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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 December 2024, the installed capacity is around 462 GW. Gujarat (57 GW) leads in power generation capacity, followed by Maharashtra (49 GW) and Rajasthan ...
As of 31 March 2022, India had 6.78 GW of installed nuclear power generation capacity or nearly 1.7% of the total installed utility power generation capacity. Nuclear plants generated 47,063 million kWh at 79.24% PLF in 2021–22. [144] India's nuclear power plant development began in 1964.
The total installed power generation capacity in India as on 31st December 2024 is 462,065.16 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.
World electric generation by country and source in 2022 [1] This is a list of countries and dependencies by annual electricity production. China is the world's largest electricity producing country, followed by the United States and India. Data are for the year 2022 and are sourced from Ember. [1]
[20] [125] As of 31 December 2017, the installed capacity of wind power was 32,848 MW an increase of 4148 MW over the previous year [126] [127] Wind power accounts for nearly 10% of India's total installed power generation capacity and generated 52.666 billion kWh in the fiscal year 2017-18 which is nearly 3% of total electricity generation. [128]
In India, 99.99% of the population have access to power supply. [44] By 2013, India became the world's third largest producer of electricity with 4.8% global share, surpassing Japan and Russia. [45] [46] India ranks 6th globally in hydropower generation during the year 2019. [19]
The National Grid is owned, and maintained by state-owned Power Grid Corporation of India and operated by state-owned Power System Operation Corporation. It is one of the largest operational synchronous grids in the world with 417.68 GW of installed power generation capacity as of 31 May 2023. [2]
Shivanasamudra Falls. India is 5th globally for installed hydroelectric power capacity. [1] As of 31 March 2020, India's installed utility-scale hydroelectric capacity was 46,000 MW, or 12.3% of its total utility power generation capacity. [2]