Over
14,000 MW of hydro power capacity is under execution in the country and
would be commissioned in the next four years, according to the Central
Electricity Authority (CEA).
As many as 40 projects are under various stages of implementation in
the country which will be commissioned by 2018, the CEA data showed. The
projects are being developed by the central and state governments and
also by the private sector. The central government is constructing
projects with over 7,500 MW capacity which include five projects of NHPCBSE -1.71 % and three of NTPC.
Country’s largest hydro power producer NHPC is setting up 330 MW
Kishanganga (Jammu & Kashmir), 800 MW Parbati II and 520 MW Parbati
III (Himachal Pradesh), 160 MW Teesta Lower (Sikkim) and 2,000 MW
Subansiri (Arunachal Pradesh).
Another
state-owned firm NTPCBSE 0.72 %, which is primarily engaged in thermal
power generation, has also diversified into hydel generation and is
executing three – 800 MW Koldam (Himachal Pradesh), 520 MW Tapovan
Vishnugad (Uttarakhand), 171 MW Lata Tapovan (Uttarakhand) projects.
NEEPCO ( North Eastern Electric Power Corporation Limited) is also
building three hydel projects 600 MW Kameng and 110 MW Pare in Arunachal
Pradesh and 60 MW Tuirial in Mizoram.
Source: ET
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