NHPC PLANS 15,000 CRORE CAPEX IN FY27 FOR EXPANSION OF IT'S HYDRO PROJECTS

State-owned hydropower major $NHPC is targeting Rs 15,000 crore in capital expenditure (capex) in the current financial year. The company currently has 8 gigawatt (GW) of hydro projects under construction, with over 10 GW of capacity at the clearance stage and 1.9 GW at the survey and investigation stage. It is also constructing pumped storage projects (PSPs) with 17.9 GW of capacity at various stages of implementation. On the financial side, NHPC’s revenue from operations increased 18.5% to Rs 3,808 crore in Q1FY27 from Rs 3,213 crore in Q1FY26, and net profit grew 4.15% to Rs 1,178 crore in the quarter from Rs 1,131 crore in the same period last year.