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MODERNISATION OF THERMAL POWER PLANTS

प्रविष्टि तिथि: 06 AUG 2026 7:13PM by PIB Delhi

Government of India constituted a committee on 16.03.2022 comprising representatives from NTPC Ltd., Central Electricity Authority (CEA), Gujarat State Electricity Corporation Ltd. (GSECL) and Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd. (BHEL) which studied various aspects of Life extension and Renovation & Modernization (R&M) of coal based thermal power stations and brought out a report in the form of R&M Guidelines 2023. Thereafter, based on the guidelines, CEA identified 223 units as potential candidates after consulting with all the concerned stakeholders for Renovation & Modernisation/ Life Extension (R&M/LE) works with age older than 20 years as on December 2022. The R&M/LE works in these units have to be implemented in nine phases to avoid any major energy demand- supply gap. The details are given at Annexure.

At present, the Central government neither provides funds nor has any central sector scheme for modernization/ upgradation of thermal power plants across India including Andhra Pradesh. The generating company is expected to commercially finance the R&M/LE works after evaluating the feasibility.

ANNEXURE

 

ANNEXURE REFERRED IN REPLY TO PARTS (a), (b) & (d) OF UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3100 ANSWERED IN THE LOK SABHA ON 06.08.2026     

 Phasing Plan

Phase

Period

Central Sector

State Sector

Private Sector

Total Units

Total Capacity (MW)

I

01.01.2024 – 30.06.2026

11 Units

(2,230 MW)

25 Units (5,230 MW)

1 Unit (500 MW)

37

7,960

II

01.07.2026 – 31.12.2028

18 Units

(5,170 MW)

12 Units (3,140 MW)

–

30

8,310

III

01.01.2029 – 30.06.2031

12 Units

(2,810 MW)

12 Units (2,560 MW)

–

24

5,370

IV

01.07.2031 – 31.12.2033

8 Units

(2,550 MW)

15 Units (3,730 MW)

2 Units (500 MW)

25

6,780

V

01.01.2034 – 30.06.2036

5 Units

(1,630 MW)

17 Units (4,330 MW)

3 Units (750 MW)

25

6,710

VI

01.07.2036 – 31.12.2038

12 Units

(5,420 MW)

8 Units (2,175 MW)

–

20

7,595

VII

01.01.2039 – 30.06.2041

5 Units (2,000 MW)

16 Units (4,590 MW)

4 Units (1,000 MW)

25

7,590

VIII

01.07.2041 – 31.12.2043

5 Units (1,740 MW)

9 Units (2,655 MW)

9 Units (2,660 MW)

23

7,055

IX

01.01.2044 – 30.06.2046

5 Units (2,490 MW)

2 Units (460 MW)

7 Units (3,120 MW)

14

6,070

Grand Total

Jan. 2024 – Jun. 2046

81 Units

(26,040 MW)

116 Units

(28,870 MW)

26 Units (8,530 MW)

223

63,440

 

This information was given by The Minister of State in the Ministry of Power, Shri Shripad Naik, in a written reply in the Lok Sabha today.

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