National Hydroelectric Power
Corporation has planned to add over 10,000 MW during the X and XI Plan periods.
Here is a brief outline of the expansion plan.
Capacity Addition
- In the X Plan (2002-07), capacity
addition of 2,480 MW has been envisaged out of which 1,580 MW has been
commissioned so far.
- In the XI Plan (2007-12), capacity
addition of 7,700 MW has been envisaged. Out of this, 520 MW will be added
through NHDC Ltd (a joint venture subsidiary of NHPC operating in Madhya
Pradesh)
- Beyond the XI Plan period, capacity
addition of 22,000 MW has been targeted.
Projects under active
implementation
- Teesta - Stage V (520 MW, Sikkim)
- Teesta Low Dam - Stage III (132 MW,
West Bengal)
- Teesta Low Dam - Stage IV (160 MW,
West Bengal)
- Prabati - Stage II (520 MW,
Himachal Pradesh)
- Chamera - Stage III (231 MW,
Himachal Pradesh)
- Lower Subansiri (2,000 MW,
Arunachal Pradesh)
- Uri - Stage II (240 MW, Jammu &
Kashmir)
- Omkareshwar (520 MW, Madhya
Pradesh, NHDC Ltd)
Project Financing
The fund requirement till 2012 has
been estimated at Rs.62,000 crore. Budgetary support would be Rs.24,000 crore
while Rs.7,000 crore would come from internal accruals. The remainder would be
raised through domestic and foreign debt.
Current Capacity
The current capacity of NHPC stands at
3,755 MW which includes 2,755 MW of nine hydropower projects owned by NHPC and
1,000 MW of the Indira Sagar project in Madhya Pradesh owned by NHDC Ltd.