The Ministry of Power has expressed its intention to achieve 20,395 MW of capacity addition in 2010-11. This target, however, seems to be a tad too ambitious, in light of the poor capacity addition performance of the power sector in the last 5 five years.
Notwithstanding our reservations on the pronouncement, a fuel-wise analysis indicates that 17,793 MW of capacity addition has been targeted for the thermal sector, i.e. an increase of 4791 MW from the preceding year`s target; whereas the target for the nuclear sector has been almost doubled to 1220 MW. The remaining 1346 MW capacity addition is envisaged for the hydro sector. The sector-wise distribution of the capacity addition task seems more or less even throughout the central, state and private sectors, with only a slightly greater share allotted to the central sector.
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