政府数据显示，在厄尔尼诺天气模式导致水力发电量下降以及工业活动电力需求激增的背景下，印度10月份燃煤发电量以3年来最快速度按年激增。
India's coal-fired generation surged at its fastest annual pace in three years in October amid a drop in hydropower generation driven by the El Niño weather pattern and surging power demand from industrial activity, government data showed.
路透社对监管机构Grid-India每日数据的计算显示，10月份燃煤发电量比去年同期增长25.7%，其在总体发电量中的占比从9月份的66.03%上升至71.7%。
By Sethuraman N R Coal-fired generation rose 25.7% in October from a year ago, with its share in overall generation rising to 71.7% from 66.03% in September, according to Reuters calculations of daily data from the regulator, Grid-India.
由于降雨减少，印度的水力发电量下降了26%，创下自2024年2月以来的最大降幅，这给燃煤发电带来了压力。
India's hydropower generation declined 26% due to weaker rainfall, the steepest drop since February 2024, putting pressure on coal-fired generation.
10月份的某个时段，由于电力需求激增，印度191座燃煤电厂中有100座的燃料库存处于极低水平运行。
At one point in October, 100 of India's 191 coal-fired power plants were operating with critically low fuel stocks due to a surge in power demand.
路透社此前曾报道称，在印度政府以创纪录的速度增加煤炭供应以帮助电厂生产更多电力之后，供应形势有所缓解。
The supply situation has eased after the Indian government boosted coal supplies at a record pace to help the plants generate more electricity, Reuters had reported.
9月份，印度的电力短缺量上升至5.6亿千瓦时（kWh），创下自2023年8月以来的最高纪录。由于燃煤发电量的增加以及10月下旬天气转凉，电力短缺情况有所缓解。
In September, India's power shortages rose to 560 million kilowatt-hours (kWh), the highest since August 2023. The shortages have eased somewhat due to higher coal power generation and cooler weather towards the end of October.
与此同时，在太阳能发电量激增62%的推动下，印度10月份的可再生能源发电量增长34.7%，达到266.1亿千瓦时。
Meanwhile, India's renewable power generation rose 34.7% to 26.61 billion kWh in October, powered by a 62% surge in solar generation.
然而，清洁能源在总体发电量中的占比从9月份的17%下降至10月份的约15%。
However, the share of clean energy in overall power generation dropped to about 15% in October from 17% in September.
Grid-India的数据显示，印度10月份总体发电量比去年同期增长21.1%，达到1725.3亿千瓦时。
India's overall electricity generation in October rose 21.1% from a year earlier to 172.53 billion kWh, the Grid-India data showed.