The Hindu Business Line : 12,000 MW of new captive power capacity coming up

New Delhi, July 4 With capacity addition targets consistently faltering, the Centre is banking on sale of surplus power to the grid from around 12,000 mega watts (MW) of new captive power capacity that is expected to come through over the next five years, according to estimates firmed up the Central Electricity Authority using data furnished by various equipment manufacturers.

The new capacity on the anvil is over and above the installed captive power capacity of 19,485 MW in the country, of which 14,866 MW is already connected to the grid while the remaining 4,619 MW is currently operating in isolation to meet captive requirements of the plant owner.

“In order to estimate the future installation of captive power plants, various manufacturers were asked to furnish details of orders in hand as well as their estimation of future orders in the next five years to assess additional captive power capacity coming up in the country. Details were sought for captive power plants of 1 MW and above and a total estimated capacity of around 12,000 MW is expected to be in the pipeline as per the information supplied by manufacturers,” a Government official involved in the exercise said.

Collating information

In view of the difficulties generally faced by captive power project owners to inject surplus electricity from their respective units to the grid, the Central Electricity Regulatory Authority (CERC) has initiated a detailed information collation exercise under which all owners and operators of existing and under-construction captive and co-generation plants and renewable energy stations of over 1 MW have been asked to furnish data on their respective stations, including their capacity and locations.

While the Electricity Act, 2003 provides for a liberal framework for harnessing spare captive generation into the grid, captive power unit owners have faced some degree of resistance from State Electricity Boards in wheeling power from their units to the grid for sale of surplus power.

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