India's installed power capacity increased 37 per cent in 11th Plan

The installed power capacity in the country rose 40,781 MW during the 11th Plan period, which is nearly double the capacity added in the entire 10th Plan, minister of power Sushilkumar Shinde said today.

Addressing members of the parliamentary consultative committee attached to his ministry, he said the last four years have seen rapid strides in capacity addition and the installed capacity has gone up from approximately 1,32,000 MW in March 2007 to over 1,81,000 MW in July 2011 - a growth of 37 per cent.

He said the private sector is expected to have contributed nearly 36 per cent of the capacity addition in the 11th Plan and over 50 per cent of the capacity addition proposed for the 12th Plan.

He said the private sector would bring in nearly 19,000 MW during the current plan.

He said domestic manufacturing capacity for power plant and equipment is being augmented to complement generating capacity addition plans.

State-run BHEL is in the process of increasing its production capacity from 10,000 MW in December 2007 to 20,000 MW by 2012. He said several new joint venture companies have been formed to manufacture supercritical boilers and turbine-generators for thermal power plants.