Power Generation capacity in India

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The installed capacity of utility power plants is 267,637 MW as on 31 March 2015 and the gross electricity generated by utilities is 1106 TWh (1106 billion kWh) which includes auxiliary power consumption of power generating stations. The installed capacity of captive power plants in industries (1 MW and above) is 47,082 MW as on 31 March 2015 and generated 166.426 billion kWh in the financial year 2014-15.[1] In addition, there are nearly 75,000 MW aggregate capacity diesel generator sets with units sizes between 100 KVA and 1000 KVA.[2] All India per capita consumption of Electricity is nearly 1010 kWh during the financial year 2014-15.[1]

 
Some rural areas in India remain to be connected to the electricity grid. Shown here villagers heating tea with the help of firewood.
 
Ramagundam Thermal Power Station (2600 MW), Telangana

Total installed Power generation Capacity (end of March 2015)[3]

Source Utilities Capacity (MW) % Captive Power Capacity (MW) %
Coal 164,635.88 61.51 27,588.00 58.60
Hydroelectricity 41,267.43 15.42 83.00 0.17
Renewable energy source 31,692.14 11.84 Included in Oil -
Natural Gas 23,062.15 8.61 5,215.00 11.08
Nuclear 5,780.00 2.16 - -
Oil 1,199.75 0.44 14,196.00 30.17
Total 267,637.35 47,082.00

For state wise break up refer to States of India by installed power capacity.

Sector Utility Power Capacity (MW) Percentage
State Sector 96,963.20 36.23
Central Sector 72,521.16 27.10
Private Sector 98152.99 36.67
Total 267,637.35
  1. ^ a b "Growth of Electricity Sector in India from 1947-2015" (PDF). CEA, India. Retrieved 13 June 2015.
  2. ^ "Gensets add up to under half of installed power capacity; August, 2014". Retrieved 13 May 2015.
  3. ^ "Total installed capacity in India" (PDF). CEA, India. Retrieved 13 June 2015.