India o add 90,000 MW of power in 11th five year plan
It is reported that Indian government revised its target of power capacity addition to 90,000 MW in the 11th five year plan up by 11,423 MW from the earlier estimate of 78,577 MW in order to meet the growing demand of electricity in the country.
Mr Sushilkumar Shinde Union Minister of Power said that "We will add 90,000 MW by the year 2012 to meet electricity demand of the nation."
He said that out of the earlier target of 78,577 MW of capacity, projects totaling 63,312 MW are under implementation of which 18,177 MW are in the private sector. However, this does not include captive generation projects and projects which are yet to yield benefits during the 12th Plan Period such as 3 ultra mega power projects.
Work on 32 coal blocks having total extractable reserves of 9,916 million tonnes allotted to various state and central public sector units and Independent Power Producers is in progress. These blocks are capable of feeding 29,000 MW.
Mr Shinde said that "Along with thermal and hydro capacity addition, we are also now eagerly looking forward to very fast developments on the nuclear side in the wake of the very important diplomatic breakthrough that the country has achieved with the NSG waiver."
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