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India’s October power generation capacity addition down 26% m-o-m

India Coal Market Watch

 December 02: India’s total power generation capacity addition stood at 1,444 MW in October 2015 showing a decline of 25.99% as compared to 1951 MW added in September 2015, according to provisional data released by the Central Electricity Authority (CEA).

 The actual addition in October was much lower compared to the target of 2,118 MW set for the month of October.

 On a year-on-year basis, capacity addition in October 2015 was higher compared to 600 MW added in October 2014.

 India’s total power generation capacity addition during the first seven months (Apr-Oct) of 2015-16 stood lower by 16% as compared to the corresponding period in 2014-15.

 The total power generation capacity addition during the first seven months of 2015-16 stood at 8046 MW, down 1532.44 MW from 9578.44 MW added during the same period of 2014-15, the data revealed.

 Of the total capacity addition during first seven months of 2015-16, 6,990 MW was in the thermal sector, down 25% from 9,311.10 MW added in the same period of 2014-15. The addition in hydro was, however, up 351% at 1,206 MW from only 267.34 MW added last year. There was no addition in the nuclear sector either in 2014-15 or in 2015-16.

 Of the total capacity added in October, 1,404 MW came in thermal and 40 MW in hydro. The following units were commissioned in October 2015:

 Thermal

(1) Talwandi Sabo U-2 ( 660 MW) was commissioned on October 25, 2015.

(2) Uchpinda TPP U-I (360MW) was commissioned on October 28, 2015.

(3) GMR Rajahmundry Energy Ltd. Block-2 (384 MW) was commissioned on October 5, 2015

 Hydro

1. Lower Jurala U-1 (40 MW) was commissioned on October 14,2015

2. Baghlihar St-II U-2 (150 MW) was commissioned on September 29, 2015 (reported in Oct 2015).

 With the addition in capacity in October 2015, India’s total installed power generation capacity stood at 280,328.50 MW at the end of the month

 Of the total installed capacity in the country, thermal power generation capacity stood at 195,604.44 MW (170,137.88 MW coal-fired, 24,473.03-MW gas-fired and 993.53 MW diesel fired), nuclear power generation capacity stood at 5,780 MW, hydro generation at 42,473.42 MW and renewables at 36,470.64 MW.

 Following is the break-up of monthly capacity addition during FY15, FY14, FY13 and FY12 (in MW):

# Figures may not tally due to revision of data by CEA.