Peak power demand in India hits new record of 200570 MW in July

India's top electricity demand hit a new record of 200570 MW inside the month of July, a 17.6 per cent boom over the same month a 12 months ago.

The us of a witnessed the highest ever demand for electricity at 12:01 hours on July 7, 2021. This demand of 200570 MW turned into 17.6 in step with cent higher than 170545 MW in July 2020 (on second at 22:21 hours), a energy ministry declaration said.

This turned into added out within the device operations highlights for July 2021, put out by using the Power System Operation Corporation Ltd (POSOCO), the ministry stated.

The file also noted that common energy intake in line with day recorded in July 2021 stood at 4049 MU, 10.6 per cent better than in July 2020 (3662 MU).

The 'Maximum All India Energy Met' (strength provided in an afternoon) also touched an all-time excessive. It changed into recorded at 4508 MU (million devices) on July 7, 2021, which become 14.7 in line with cent better than 3931 MU on July 28, 2020.

According to the record, the renewable Energy zone has additionally visible fantastic gains. Average Solar Generation recorded in July 2021 (158 MU/day) changed into 7.6 per cent higher than in July 2020 (147MU/day).

Average Wind Generation recorded in July 2021 turned into 349MU/day, 64.5 in line with cent higher than in July 2020 (212MU/day).

Additionally, sun and wind technology recorded an all-time high of forty three.1 GW on July 27, 2021. Earlier, the document turned into forty one.1 GW on June eleven, 2021.