India: Power Sector - generation capacity added in fiscal 2019-20
Last Modified: 01-Jun-2020 5:59 AM - 14,006 MWNET generation capacity added in fiscal 2019-20 across all sources. Total installed capacity = 370,102 MW.
- 4,320 MWnet capacity addition through thermal (coal, gas and diesel) sources. Thermal capacity added at 31% of total capacity addition. Total thermal installed capacity is now at 230,598 MW.
- 9,386 MW
- 4,430 MWnet capacity addition based on coal compared to 3,533 MW in previous fiscal. Coal capacity addition at 32% of total capacity addition. Total coal based installed capacity is now at 205,134 MW.
- 18 MWcapacity added based on gas. Total gas based installed capacity is now at 24,937 MW.
- 0 MWcapacity added based on diesel. Total diesel based installed capacity is now at 509 MW. There is a shrinkage of 128 MW.
- 0 MWcapacity added based on nuclear. Total diesel based installed capacity is now at 6,780 MW.
- 300 MWcapacity added based on Hydro. Total hydro based installed capacity is now at 45,699 MW.
- 90 MWcapacity added based on small-hydro. Total small-hydro based installed capacity is now at 4,683 MW.
- 2,068 MW
- 772 MWnet capacity added based on Biomass. Total Biomass based installed capacity is now at 9,875 MW.
- 9.64 MWcapacity added based on Waste-To-Energy. Total Waste-To-Energy based installed capacity is now at 147.64 MW.
- 6,447 MW