Mangalore Power Company in its latest edition of MPC Samachar has statistics to prove that the use of imported coal — which has lower ash and sulphur content — results in lower tariff per unit of electricity produced.

The coal for Mangalore Power Company’s 1000 MW Mangalore Project will be imported from Australia and South Africa.

According to the newsletter, the imported coal burns at twice the efficiency of domestic coal — and the Mangalore Power Company has given the example of Raichur Stage V power plant to prove this point.

Moreover, imported coal compared favorably — from both environmental and economical angle — to all other fuels.