Power Min Expects to Add 16,000 MW in 10 Months

The government expects to achieve additional power generation capacity of 16,000 MW in the remaining 10 months of the 11th five-year plan, more than half of the total capacity added in the last four years. Going by the current estimate, the government would still fall short of the revised five-year plan target of 62,000 MW, since it would be able to add only about 52,000 MW by March 2012. Let's have a realistic target. We would be able to do a 16,000 MW capacity addition, that includes 2,000 MW of nuclear power, by March 2012, a Power Ministry official said. He said the ministry has achieved a capacity addition of 36,000 MW till the end of May.