The height energy demand in Delhi rose to six,780MW on Thursday, the 12 months’s highest to date and a file for Might, largely as a result of a rise within the utilization of cooling home equipment in view of the higher-than-normal each day temperatures, energy discom officers stated.
The earlier excessive for the month was 6,461MW, on Might 31, 2019. That is the eighth time within the 10 days of Might that the nationwide capital’s peak energy demand has crossed the 6,000MW-mark, officers stated.
This was solely to be anticipated contemplating that town acquired hotter by a level or two on Thursday, with the mercury crossing 45°C in north-west Delhi’s Mungeshpur. Safdarjung, Delhi’s base climate station, clocked a most temperature of 42.5°C on Thursday — three levels above regular.
To make certain, Delhi has been setting new peak energy demand data since 2018, when it first breached the 7,000MW-mark. This 12 months, energy utilities have projected the height demand to breach 8,000MW. Thus far, Delhi’s all-time highest peak demand was on July 2, 2019, when it touched 7,409 MW.
On Thursday, town’s energy demand elevated by 2.8% within the span of 24 hours and by 7.8% since Might 1. On Wednesday, the height demand was clocked at 6,596MW. Delhi’s peak energy demand in Might had not crossed the 6,000MW-mark in 2021 and 2020. In 2019, it had crossed the 6,000MW-mark solely thrice — Might 29 (6,020MW), Might 30 (6,240MW) and Might 31 ( 6,461MW). With early onset of summer time this 12 months, in April, the height energy demand was increased than the earlier month and was 100% greater than the demand seen in April in 2021, 2020 and 2019, discom officers stated.
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