July 4, 2012. All the thermal power projects planned for the 12th Plan Period have requisite clearances and are at the advanced stages of construction, the Central Electricity Authority (CEA) has said. The capacity addition targets for 2012-17 do not include the projects - with a total capacity of 32,000 MW - that are stranded due to environmental issues. The government is planning to add about 1,00,000 MW capacity by 2017. The projects for the 12th Plan (2007-2012) have all the requisite clearances including coal linkages and orders for main plant equipment, and are under construction. All the 12th plan projects for which orders have been placed, have confirmed coal linkages. According to CEA, about 32,000 MW of thermal power capacity which have either been shelved or put on hold do not form part of the capacity addition in the plan period. Of the 11 projects, totalling 16,500 MW capacity, which have been put on hold, nine are yet to receive environment clearances. These projects are in Bihar, Orissa and Tamil Nadu. Of the remaining 11 projects, with the total capacity of 15,500 MW, which have been shelved, nine are in Andhra Pradesh and one each in Tamil Nadu and Maharashtra.