EXPANSION OF THERMAL POWER CAPACITY
EXPANSION OF THERMAL POWER CAPACITY
In order to meet the estimated electricity demand by the year 2031-32, generation planning studies have been carried out by Central Electricity Authority (CEA). As per the study results, it is envisaged that to meet the base load requirement of the country in 2032, the required coal & lignite based installed capacity would be 283 GW against the present installed capacity of 217.5 GW. Considering this, Government of India proposes to set up an additional minimum 80 GW coal-based capacity by 2031-32.
The estimated capital cost for setting up of new coal based thermal capacity as considered in National Electricity Plan is Rs 8.34 Cr/ MW (at 2021-22 price level). Hence, the thermal capacity addition is expected to entail an expenditure of minimum Rs. 6,67,200 Crs by 2031-32.
(i) To reduce the dependency on coal based thermal power plants, Government of India has planned to augment non-fossil fuel based installed electricity generation capacity. India in its Intended Nationally Determined Contributions (INDCs) stands committed to achieve about 50 percent cumulative electric power installed capacity from non-fossil fuel-based energy resources by 2030. At present India has already achieved 45.5% Installed Capacity from non-fossil fuel-based resources. To achieve this objective, following steps have been taken to promote Renewable Energy Generation in the country:
(ii) Further, for reduction of emission levels of thermal power plants, following measures have been taken by the Government:
The details of the percentage of electricity generated from various sources such as coal, gas, hydel and renewable energy since 2014 is attached as Annexure.
This information was given by the Minister of State for Power, Shri Shripad Naik, in a written reply in the Lok Sabha today.
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ANNEXURE
ANNEXURE REFERRED IN REPLY TO PART
Percentage of Electricity Generated From Various Sources
Year-Wise Generation from 2014-15 to 2024-25 (Up to May, 2024)
Source Name
2014-15
2015-16
2016-17
2017-18
2018-19
2019-20
2020-21
2021-22
2022-23
2023-24
2024-25 (upto May)
% of Total Gen
% of Total Gen
% of Total Gen
% of Total Gen
% of Total Gen
% of Total Gen
% of Total Gen
% of Total Gen
% of Total Gen
% of Total Gen
% of Total Gen
Conventional
Thermal
Coal
72.08
73.45
73.30
72.76
71.77
69.20
68.82
69.81
70.54
72.50
73.29
Lignite
3.20
2.92
2.80
2.66
2.51
2.37
2.21
2.49
2.23
1.95
1.94
Diesel
0.13
0.03
0.02
0.02
0.01
0.01
0.01
0.01
0.01
0.02
0.03
Naptha
0.09
0.01
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.01
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
Natural gas
3.61
4.00
3.95
3.83
3.62
3.49
3.68
2.41
1.47
1.80
2.75
Sub Total
79.10
80.42
80.07
79.28
77.92
75.07
74.72
74.72
74.25
76.28
78.00
Nuclear
3.25
3.19
3.05
2.93
2.75
3.35
3.11
3.16
2.82
2.76
2.76
Hydro
11.64
10.34
9.86
9.64
9.80
11.21
10.88
10.16
9.98
7.71
6.42
Bhutan Import
0.45
0.45
0.45
0.37
0.32
0.42
0.63
0.50
0.42
0.27
0.06
Conventional Total
94.44
94.39
93.43
92.21
90.79
90.04
89.34
88.54
87.47
87.01
87.24
Renewable Energy
Wind
3.04
2.81
3.70
4.03
4.51
4.65
4.35
4.60
4.42
4.79
4.03
Solar
0.42
0.63
1.09
1.98
2.85
3.61
4.37
4.93
6.28
6.67
7.65
Biomass
0.28
0.32
0.34
0.26
0.20
0.21
0.25
0.23
0.19
0.20
0.18
Bagasse
1.06
1.10
0.80
0.91
0.99
0.78
0.82
0.84
0.79
0.62
0.34
Small Hydro
0.72
0.71
0.62
0.59
0.63
0.68
0.74
0.70
0.69
0.55
0.41
Others
0.03
0.02
0.02
0.03
0.03
0.03
0.12
0.15
0.16
0.16
0.15
Renewable Energy Total
5.56
5.61
6.57
7.79
9.21
9.96
10.66
11.46
12.53
12.99
12.76
Grand Total
100.00
100.00
100.00
100.00
100.00
100.00
100.00
100.00
100.00
100.00
100.00