power capacity addition in 11th Five-Year Plan

A total of 11,404 mw of power capacity was commissioned till August in the 11th Five-Year Plan, comprising 8,472 mw of thermal capacity, 2,712 mw of hydro power and 220 mw of nuclear power. With this and including around 12,195 mw from renewables, the total generating capacity rose to 145,627 mw by the end of that month.
Moreover, 64,432 mw is likely from planned projects under construction and another 4,234 mw from additional projects, which takes the likely capacity addition to around 77,070 mw over the plan period. Thermal power would contribute 58,183 mw, hydro 15,507 mw and nuclear 3,380 mw.
The current fiscal is likely to see capacity addition of 7,530 mw, of which 2,141 mw was commissioned by August and 5,389 mw programmed to be operational in next seven months.
The major projects that will see completion over September-March 2008-09 include:
u 450-mw Baglihar-I hydro power plant of Jammu & Kashmir Power Development Corporation in J&K, commissioned on October 10.
u 500-mw Kahalgaon-II unit-7 thermal power plant of NTPC Ltd in Bihar.
u 752-mw Sugen Torrent thermal power plant of Torrent Group in Gujarat.
u  445-mw Konaseema thermal power plant of Oakwell in Andhra Pradesh.
u 464-mw Gautami thermal plant of Gautami Power in Andhra Pradesh.
u  RAPP units 5&6 in Rajasthan (440 mw) and Kaiga unit 4 in Karnataka (220 mw) nuclear power plants of NPCIL.