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 and 1376.095 BU during 2018-19. The performance of Category wise generation during the year 2018-19 was as follows:

Thermal Inreased by 3.39 %
Hydro Reduced by 6.95 %
Nuclear Increased by 1.39 %
Bhutan Import Increased by 7.78 %
Renewables Increased by 24.47 %
Overall Growth rate recorded by 5.19 %

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* (Upto Jan 2020)	0.27	7.23	0.92

* Provisional

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