National Hydroelectric Power Corporation (NHPC) is set to ramp up its power generation capacity in the country to 5,322 MW by the end of the 11th Five-Year Plan in March, 2012.
NHPC had lined up 10 projects with a cumulative generation capacity of 4,502 MW in different parts of the country for completion by the end of the 11th Plan (2007-12). The projects entailed a cumulative investment of Rs 21,600 crore and the necessary arrangements have been made for flow of funds. Out of these projects, the 231-MW Stage-III Chamera project on the river Ravi is slated for completion by mid-2011. The Rs 1,405 crore project would generate 1,108.17 million units of electricity per annum at a 90 per cent plant load factor.
The corporation has already commissioned its 280-MW Dhauliganga hydroelectric project in Uttarakhand, the 390-MW Dulhasti hydroelectric project and 120-MW Sewa-II hydroelectric project in J&K, the 520-MW Omkareshwar hydroelectric project in Madhya Pradesh and the 510-MW Teesta hydroelectric project in Sikkim.
