Thermal capacity momentum 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 pickup.

- ARUNIMA BHARADWAJ

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 beabletoadd 9.4 GWof thermal capacity.

Of the targeted 18 units, the country has so far commissioned five thermal units as of September 30, 2025. The commissioned projects included three units in the central sector with the remaining two unitsin the state sector.

The commissioned thermal units include North Karanpura STPP (660 MW), Barh STPP St-I (660 MW), Khurja SCTPP (660 MW), Yadadri TPS (800 MW), and Obra-C STPP(660 MW).