The total Installed Capacity in the country at the end of last month was approximately 180,358 MW comprising 117,310 MW(65%) thermal including gas and diesel, 38,106 MW(21%) conventional hydro, 4,780 MW (3%) nuclear and 20,162 MW (11%) from renewable energy sources including wind.

Giving this information in Lok Sabha, Mr KC Venugopal minister of state for power said that a number of steps have been taken by the Government to augment power generation capacity in the coming years. These include augmentation of manufacturing capacity of BHEL from 10,000 MW in December, 2007 to 20,000 MW by 2012; formation of new joint ventures to manufacture supercritical boilers and turbine generators for thermal power plants; development of Ultra Mega Power Projects of 4000 MW each; bulk ordering of 11 units of 660 MW each with supercritical technology with mandatory phased indigenous manufacturing program to promote indigenous manufacturing; sensitization of stakeholders to enlarge the vendors base to meet Balance of Plants requirements; rigorous monitoring of projects at different levels including by Ministry of Power, Central Electricity Authority, Power Project Monitoring Panel and Advisory Group under the chairmanship of Union Minister of Power, etc.

He also said that the proposed capacity addition from renewable energy sources during the next 10 years, as projected by Ministry of New and Renewable Energy is approximately 50,000 MW comprising capacity of about 23,000 MW from Wind,

The Minister added that India’s dependence on Hydrocarbons is likely to decrease marginally in view of the Low Carbon Growth strategy adopted by our country as per which Hydro, Nuclear and Renewables are being promoted to the maximum possible extent.