Overview

The Overall generation (Including generation from grid connected renewable sources) in the country has been increased from 1110.458 BU during 2014-15 to 1173.603 BU during the year 2015-16, 1241.689 BU during 2016-17, 1308.146 BU during 2017-18, 1376.095 BU during 2018-19 and 1390.467 BU during 2019-20. The performance of Category wise generation during the year 2019-20 was as follows:-

Thermal Reduced by 2.75 %
Hydro Increased by 15.48 %
Nuclear Increased by 22.90 %
Bhutan Import Increased by 31.49 %
Renewables Increased by 9.12 %
Overall Growth rate recorded by 0.95 %

The annual growth in power generation during recent years is as under:

YEAR	GROWTH IN CONVENTIONAL GENERATION (%)	GROWTH IN RENEWABLE GENERATION (%)	GROWTH IN TOTAL GENERATION (%)
2008-09	2.7	-	-
2009-10	6.6	-	-
2010-11	5.56	-	-
2011-12	8.11	-	-
2012-13	4.01	-	-
2013-14	6.04	-	-
2014-15	8.43	-	-
2015-16	5.64	6.47	5.69
2016-17	4.72	23.97	5.80
2017-18	3.98	24.88	5.35
2018-19	3.57	24.47	5.19
2019-20	0.12	9.12	0.95
2020-21	-6.72	3.48	-5.69

* Provisional (upto October 2020)

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