The government of the Indian State of Arunachal Pradesh has awarded the state-owned power producer SJVN five hydropower projects to be developed in the State and totalling 5,097 MW of capacity. They include the 3,097 MW Atalin project, the 680 MW Attunli project, the 500 MW Emini project, the 420 MW Amulin project and the 400 MW Mihumdan project. All the projects are situated on tributaries of the Dibang River, which flows through eastern India.
The development of these project is expected to require an investment of more than INR500bn (US$6.1bn) and the construction of these power plants is projected to reduce emissions by about 1.1 MtCO2/year. They had previously been awarded to private developers but were transferred to SJVN to accelerate their development.
India plans to add 79 hydropower projects with a total capacity of 30 GW, including 11 pumped-storage projects totalling 8.7 GW, during the period 2019-2020 to 2029-2030. The country has an installed pumped-storage capacity of 4.8 GW (end of 2021). Hydropower accounts for 12% of India's total capacity, with 51.4 GW.
Interested in Power Plants?
Enerdata has developed a market research service to screen, monitor and analyse the development of power generation assets.
Power Plant Tracker offers an interactive database and a powerful search engine covering power plants worldwide – including both installed and planned capacities for renewables and fossil fuels.