India’s Power generation from conventional sources saw a rise by 2% M-o-M in Dec’16 in the wake of increasing electricity demand. Particularly thermal electricity generation rose by 4% to 85.89 Billion Units (BU) in Dec’16 compared with 82.89 BU in Nov’16.
Power generation from Conventional sources includes Thermal, Hydro, Nuclear generation and electricity imported from Bhutan. It may be noted that only power generation from Thermal sources have risen in Dec’16 while that from all other sources have declined. Thermal power generation also increased by 8% Y-o-Y as compared to 79.89 BU in Dec’15.
Power Plant Installed Capacity:
India’s Total power plant installed capacity stands at 310005.28 MW as on Dec’16. In Dec’16, three new power plant units were commissioned in the thermal sector with the total capacity addition of 1960 MW during the month.
- Kudgi TPP, U-I 800 MW was commissioned on 25/12/2016.
- Koradi TPP, U-10 660MW was commissioned on 28/12/2016.
- Sagardighi TPS-II, U-4 500 MW was commissioned on 15/12/2016.
Apart from new capacity addition, two old and aged power plant units were retired in Dec’16.
- Santaldih TPP (Unit 1 to 4, 4x120MW) has been retired from State sector of West Bengal.
- Patratu TPP U-1, 2,3,5,8 Total 315 MW (Derated from 360 MW) has been retired from state sector of Jharkhand.
| Region | Thermal | Nuclear | Hydro | RES | Grand Total | |||
| Coal | Gas | Diesel | Total | |||||
| Northern | 46524.5 | 5781.26 | 0.0 | 52305.76 | 1620.0 | 18382.78 | 8976.44 | 81284.98 |
| Western | 72833.01 | 11203.41 | 0.0 | 84036.42 | 1840.0 | 7447.5 | 15818.49 | 109142.41 |
| Southern | 39102.5 | 6473.66 | 842.24 | 46418.4 | 2320.0 | 11689.03 | 20277.82 | 80705.25 |
| Eastern | 30197.87 | 100.0 | 0.0 | 30297.87 | 0.0 | 4378.12 | 564.39 | 35240.38 |
| North-East | 310.0 | 1723.8 | 36.0 | 2069.8 | 0.0 | 1242.0 | 268.72 | 3580.52 |
| Islands | 0.0 | 0.0 | 40.05 | 40.05 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 11.1 | 51.15 |
| All India | 188967.9 | 25282.13 | 918.89 | 215168.9 | 5780 | 43139.43 | 45916.95 | 310005.28 |
Source: Power Ministry
Quantities in MW
Power Plant Load factor(PLF):
India’s Power plant utilisation factor(PLF) for coal and lignite based plants saw a yearly decline by 2% to 60.46 in Dec’16 as compared to 61.73 in Dec’15. However, Central and State governed plants both saw a rise in PLF by 6%. Private sectors were the major losers whose PLF decline by 14% from 63.07 in Dec’15 to 54.01 in Dec’16.
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