India's power plants are running dangerously short of coal
CNN
China isn't the only major Asian economy facing an energy crisis. India may be staring at electricity shortages in the coming months because coal stocks at most of its power plants have dropped to critically low levels.
As many as 63 of the 135 coal-fired power plants in Asia's third largest economy have two days — or less — of coal supplies, India's Central Electricity Authority (CEA) said in a report on Tuesday. Coal stocks at 17 of them have been run down to zero, it added.
In total, 75 plants are running with five days worth of coal or less, the level the CEA deems to be "super critical." While these plants won't go offline in a matter of days, they are extremely vulnerable to any further disruption to coal supply or a spike in demand.
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