kg. of different grades of coal; and
- (c) the quantum of different grades of coal mined on an average during each of the last three years and the current year?

## A N S W E R

MINISTER  OF  STATE  (I/C)  IN  THE  MINISTRY  OF  COAL,  POWER,  NEW  AND RENEWABLE AND MINES

## ( SHRI PIYUSH GOYAL )

(a): The relative percentage demand of coal from various industries using coal, in the year 2015-16 is as under:

| Sector/Industry         |   Estimated Demand Quantity (in Million Tonne) | Share (as percentage of total demand)   |
|-------------------------|------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------|
| Coking Steel+ Coke Oven |                                          53.91 | 6.56                                    |
| Power (Utility)         |                                         559.13 | 67.99                                   |
| Power (Captive)         |                                          85.15 | 10.35                                   |
| Cement                  |                                          32.27 | 3.92                                    |
| Steel DRI               |                                          22.9  | 2.79                                    |
| Others                  |                                          69    | 8.39                                    |
| Total                   |                                         822.36 | 100%                                    |

(b): Non-coking coal in the country has been categorised into 17 grades (G1 to G17) based on energy content in terms of Gross Calorific Value (GCV) exceeding 2200 Kilo Calories per Kilo Gram of coal. Grade-wise range of heat energy potential per kilogram of coal is tabled below:

| Grade   | Range of heat energy potential of 1 Kg Coal (in Kilo Calories)   | Grade   | Range of heat energy potential of 1 Kg Coal (in Kilo Calories)   |
|---------|------------------------------------------------------------------|---------|------------------------------------------------------------------|
| G1      | Exceeding 7000                                                   | G10     | Exceeding 4300 but not exceeding 4600                            |
| G2      | Exceeding 6700 but not exceeding 7000                            | G11     | Exceeding 4000 but not exceeding 4300                            |
| G3      | Exceeding 6400 but not exceeding 6700                            | G12     | Exceeding 3700 but not exceeding 4000                            |
| G4      | Exceeding 6100 but not exceeding 6400                            | G13     | Exceeding 3400 but not exceeding 3700                            |
| G5      | Exceeding 5800 but not exceeding 6100                            | G14     | Exceeding 3100 but not exceeding 3400                            |

| G6   | Exceeding 5500 but not exceeding 5800   | G15   | Exceeding 2800 but not exceeding 3100   |
|------|-----------------------------------------|-------|-----------------------------------------|
| G7   | Exceeding 5200 but not exceeding 5500   | G16   | Exceeding 2500 but not exceeding 2800   |
| G8   | Exceeding 4900 but not exceeding 5200   | G17   | Exceeding 2200 but not exceeding 2500   |
| G9   | Exceeding 4600 but not exceeding 4900   | G17   | Exceeding 2200 but not exceeding 2500   |

(c): Quantity  of  coal  mined  (in  Million  Tonne)  in  the  last  three  years  is  given  in  the  table below:

| Grade                 | 2013-14   | 2014-15   | 2015-16   |
|-----------------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
| Coking Coal           |           |           |           |
| Steel-I               | 0.061     | 0.050     | 0.037     |
| Steel-II              | 0.604     | 0.456     | 1.051     |
| SC-1                  | 0.135     | 0.130     | 0.135     |
| Wash-I                | 0.145     | 0.115     | 0.415     |
| Wash-II               | 2.042     | 2.228     | 2.493     |
| Wash-III              | 12.616    | 12.335    | 12.968    |
| Wash-IV               | 40.962    | 42.132    | 43.788    |
| SLV1                  | 0.253     | 0.000     | 0.000     |
| Total Coking Coal     | 56.818    | 57.446    | 60.887    |
| Non-coking Coal       |           |           |           |
| G1                    | 6.130     | 2.740     | 3.831     |
| G2                    | 0.416     | 0.565     | 0.341     |
| G3                    | 5.374     | 5.469     | 5.189     |
| G4                    | 21.526    | 19.025    | 17.665    |
| G5                    | 13.236    | 14.789    | 16.302    |
| G6                    | 17.714    | 22.680    | 13.114    |
| G7                    | 35.837    | 37.838    | 39.038    |
| G8                    | 28.273    | 30.523    | 33.150    |
| G9                    | 57.003    | 52.704    | 44.579    |
| G10                   | 55.405    | 64.411    | 82.855    |
| G11                   | 126.328   | 130.703   | 147.460   |
| G12                   | 56.372    | 79.169    | 90.578    |
| G13                   | 68.984    | 76.348    | 77.619    |
| G14                   | 4.556     | 5.054     | 1.439     |
| G15                   | 3.858     | 3.806     | 4.073     |
| G16                   | 3.093     | 2.627     | 0.418     |
| G17                   | 4.786     | 3.258     | 0.666     |
| UNG                   | 0.056     | 0.024     | 0.026     |
| Total Non Coking Coal | 508.947   | 551.733   | 578.343   |
| Total Coal            | 565.765   | 609.179   | 639.230   |

The grade-wise details of the all India coal production data for 2016-17 is compiled by Coal Controller Organisation at the end of the financial year. The total coal production in 201617 (up to the month of February 2017) is 582.195 Million Tonne which is 2.6% more than the last year production for the same time period.

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