Stalled hydro project not to impact 24X7 power supply plans

Stalled hydro power projects of 4,341 MW capacity planned to be implemented in the 12th Plan period (2012-17) will not impact government's target of ensuring round the clock electricity supply to all, Power Minister Piyush Goyal said today.
"As more than 95 per cent of the capacity addition target for the 12th Five Year Plan has already been achieved during first four years of the plan, therefore, the stalled hydro projects, which constitute only 4,341 MW of the generation capacity, are not expected to impact the government's plan to ensure 24X7 electricity supply across the country in a significant," Goyal said in a written reply to Lok Sabha.

The minister said, "A generation capacity target of 88,537 MW, excluding 30,000 MW of renewable energy sources, was fixed for 12th Plan. During first four years of the 12th Plan i.E. During 2012-13 to 2015-16, a capacity of 84,990.7 MW has been achieved from conventional Energy Sources, which is 95.99 per cent of the target fixed for the entire Plan period (till March end 2017)."
Earlier in March, Planning Minister Rao Inderjit Singh had told the Lok Sabha that the planned hydro power generation capacity addition of 4,371 mw out of a total target of 10,897 mw in the 12th Plan will not be completed.

"Based on the current status of works, out of 12th Plan hydro capacity addition target of 10,897 mw, capacity aggregating 4,371 mw is slipping, and 930 mw capacity is critical to commissioning during the 12th Plan," he had said.
The minister had also told the House, "Based on the current status of projects, the likely capacity addition during the 12th Plan is 6,755 mw."
The factors for this slippage include disruption of works by locals, delay in regulatory clearance, land acquisition issues and poor geology, he had said.