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Power capacity addition meagre in Q1; 45 Mw power added of 1820 Mw target

For the full year, the official target is to add 12,186 Mw

Power capacity addition meagre in Q1; 45 Mw power added of 1820 Mw target
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Jayajit Dash
Capacity addition in the country’s power sector has been dull in financial year 2019-20.

Of the 1,820 Mw originally envisaged to be added in the first quarter, April-June, only 45 Mw was and entirely in thermal power, shows data from the Central Electricity Authority.

This addition was from private thermal producers. No capacity at all was added from nuclear or hydro electric sources. Or, in thermal power, from central or state entities.

For the full year, the official target is to add 12,186 Mw. In 2018-19, actual capacity addition was 5,922 Mw, against the target of 8,106 Mw. 

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