India: Power Sector - generation capacity added in fiscal 2017-18
Last Modified: 05-May-2018 6:51 PM - 17,812 MWgeneration capacity added this fiscal across all sources taking the total installed capacity this fiscal to 344,661 MW.
- 4,576 MWnet capacity addition through thermal (coal, gas and diesel) sources, amounting to 26% of total capacity addition so far this fiscal. Total thermal installed capacity this fiscal stood at 222,906 MW.
- 12,424 MW
- 5,008 MWnet capacity addition based on coal amounting to 28% of total capacity addition. Total coal based installed capacity this fiscal stood at 197,171 MW.
- 432 MWcapacity contraction based on gas. Total gas based installed capacity this fiscal stood at 24,897 MW.
- 0 MWcapacity added based on diesel. Total diesel based installed capacity this fiscal stood at 837 MW.
- 0 MWcapacity added based on nuclear. Total diesel based installed capacity this fiscal stood at 6,780 MW.
- 815 MWcapacity added based on Hydro. Total hydro based installed capacity this fiscal stood at 45,293 MW.
- 105 MWcapacity added based on small-hydro. Total small-hydro based installed capacity this fiscal stood at 4,485 MW.
- 1,766 MW
- 1,181 MWcapacity added based on Biomass. Total Biomass based installed capacity this fiscal stood at 9,363 MW.
- 7.92 MWcapacity added based on Waste-To-Energy. Total Waste-To-Energy based installed capacity this fiscal stood at 138 MW.
- 9,361 MW