The total installed power generation capacity in India as on March 31, 2024, is 441,969.60 MW with sector wise & type wise break up as given below.[1]
For the state wise installed power generation capacity, refer to States of India by installed power capacity.
Sector | Thermal (MW) |
Nuclear (MW) |
Hydro (MW) |
Renewable (MW) |
Total (MW) | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Coal | Lignite | Gas | Diesel | Sub-total thermal | |||||
Central | 68020 | 3640 | 7237.91 | - | 78897.91 | 8180 | 15742.72 | 1632.30 | 104452.93 |
State | 69437.5 | 1150 | 7012.05 | 280.31 | 77879.86 | - | 27254.45 | 2535.11 | 107669.43 |
Private | 73512.01 | 1830 | 10788.24 | 308.89 | 86439.15 | - | 3931 | 139477.09 | 229847.24 |
All India | 210969.51 | 6620 | 25038.21 | 589.20 | 243216.92 | 8180 | 46928.17 | 143644.51 | 441969.60 |
Percentage | 47.73 | 1.49 | 5.66 | 0.13 | 55.03 | 1.85 | 10.62 | 32.50 | 100 |
Hydroelectric power plants with ≤ 25 MW generation capacity are included in Renewable category (classified as SHP - Small Hydro Project) .
The break up of renewable energy sources (RES) is:
The following lists name many of the utility power stations in India.[2]