Energy Sector in India

Introduction
The utility electricity sector in India had an installed
capacity of 298 GW as of 31 March 2016.
Renewable Power plants constituted 28% of total
installed capacity and Non-Renewable Power Plants
constituted the remaining 72%.
The gross electricity generated by utilities is 1,106 TWh
(1,106,000 GWh) and 166 TWh by captive power plants
during the 201415 fiscal.
The gross electricity generation includes auxiliary power
consumption of power generation plants. India became
the world's third largest producer of electricity in the
year 2013 with 4.8% global share in electricity
generation surpassing Japan and Russia.

Sources of Electrical Energy

RES-Renewable Energy Sector

Total Renewable Energy Installed Capacity (31 Nov 2015)[3]

Total Installed Capacity

(MW)

Source
Wind Power

24,759.32

Solar Power (SPV)

4,684.74

Biomass Power(Biomass &

Gasification and Bagasse
Cogeneration

4,550.55

Small Hydro Power

4,161.90

Waste to Power
Total

127.08
38,283.59

Solar power
India is densely populated and has high solar
insolation, an ideal combination for using solar power
in India.
Much of the country does not have an electrical grid,
so one of the first applications of solar power has
been for water pumping, to begin replacing India's
four to five million diesel powered water pumps, each
consuming about 3.5kilowatts, and off-grid lighting.
Some large projects have been proposed, and a
35,000km area of the Thar Desert has been set
aside for solar power projects, sufficient to generate
700 to 2,100gigawatts.

Solar power

State wise installed solar power

State
Andaman & Nicobar
Andhra Pradesh
Arunachal Pradesh

Lakshadweep

MW

5.10 Madhya Pradesh

475.74 Maharashtra
0.26 Odisha

Bihar

5.00

Chandigarh

5.04

Chhattisgarh

73.18

Daman & Diu

4.00

Delhi

6.71

Gujarat
Haryana
Jharkhand
Karnataka
Kerala

1024.15

0.75
678.58
378.70
66.92

Others

0.79

Puducherry

0.02

Punjab
Rajasthan

300.32
1264.35

Tamil Nadu

562.94

Telangana

392.39

Tripura

12.80 Uttar Pradesh

16.00 Uttarakhand
104.22 West Bengal
12.02 Total[14]

5.00
140.00
5.00
7.21
5547.21

Top Players in India

Tata BP Solar India Ltd

Bharat Heavy Electricals LtdMicrosol Power Pvt Ltd
Azure Power
Central Electronics Ltd
Moser Baer Photovoltaic Ltd
Welspun
Vikram Solar Pvt Ltd
Waaree Energies Ltd
SunEdison

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