Break up of Total Installed Capacity
Fuel | MW | % of Total |
Total Thermal | 2,21,626 | 67.1% |
Coal | 1,95,603 | 59.2% |
Gas | 25,185 | 7.6% |
Oil | 838 | 0.3% |
Hydro (Renewable) | 44,594 | 13.5% |
Nuclear | 6,780 | 2.1% |
RES* (MNRE) | 57,260 | 17.3% |
Total | 330,261 |
* Installed capacity in respect of RES (MNRE) as on 31.03.2017.
7.1. Projected Energy Demand
India is set to contribute more than any other country to the projected rise in global energy demand, around one-quarter of the total. India’s urbanisation is a key driver of energy trends: an additional 315 million people – almost the population of the United States today – are expected to live in India’s cities by 2040. As per International Energy Outlook 2015, oil demand will increase to 10 million barrels/day by 2040 and natural gas consumption will also triple to 175 billion cubic metre.
The ability to meet the increasing energy demand depends on our ability to expand domestic production in critical energy sub sectors, notably petroleum, gas and coal, and meeting the balance requirement through imports.