Challenges of Coal base Thermal Plants operating in India

Across the Globe Coal fired Plants used to be treated as base load Power Stations. This means that these Plants will be operated at rated load on continuous basis with very little variation in Load. Coal Plants in India were not exception to that. But with the implementation of Stringent Environment parameters and large scale integration of Grid connected PV Solar Plant, the base load tag of Coal fired in India will not continue in the long run. Though Coal Fired Power will be the primary source of Power but the Plants will not run at steady load. These units have to face wide variation in Load. But to run the existing Units are at varied Load a number of issues will surface.