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| Why flooding raises alarm over bearing of hydropower plants on the Himalayas |
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— Jasleen Bhatti
Hydropower is a renewable and non-polluting source of energy. India has an economically exploitable and viable hydropower potential, which is estimated to be about 84,000 megawatt at 60 per cent load factor. It has an installed capacity of 148,701 MW, according to the National Hydroelectric Power Corp.
The Central Electricity Authority reported that the country has around 13,000 MW of hydropower plants under construction, with another 8,000 MW slated to start in the next six to eight months. Currently, the installed capacity of hydropower in the country is 45,700 MW.
Small hydel power projects up to 25 MW in India are under the Union Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE) and large hydel-power projects exceeding 25 MW are under the Union Ministry of Power. The country has set a target of 175 GW of renewable power capacity by 2022, including 5 GW of small hydropower.
India's hydropower capacity is expected to reach 70 GW by 2030, according to MNRE...
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