Hydro

Power sector Scenario

Total installed capacity in India as on April 2013 is 211, 766 MW, of which about 40% is owned by various states, 30% is owned by central government companies, while private sector accounts for 30%share in the capacity.

Thermal capacity accounts for 67% while hydro capacity share is only 18.6%. Renewable energy share in the total portfolio is about 12.2%.

Hydro Scenario

Installed capacity of hydro projects is about 40,000 MW, while the potential for development is about 150,000 MW. Private sector has taken initiatives to develop hydro projects since the liberalization of Power Sector in early 1990s. The major hydro project developers are Jai Prakash Hydro, Bhilwara Group, GMR, GVK, Jindal Group, Tata Power, Reliance etc.

Private Sector Opportunities for Investments:

HDM has investment opportunities both in small hydro and large hydro projects. Currently we have small hydro of around 300 MW capacity under various stages like Greenfield, under construction and operating projects covering mostly North and North East India.

In large hydro we have around 500 MW projects available for 100% acquisition both operating and Greenfield.

Besides, we also closely work with private developers in Nepal. Projects of around 700 MW capacity are available for investments only at partnership level.

Kindly contact info@hdm.co.in to find out more about the investment opportunity.