Fiscal 2010-11-the fourth
year of the ongoing 11th
Plan-has a target to add
21,444.2 mw of generating
capacity. Achievement of this target,
which is slightly less than
22,302 mw commissioned during
the previous three years, is crucial
as it would largely decide the
accomplishment of the 78,700
mw target set for the current plan.
The capacity augmentation,
which had dropped from 9,263
mw in 2007-08 to 3,254 mw in
2008-09, rebounded with 9,585
mw in the subsequent year.
Overall, the first three years saw
the commissioning of half the
planned capacity for the period.
April and early May 2010 saw
the capacity addition of 250 mw
at Surat Lignite TPP Extension
by Gujarat Industries Power
Company Ltd and a like capacity
at Chhabra TPS (unit 2) by Uttar
Pradesh Rajya Vidyut Utpadan
Nigam Ltd.
As in the earlier years and, in
fact, as in the country's overall
power mix, there is overwhelming
emphasis on thermal power
which would contribute 87 per
cent of new capacity planned for
the year. Hydropower would
contribute 7 per cent and nuclear
the balance 6 per cent. The private
sector would account for 31
per cent of the planned capacity
against 44 per cent in 2009-10,
25 per cent in 2008-09, and 8 per
cent in 2007-08.
Capacity Addition Target for 2010-11 (mw) |
Sector |
Thermal |
Hydro |
Nuclear |
Total |
Central |
6,015 |
649 |
1,220 |
7,884 |
State |
6,549.2 |
356 |
0 |
6,905.2 |
Private |
6,191 |
461 |
0 |
6,652 |
Total |
18,755.2 |
1,466 |
1,220 |
21,441.2 |
Twenty-one thermal power
projects with 4,812 mw aggregate
capacity are planned for
completion during the first quarter,
out of which 500 mw was
commissioned during Aprilearly
May. The 600-mw project
each at Rajiv Gandhi TPS
(Hisar) of Haryana Power Generation
Corporation Ltd, JSW
Ratnagiri TPP (units 1 & 2) of
JSW Energy Ltd and Sterlite
TPP (unit 1), Orissa, of Sterlite
Energy Ltd are among the projects
lined up for commissioning
during the quarter.
Mejia TPS Extension of
Damodar Valley Corporation
(1,000 mw in two units); Sterlite
TPP (600-mw unit 1), Orissa, of
Sterlite Energy Ltd; and Udupi
TPP (508-mw unit 1), Karnataka,
of Udupi Power Corporation
Ltd are among the 13 projects
that would add 4,644 mw in the
second quarter.
Fourteen projects that would
be completed in the third quarter,
adding 4,131 mw, include
Koderma TPP (unit 1) and Durgapur
Steel TPS (unit 1), 500 mw
each, of DVC; 500 mw each at
Korba STPP (unit 7) of NTPC
Ltd; and Khaparkheda TPS
expansion (unit 5) of Maharashtra
State Power Generation
Company Ltd.
The fourth quarter should see
the completion of 13 thermal
projects that would augment
capacity by around 5,168 mw.
These include: Anpara C (600-
mw unit 1) in Uttar Pradesh by
Lanco Anpara Pvt. Ltd; Udupi
TPP (508-mw unit 2) of UPCL in
Karnataka; Maithon RB TPP
(unit 1) and Durgapur TPS (unit
2), 500 mw each, of DVC; and
Bhusaval TPS Expansion (500-
mw unit 4) of MSPGCL, to name
a few of the projects.
In nuclear power, Kaiga (220-
mw unit 4) is scheduled to be
completed in December 2010
and Kudankulam (1,000-mw
unit 1) in March 2011.
Hydropower projects likely to
be completed during the year
include 400-mw Koteshwar
(units 1 to 4) of Uttarakhand/
THDC India and 192-mw Allain
Duhangan (units 1 & 2) of
Himachal Pradesh/AD Hydro
Power Ltd.