UP to add new greenfield thermal power capacity of 8,500 Mw by 2022
The Uttar Pradesh government will add more than 8,500 megawatts (Mw) new thermal power capacity in the public sector by 2022.
The fresh capacity will consist of greenfield thermal power units totalling 1,980 Mw each in 2019 and 2020, and 3,960 Mw and 660 Mw in 2021 and 2022, respectively.
According to UP energy minister Shrikant Sharma, the thermal plants would augment government sector generation capacity by 8,580 Mw and help the state meet its energy supply commitments, apart form catering to incremental power demand.
The capacities are lined up at Meja (Allahabad/Prayagraj), Harduaganj (Aligarh), Ghatampur (Kanpur City), Obra (Sonbhadra), Jawaharpur (Etah) and Panki (Kanpur) thermal power projects in the state.
