List of power stations in India

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The total installed power generation capacity in India as on June 30, 2021 is 3,84,115.94 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.

Installed Power Station Capacity in India as of June 30, 2021
Sector Thermal
(MW)
Nuclear
(MW)
Hydro
(MW)
Renewable
(MW)
Total (MW)
Coal Lignite Gas Diesel Sub-Total
Thermal
Central 62,400.00 3,140.00 7,237.91 0.00 72,777.91 6,780.00 15,646.72 1,632.30 96,836.93
State 65,791.50 1,290.00 7,087.35 236.01 74,404.86 0.00 27,069.50 2,401.27 103,875.64
Private 74,173.00 1,830.00 10,598.74 273.70 86,875.45 0.00 3,606.00 92,921.93 183,403.38
All India 202,364.50 6,260.00 24,924.01 509.71 234,058.22 6,780.00 46,322.22 96,955.51 384,115.94
Percentage 52.68 1.63 6.49 0.13 60.93 1.76 12.06 25.24 100

Hydroelectric power plants with ≤ 25 MW generation capacity are included in Renewable category (classified as SHP - Small Hydro Project) .

The break up of renewable energy sources (RES) is:

  • Solar power (42,335.49 MW)
  • Wind power (39,486.65 MW)
  • Biomass (10,170.92 MW)
  • Small hydro (4,793.81 MW)
  • Waste-to-energy (168.64 MW)

The following lists name many of the utility power stations in India.[2][3]

Kudankulam Nuclear Power Plant with installed capacity of 2,000 MW. This station may be expanded to 6,800 MW capacity.

Conventional[]

Nuclear power[]

Nuclear power is the fifth-largest source of electricity in India after thermal, hydroelectric and renewable sources of electricity.[4] As of March 2017, India has 22 nuclear reactors in operation at seven sites, having an installed capacity of 6780[5] MW.[6][7] and producing a total of 30,292.91 GWh of electricity[8] 11 more reactors are under construction to generate an additional 8,100 MW.

All the twenty two nuclear power reactors with an installed capacity of 6,780 MW equal to 2.0% of total installed utility capacity, are operated by the Nuclear Power Corporation of India. India ranked seventh in number of operated reactors (22) and fourteenth in total installed capacity.

$ → The retired/scrapped power stations.

List of nuclear power stations

Thermal power station[]

Thermal power is the "largest" source of power in India. There are different types of thermal power plants based on the fuel that are used to generate the steam such as coal, gas, and diesel, natural gas. About 71% of electricity consumed in India is generated by thermal power plants.[17]

Coal[]

More than 62% of India's electricity demand is met through the country's vast coal reserves.[17] Public sector undertaking National Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC) and several other state level power generating companies are engaged in operating coal-based thermal power plants. Apart from NTPC and other state level operators, some private companies also operate the power plants.[18] Although new plants are unlikely to be built, if more coal is burnt in existing plants it will increase greenhouse gas emissions by India.[19] Here is some list of operating coal-based thermal power plants in India.[20]

$ → The retired/scrapped power stations.[21][22]

List of coal based power stations

Gas-based[]

The total installed capacity of Natural gas based power plants in India, is nearly 24,991.51 MW.[17] Here is a list of plants operating and waiting for natural gas to start operations.[36]

$ → The retired/scrapped power stations.[21]

List of gas based power stations

Diesel-based[]

The total installed capacity of major grid connected diesel-based power plants in India, is 509.71 MW.[citation needed] The installed capacity of captive power DG sets is estimated to be nearly 90,000 MW.[40] Here is the part list of grid connected plants.

$ → The retired/scrapped power stations.[21]

List of diesel engine power stations

Renewable[]

India was the first country in the world to set up a ministry of non-conventional energy resources, in the early 1980s. India's cumulative grid interactive, or grid tied, renewable energy capacity (excluding large hydro) has reached about 87.38 GW, as of 2020.

Hydroelectric[]

This is a list of major hydroelectric power plants in India.[41]

# Hydro power units with pumped storage features.[42]

List of Hydroelectric power stations
Panoramic View of Hirakud Dam at Sambalpur

Solar[]

Listed are stations with a capacity of at least 10MW.[56]

List of solar power stations

Wind power[]

India has many large wind power production farms (10MW and greater)[56][69][70]

List of wind power stations

See also[]

  • Energy policy of India
  • Electricity in India
  • States of India by installed power capacity
  • List of largest power stations in the world

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