SJVN will invest Rs 60,000 crore to harness 5,097 MW hydropower in Arunachal Pradesh.

The Arunachal Pradesh government has accepted the allotment of five hydroelectric projects having a total capacity of 5,097 MW to SJVN, for which a memorandum of understanding (MoU) will be signed shortly.

The projects, namely Etalin Hydroelectric Project (HEP) (3,097 MW), Attunli HEP (680 MW), Emini HEP (500 MW), Amulin HEP (420 MW) and Mihumdon HEP (400 MW) are located in the Dibang basin of Arunachal Pradesh.

These projects involve a tentative investment of Rs 60,000 crore and will be commissioned by SJVN in the next eight-10 years. On commissioning, these projects are expected to generate about 20 billion units of clean energy annually on a cumulative basis.

The detailed reports of some of these projects have already been prepared, while some projects are under the survey and investigation stage.

The company has 41 projects under various stages of development with a capacity of more than 16,000 MW.

SJVN has set an ambitious target to achieve an installed capacity of 5,000 MW by 2023, 12,000 MW by 2030 and 25,000 MW by 2040.