Tata Power aims to double generation capacity to 18,000 MW by 2022.

Electricity producer Tata Power aims to double its generation capacity to 18,000 MW from all sources of energy by 2022.

The company generates power from different fuel sources -- thermal (coal, gas and oil), hydroelectric power, renewable energy (wind and solar Photo-Voltaic).

Its current generation capacity is 8,613 MW.

Tata Power generated 11,866 million units from its thermal stations during the quarter ended June 30, 2014.

Its two projects -- Coastal Gujarat Power Ltd. (CGPL) and Maithon Power Ltd. (MPL)-- were the top contributors to increased generation.

'CGPL and MPL continue to contribute significantly towards the increase in generation capacity, with 6,599 million units and 1,793 million units respectively for Q1 FY 2015, as compared to the previous year with 6,148 MUs and 1,719 MUs in the same period,' Tata Power said in a statement.


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