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India has nuclear power plants operating in the following states: Maharashtra, Gujarat, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh, Tamil Nadu and Karnataka. These reactors have an installed electricity generation capacity of between 100 MW and 1000 MW each. The Kudankulam nuclear power plant (KNPP) is the single largest nuclear power station in India. KNPP Unit ...
India was a net energy importer to meet nearly 47% of its total primary energy in 2019. [3] [4] While much of its energy comes from fossil fuels, as of 2024, India is in the midst of a very rapid growth of solar and other renewable energy. However, this page currently only discusses the country's fossil fuel–based energy.
Nuclear power is the seventh-largest source of electricity in India after coal, solar, wind, hydro, gas and biomass. [citation needed] As of November 2024, India has 24 nuclear reactors in operation in 8 nuclear power plants, with a total installed capacity of 8,180 MW.
This is a list of states and territories of India by installed power generation capacity. This is measured in Megawatts (MW) which is equal to one million watts of electric power. As of 31st January 2025, the installed capacity is around 466 GW. Gujarat (58 GW) leads in power generation capacity, followed by Maharashtra (50 GW) and Rajasthan ...
The Tata group, one of India’s largest conglomerates, promised to be a good neighbor when it took on the job of building the nation’s first “ultra mega” coal-fired power plant. Find Out First ICIJ and The Huffington Post estimate that 3.4 million people have been physically or economically displaced by World Bank-backed projects since 2004.
The total installed capacity of natural gas based power plants in India is nearly 24,991.51 MW as of September 2018. [8] Here is a list of plants operating and waiting for natural gas to start operations.
Solar power in India is an essential source of renewable energy and electricity generation in India. Since the early 2000s, India has increased its solar power significantly with the help of various government initiatives and rapid awareness about the importance of renewable energy and sustainability in the society.
The table below shows India's year on year installed wind power, annual wind power generation and annual growth in wind power generation since 2006. [14] Wind power generation in India ranks fourth globally in 2024.