Total Conventional power generation in India has increased 4% Y-o-Y to 405.891 BU( Billion Units) during Apr’17-Jul’17, compared with 391.18 BU power generated during Apr’16-Jul’16, according to the report provided by Ministry of Power.
Conventional power generation includes power generated from thermal (coal, diesel and gas), nuclear, hydro sources along with electricity imported from Bhutan.
Power Generation during Jul’17 stood 97.912 BU, which was marginally higher than the conventional power generation of 97.206 BU during Jun’17. While on the yearly basis, Jul’17 power generation increased 4% compared with the power generation of 94.606 BU during Jul’16.
| Source | Jun’17 | Jul’17 | %Change |
| Thermal | 79.95 | 78.44 | -2% |
| Hydro* | 13.64 | 15.42 | 13% |
| Nuclear | 3.05 | 3.03 | -1% |
| Bhutan Imports | 0.57 | 1.02 | 80% |
| Total Conventional Sources | 97.21 | 97.91 | 1% |
Source: Power Ministry Report
Quantity in Billion Units
*excludes generation from Hydro stations upto 25 MW
Capacity Addition during Jul’17:
No new power plant unit was added during the month. However, due to the conversion of Unit no. 4 (120 MW) of Tata power’s Jojobera plant in Jharkhand to Captive power plant (CPP), the same has been removed from India’s power plant installed capacity.
The total Power station installed capacity has reached 330153.35 MW, with coal based power stations accounting 194432.88 MW.
| Source | Installed Capacity |
| Coal | 194432.88 |
| Gas | 25185.38 |
| Diesel | 837.63 |
| Nuclear | 6780 |
| Hydro | 44614.42 |
| Renewable Energy | 58303.35 |
| Total | 330153.66 |
Source: Power Ministry Report
Quantity in MW
Plant Load Factor:
Plant load factor for Coal and lignite based power plants was recorded at 54.32 in Jul’17 compared with 53.72 in Jul’16. While cumulative PLF has fallen from 60.78 during Apr’16-Jul’16 to 60.43 during Apr’17-Jul’17.
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