Energy Sector

  • Power Sector at a Glance
    • Total Installed Capacity (As on 31st July, 2019): 3,60,456 MW
      Sector MW % of Total
      Central Sector 90,177 25.0%
      State Sector 102,818 28.5%
      Public Sector 167,462 46.5%
      Total 3,60,456 100%

      Fuel MW % of Total
      Thermal 2,27,644 63.2%
      Coal 1,95,810 54.3%
      Lignite 6,260 1.7%
      Gas 24,937 6.9%
      Diesel 638 0.2%
      Hydro (Renewable) 45,399 12.6%
      Nuclear 6,780 1.9%
      RES* (MNRE) 80,633 22.0%
      Total 360,456 100%
      RES (Renewable Energy Sources) include Small Hydro Project, Biomass Gasifier, Biomass Power, Urban & Industrial Waste Power, Solar and Wind Energy.
  • The electricity generation target of conventional sources for the year 2019-20 has been fixed as 1330 Billion Unit (BU) i.e. growth of around 6.46% over actual conventional generation of 1249.337 BU for the previous year (2018-19). The conventional generation during 2018-19 was 1249.337 BU as compared to 1206.306 BU generated ....
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