Around 46,000 MW power generation capacity is stranded as states have not built sufficient infrastructure to evacuate electricity from these plants, a senior official has said. Speaking at a conference on 'Smart Grids, Automation and Solar Storage' organised here by PHDCCI today Batra explained that of this (46GW), 30,000 MW is thermal generated whereas the remaining 16,000 MW is gas fed. According to the statement, he explained that largely states and some of the UTs are entirely responsible for under utilisation of this capacity for which adequate last mile connectivity should have been built by them so that this idle capacity could have been utilised to lighten the rural landscape of the country. The conference was presided over by Shalini Prasad, Additional Secretary, Ministry of Power. (This article has not been edited by DNA's editorial team and is auto-generated from an agency feed.)

Source: dna March 28, 2017 09:11 UTC