India: Power Sector - generation capacity added in fiscal 2020-21

Last Modified: 07-Feb-2021 6:50 AM

5,215 MW
NET generation capacity added so far in fiscal 2020-21 across all sources. Total installed capacity = 375,318 MW.
991 MW
net capacity addition through thermal (coal, gas and diesel) sources. Thermal capacity added at 19% of total capacity addition. Total thermal installed capacity is now at 231,589 MW.
4,125 MW
net capacity addition through renewable sources (wind, bio, waste to energy and small hydro) sources. Renewable capacity addition at 79% of total capacity addition. Total renewable installed capacity is now at 91,151 MW.
990 MW
net capacity addition based on coal compared to 4,430 MW in previous fiscal. Coal capacity addition at 19% of total capacity addition. Total coal based installed capacity is now at 206,124 MW.
1 MW
net capacity added based on gas. Total gas based installed capacity is now at 24,956 MW.
0 MW
capacity added based on diesel. Total diesel based installed capacity is now at 509 MW.
0 MW
capacity added based on nuclear. Total diesel based installed capacity is now at 6,780 MW.
99 MW
capacity added based on Hydro. Total hydro based installed capacity is now at 45,798 MW.
67 MW
capacity added based on small-hydro. Total small-hydro based installed capacity is now at 4,750 MW.
931 MW
capacity addition based on wind compared. Wind capacity added at 18% of total capacity addition. Total wind based installed capacity is now at 38,624 MW.
270 MW
net capacity added based on Biomass. Total Biomass based installed capacity is now at 10,145 MW.
20.36 MW
capacity added based on Waste-To-Energy. Total Waste-To-Energy based installed capacity is now at 168 MW.
2,837 MW
capacity addition based on solar. Solar capacity added at 54% of total capacity addition. Total solar based installed capacity is now at 37,646 MW.

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Posted by Coal Numerical in Energy

Tags Power Sector Electricity Generation GoI Tracker India 2020-21

Source Central Electric Authority, Ministry of Power, GoI