MODERNISATION OF THERMAL POWER PLANTS

Ministry of Power MODERNISATION OF THERMAL POWER PLANTS प्रव तथ: 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 Total Total Sector Units Capacity

(MW) I 01.01.2024 – 11 Units 25 Units (5,230 MW) 1 Unit 37 7,960

30.06.2026 (500 MW) (2,230 MW) II 01.07.2026 – 18 Units 12 Units (3,140 MW) – 30 8,310

31.12.2028 (5,170 MW) III 01.01.2029 – 12 Units 12 Units (2,560 MW) – 24 5,370

30.06.2031 (2,810 MW)IV 01.07.2031 – 8 Units 15 Units (3,730 MW) 2 Units 25 6,780

31.12.2033 (500 MW) (2,550 MW) V 01.01.2034 – 5 Units 17 Units (4,330 MW) 3 Units 25 6,710

30.06.2036 (750 MW) (1,630 MW) VI 01.07.2036 – 12 Units 8 Units (2,175 MW) – 20 7,595

31.12.2038 (5,420 MW) VII 01.01.2039 – 5 Units (2,000 16 Units (4,590 MW) 4 Units 25 7,590

30.06.2041 MW) (1,000 MW) VIII 01.07.2041 – 5 Units (1,740 9 Units (2,655 MW) 9 Units 23 7,055

31.12.2043 MW) (2,660 MW) IX 01.01.2044 – 5 Units (2,490 2 Units (460 MW) 7 Units 14 6,070

30.06.2046 MW) (3,120 MW) Grand Jan. 2024 – 81 Units 116 Units 26 Units 223 63,440 Total Jun. 2046 (8,530 (26,040 MW) (28,870 MW) MW) 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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