Total Installed Power Generating Capacity in the country stands at 2,29,252 MW No decline in Power generation from coal based plants in 2013-14

powerThe installed capacity of power generation in Central, State and Private Sectors stood at 2,29,252 MW for the year 2013-14 as on 31st October, 2013 . The details of the  installed capacity  in the three sectors during the year 2013-14 as on 31stOctober, 2013  are as  below:

Sector Installed Power Generating Capacity (in MW)
State

90,062

Private

72,927

Central

66,263

Total

2,29,252

The total power generated from various conventional sources during 2013-14 (April-October, 2013) was 561.593 BU .

During 2012-13, total power generated from various conventional sources was 912.057 BU as compared to target of 930.00 BU. The target set and achieved for power generation from different sources during the year 2012-13 and for the year 2013-14 upto October, 2013 from various conventional energy sources, namely thermal, hydro, nuclear and import of hydro power from Bhutan are as below:

 

Source

 in Billion Unit

2012-13

2013-14 (upto October, 2013)

Target

Achievement

Target

Achievement

Thermal

7,67.275

760.676

456.434

443.648

Hydro

1,22.045

113.720

84.527

93.851

Nuclear

35.200

32.866

19.727

19.107

Bhutan Import

5.480

4.795

3.863

4.987

Total

930.000

912.057

564.551

561.593

There is no decline in power generation from coal based plants during 2013-14.  The reason for decline in generation from gas based plants is due to less supply of gas from  KG D-6 basin.

The Details of power generation from coal and gas during the first half of 2013-14 (April-September, 2013) as compared to the previous year 2012-13 for the same period, April-September, 2012 are as below:

Source

Total Generation (in BU)

 

2012-13 (April to September, 2012)

2013-14 (April to September, 2013)

Coal

310.83

339.79

Gas

37.83

22.82

The power generation capacity added in the country in various sectors during the year 2012-13 is as below:

      (In MW)
 Sector

Thermal

Hydro

Total

Central

5,023.3

374

5,397.3

State

3,911.0

57

3,968.0

Private

11,187.5

70

11,257.5

Total

20,121.8

501

20,622.8

These details were given by  Sh Jyotiraditya Scindia,  MoS (Independent Charge) for Power in the Lok Sabha .