List of power stations in India

The total installed power station capacity in India as on June 30, 2016 is 304,506 MW with sector wise & type wise break up as given below.[1][2]

Installed Power Station Capacity in India as of June 30, 2016
Sector Thermal (MW) Nuclear
(MW)
Renewable (MW) Total (MW)
Coal Gas Diesel Sub-Total
Thermal
Hydel Other
Renewable
Sub-Total
Renewable
Central 51,390.00 7,555.33 0.00 55,649.73 5,780.00 11,571.43 0.00 11,571.43 76,296.76
State 64,130.50 7,210.70 363.93 71,705.13 0.00 28,092.00 1,963.81 30,055.81 101,825.93
Private 70,722.38 9,742.60 554.96 81,019.94 0.00 3,120.00 40,885.57 44,005.57 126,383.06
All India 186,212.88 24,508.63 918.89 211,640.40 5,780.00 42,848.43 44,236.92 87,085.13 304,505.75
Percentage 61.44 8.08 0.30 69.83 1.90 14.11 14.13 28.25 100

@The break up of renewable energy sources (RES) is: wind power (27,151.40 MW), Solar power (7,805.34 MW), Biomass power & gasification (4,860.83 MW), small hydro (4,304.27 MW), Waste-to-energy (115.08 MW).

For the state wise allocation of the installed utility power capacity, refer to States of India by allocated power capacity.

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

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

Non-renewable

Nuclear power

Nuclear power is the fourth-largest source of electricity in India after thermal, hydroelectric and renewable sources of electricity.[4] As of 2016, India has 22 nuclear reactors in operation at seven sites, having an installed capacity of 6780 MW.[5][6] and producing a total of 30,292.91 GWh of electricity[7] 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 2.2% of total installed utility capacity, are operated by the Nuclear Power Corporation of India.[2] India ranked seventh in number of operated reactors (22) and fourteenth in total installed capacity.

Thermal power

Thermal power is the "largest" source of power in India. There are different types of thermal power plants based on the fuel used to generate the steam such as coal, gas, and Diesel. About 71% of electricity consumed in India are generated by thermal power plants.[2]

Coal

More than 62% of India's electricity demand is met through the country's vast coal reserves.[2] 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 are also operating the power plants. Here is some list of operating coal-based thermal power plants in India.[16]

Gas-based

The total installed capacity of Natural gas based power plants in India, is nearly 24,508.63 MW.[2] Here is a list of plants operating and waiting for natural gas to start operations.[28]

Diesel-based

The total installed capacity of major grid connected diesel-based power plants in India, is 993.53 MW.[2] The installed capacity of captive power DG sets is estimated to be nearly 90,000 MW.[32] Here is the part list of grid connected plants.

Renewable

India was the first country in the world to set up a ministry of non-conventional energy resources, in early 1980s. India's cumulative grid interactive or grid tied renewable energy capacity (excluding large hydro) has reached about 42.75 GW,[33]

Hydroelectric

This is a list of major hydroelectric power plants in India.[34]

# Hydro power units with pumped storage features.[35]

Bansagar dam.

Nagarjuna Sagar Dam across Krishna River.

Sardar Sarovar Dam on Narmada River.

Spillway of Tehri Dam

Upper Indiravati power house

Spill way of Salal HE Station

Panoramic View of Hirakud Dam at Sambalpur

Solar

Main article: Solar power in India

Wind power

Main article: Wind power in India

India has many large wind power production farms (10MW and greater)[71][72]

See also

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