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India is the third largest electricity producing nation in the world. Power generation
has grown over 100 fold since independence to 1 272 TWh during 2014-15.
Widespread power shortages (upto 13 % a decade ago) have become non-existant
on a national scale although shortages will prevail in some regions. Thermal
powerplants generate the bulk of the electricity produced in the country. Nuclear
power capacity, currently at 4 780 MWe, is expected to be augmented in the future.
The power sector has seen vast reforms especially after the passage of the
Electricity Act 2003 including the formation of independent regulators like CERC.
Power Grid Corp. (PGCIL) operates the largest (95,000 circuit kms as on Jun 30 '12)
grid sytems in the world and transmits over half of the total power generated (excl.
captive) in India. India's captive power plants generated 68.2 bn kWh of electricity
during 2003-04. Large captive power users include the aluminium, petrochemical and iron and steel industrial sectors.
17 825 MW of new power capacity was added to the grid in 2013-14. Renewable sources of energy, mainly wind and small
hydro, contributed seven per cent of total electricity generation in 2006. India has set an ambitious target of a total of 175 000
MW of renewable capacity by 2022 to combat global climate warming and its ill effects. A total of 7 100 MW renewable energy
generating capacity was added during 2015-16. Renewable energy generating capacity reach 42 849 MW in April '16.
Over 98 per cent of the nearly 600,000 villages spread across India have been electified at the end of Ap '16. The present
government has planned for 100 % village electrification by 2018.
Power Generation (2013-14)
Type
Thermal
Hydel
Nuclear
Renewables
Captive (>1 MW)
Capcity MW
(May 2016)
211 670
792.5
5 780
34.3
42 783
42 849
(Mar/16)
134.9
2.8
68.2
Captive (2003-04) includes 39.6 bn KWh Steam, 13.4 bn KWh Diesel, 14.9 bn
KWh Gas Turbine, 0.2 bn KWh Wind and 0.1 bn KWh Hydro generated power.
Wind power based on figures for the year 2003-04.
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Plant
State
Sundargarh
Orissa
Sasan
Madhya Pradesh
Surguja
Mundra
Chhattisgarh
Gujarat
Jharkhand
4,000
Partially commissioned
4,000
4,000
Fully commissioned
Hydro Power
India had total hydro generating capacity of 39,291 MW as on Aug 30 2012.
Satluj Jal Vidyut Nigam Ltd.
National Hydroelectric Power Corp. (NHPC)
Tehri Hydro Development Corporation Ltd.
North Eastern Electric Power Corporation Ltd.
Nuclear Power
An Overview
Nuclear power generates less than 3 per cent of India's total electricity consumption. NPCIL, a public sector unit, operates 20
reactors at six nuclear plant sites across India. The total nuclear power capacity amounts to 5780 MWe and 32.5 billion kWh
were generated in 2011-12. Seven reactors with a capacity to generate 5300 MWe are under various stages of construction.
BHAVINI is constructing a 500 MWe Fast Breeder Reactor at Kalpakkam. Fast breeder technology uses spent fuel of
plutonium and uranium from the Pressurised Heavy Water Reactors (PHWR, elsewhere known as CANDU) of the the other
NPCIL plants. Uranium is mined by the Uranium Corp. of India Ltd. in Jaduguda, Jharkhand. The Nuclear Fuel
Complex at Hyderabad fabricates the required nuclear fuel assemblies for the eventual generation of electricity. Thorium,
due to large reserves in India, is also used used as nuclear fuel. New nuclear power plant clusters are plannedin collaboration
with potential nuclear vendors such as Areva NP, GE-Hitachi, Westinghouse Electric and Atomstroyexport.
Nuclear Map of India >>
Nuclear Related Links
Nuclear Power Corp. of India
Department of Atomic Energy
BHAVINI (Bharatiya Nabhikiya Vidyut Nigam Ltd.)
Atomic Energy Regulatory Board
Bhabha Atomic Research Center - Trombay (Mumbai)
Indira Gandhi Centre for Atomic Research - Kalpakkam
Variable Energy Cyclotron Centre - Kolkata
Bharatiya Nabhikiya Vidyut Nigam Limited (BHAVINI) - Kalpakkam
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Nuclear Power Plants
Plant
State
Tarapur
Maharashtra
Kalpakkam
Tamil Nadu
Kakrapur
Gujarat
Kudamkulam
390
1,180
Uttar Pradesh
440
Karnataka
880
Tamil Nadu
440
Gujarat
Kudamkulam
Tamil Nadu
Kalpakkam
1,400
Tamil Nadu
1000
2
1
1400
500
1400
1000
Wind Power
The NRSE (New and Renewable Sources of Energy) sector is set to provide 10 per
cent of the installed capacity by 2012 although harnessing NRSE to its full potential
would mean a capacity addition in the range of 100,000 MW. India has the fifth
largest wind power generating capacity (~7 % global market share) in the world with
an installed capacity of 26 866 MW at the end of March 2016, behind only China,
USA, Germany and Spain. Tamil Nadu, Maharashtra, Karnataka, Gujarat and
Rajasthan have the largest installed capacities of wind power facilities in India. Wind
power potential is largest in the states of Andhra Pradesh, Gujarat, Karnataka,
Rajasthan, as each has a potential to generate wind power in excess of 5,000 MW.
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