Government targets at adding 1,190MW of hydropower capacity in 2019

Kolkata: India aims at adding 1,190 MW of hydropower capacity in the current year, which will take the total capacity to more than 50,000 MW. India has 45,399 MW of large hydel plants and 4,594 MW of small ones.

Last year, the government had targeted hydel capacity addition of 840 MW but it managed to achieve only 140 MW.

This year, central sector NEEPCO aims at adding the highest capacity of 600 MW at Kameng Hydel Power project in Arunachal Pradesh. The government of Himachal Pradesh will be adding another 211 MW in the state. These would include three units of 33.33 MW by state government-owned BVPCL and three units of 37 MW by Himachal Pradesh Power CorporationNSE 0.92 % Ltd.