An investment of about RS.14.54 lakh crore required for additional 210 GW during 2022-27: Power Minister

The Central Electricity Authority under Ministry of Power, monitors 62 gas based power stations, with a total capacity of 23,845 MW using gas as primary fuel. The list of gas based power plants, along with their location, is attached at Annexure.

An investment of about RS.14.54 lakh crore required for additional 210 GW during 2022-27: Power Minister
An investment of about RS.14.54 lakh crore required for additional 210 GW during 2022-27: Power Minister

NEW DELHI- The Central Electricity Authority under Ministry of Power, monitors 62 gas based power stations, with a total capacity of 23,845 MW using gas as primary fuel. The list of gas based power plants, along with their location, is attached at Annexure.

The requirement of gas for these power plants at 90% Plant Load Factor (PLF) is 115 Million Metric Standard Cubic Meters per day (MMSCMD). During the year 2022-23 (April, 2022 to January, 2023), the total gas available to power sector was only about 16.14 MMSCMD, comprising of 13.21 MMSCMD domestic gas and 2.93 MMSCMD imported Re-gasified Liquefied Natural Gas (RLNG).

 During 2022-23 (April, 2022 to January, 2023), the gas based capacity of 9308 MW (28 gas based plants) had NIL generation and the overall Plant Load Factor (PLF) of gas-based power plants remained only around 12% due to less availability of domestic gas and high price of imported RLNG.

In order to meet the projected peak demand of around 230 GW during April – May, 2023, the Government of India approved a mechanism for operationalization of around 5000 MW NTPC gas based capacity during this period. Further, the Government has also planned for additional procurement of power from gas based capacity (other than NTPC Plants) during this period.

 ANNEXURE

The estimated energy requirement of the country State/UT-wise from the year 2022-23 to 2026-27

(in MU)

State/ UT

2022-23

2023-24

2024-25

2025-26

2026-27

Chandigarh

1737

1783

1827

1869

1911

Delhi

35715

37346

39000

40771

42566

Haryana

62706

66926

71821

77217

82981

Himachal Pradesh

12614

13172

13829

14522

15238

J&K

19568

20811

21382

21800

22507

Ladakh

210

233

259

288

321

Punjab

66464

69686

73493

77571

81959

Rajasthan

101757

112368

119167

126118

133550

Uttar Pradesh

151152

159775

169529

179967

191138

Uttarakhand

16301

17138

18087

19093

20142

Northern Region

468224

499239

528394

559218

592312

Chhattisgarh

36260

38528

41223

44130

47208

Dadar Nagar Haveli

7794

8165

8605

9072

9559

Daman & Diu

2840

2970

3121

3277

3437

Goa

4630

4820

5038

5270

5512

Gujarat

139566

148082

158654

170323

182507

Madhya Pradesh

98863

104600

111424

118751

128844

Maharashtra

183777

191499

200087

209593

219726

Western Region

473729

498665

528152

560416

596793

Andhra Pradesh

72961

78134

84245

90889

98162

Karnataka

75202

77876

80922

84132

88232

Kerala

27892

29244

30729

32281

33903

Lakshadweep

58

60

62

64

66

Puducherry

3048

3136

3234

3332

3436

Tamil Nadu

115788

122102

129079

136399

144086

Telangana

73229

77503

82316

87414

92967

Southern Region

368179

388055

410587

434511

460853

A&N

345

350

357

363

368

Bihar

41814

45560

49438

53920

58256

DVC

17624

18757

20100

21550

23087

Jharkhand

19334

20677

22112

23846

25463

Odisha

43060

43582

44985

46689

48627

Sikkim

651

689

730

773

819

West Bengal

60163

63564

67518

71820

76352

Eastern Region

182992

193179

205240

218961

232971

AP

916

964

1012

1064

1117

Assam

11972

12679

13454

14279

15151

Manipur

1089

1152

1218

1289

1363

Meghalaya

2350

2437

2527

2618

2711

Mizoram

897

978

1063

1156

1252

Nagaland

909

953

997

1041

1088

Tripura

1663

1913

1991

2073

2222

North Eastern Region

19796

21076

22261

23521

24904

All India

1512918

1600214

1694634

1796627

1907835

The estimated peak demand of the country State/UT-wise from the year 2022-23 to 2026-27

 

(in MW)

State/UT

2022-23

2023-24

2024-25

2025-26

2026-27

Chandigarh

435

449

464

478

492

Delhi

7770

8164

8571

9003

9460

Haryana

12788

13546

14411

15335

16337

Himachal Pradesh

2119

2215

2328

2448

2571

J&K

3075

3273

3369

3443

3566

Ladakh

65

70

74

79

85

Punjab

14327

14859

15502

16189

16925

Rajasthan

16291

17906

18959

20030

21175

Uttar Pradesh

26028

27531

29235

31061

33017

Uttarakhand

2603

2742

2905

3072

3249

Northern Region

77767

82688

87457

92476

97898

Chhattisgarh

5358

5708

6132

6592

7081

Dadar Nagar Haveli

1021

1074

1138

1204

1273

Daman & Diu

405

424

447

470

493

Goa

740

778

818

859

901

Gujarat

21550

22762

24291

25953

27710

Madhya Pradesh

17009

17874

18914

20024

21592

Maharashtra

30203

31495

32999

34567

36376

Western Region

70963

74704

79137

83986

89457

Andhra Pradesh

13363

14269

15337

16495

17758

Karnataka

15075

15636

16277

16947

17810

Kerala

4592

4808

5044

5291

5549

Lakshadweep

12

12

12

13

13

Puducherry

502

517

533

549

567

Tamil Nadu

17361

18336

19413

20545

21736

Telangana

14663

15704

16877

18138

19529

Southern Region

63424

67143

71362

75861

80864

A&N

61

63

64

66

67

Bihar

7495

8184

8908

9743

10553

DVC

3248

3450

3689

3947

4220

Jharkhand

2994

3163

3362

3576

3808

Odisha

6490

6635

6918

7252

7630

Sikkim

141

150

159

169

179

West Bengal

10150

10726

11395

12123

12891

Eastern Region

28737

30479

32544

34857

37265

AP

180

190

201

211

223

Assam

2376

2526

2689

2861

3045

Manipur

276

291

308

325

344

Meghalaya

424

441

457

474

492

Mizoram

170

184

199

215

231

Nagaland

163

171

179

187

195

Tripura

356

421

452

484

531

North Eastern Region

3755

4029

4284

4556

4855

All India

216966

230144

244565

260118

277201

 

This information was given by the Union Minister of Power Sh. R.K. Singh in the Rajya Sabha.

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