Thermal capacity pace picks up, 5.09 GW added in H1
India added 5.09 gigawatt (GW) of thermal capacity in the first half of the current fiscal year 2025-26, as per the latest data from the Central Electricity Authority. This represents a sequential pick-up.
The country has set a target of 12.86 GW thermal capacity addition for the entire fiscal.
The pace of addition of thermal power capacity has slowed down in the past few years. In FY25 too, the country added just 4.53 GW of thermal capacity against its target of 15.4 GW. In the current fiscal, experts believe the country might just be able to add 9.4 GW of thermal capacity.
