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🇮🇳 Electricity Generation of India

The electricity generated in India has been on the rise since the start of the millennium. In 2021, electricity generation in India reach 1713.75 TWh. Whereof 74.17% of the generated electricity in the country that year came from Coal. A non-renewable resource with greater impact on the environment.

  • In 2021, the electricity generation in India increased by 9.67%
  • In total, India generated 1,713.75 Terrawatt hours of electricity in 2021.
  • Electricity generation in India grew with 151.04 TWh in 2021, compared to previous year.
  • Since 2000, production of electricity has increased by 199.93% in India
  • In 2021, India produced 6.1610512272311% of the world's total energy generation.

Total Electricity Generation of India (2000-2021)

Between the year 2000 and 2021, India's electricity generation has increased from 571.39 TWh to 1,713.75 TWh, a 199.93% increase in produced Terawatt hours during a 21 year time period.

Year TWh YoY absolute change YoY change
2000 571.39 % %
2001 586.09 14.7% 2.57%
2002 609.64 23.55% 4.02%
2003 638.13 28.49% 4.67%
2004 698.32 60.19% 9.43%
2005 704.52 6.2% 0.89%
2006 744.43 39.91% 5.66%
2007 796.26 51.83% 6.96%
2008 828.41 32.15% 4.04%
2009 879.71 51.3% 6.19%
2010 937.47 57.76% 6.57%
2011 1,034.0 96.53% 10.3%
2012 1,091.84 57.84% 5.59%
2013 1,146.14 54.3% 4.97%
2014 1,262.02 115.88% 10.11%
2015 1,321.96 59.94% 4.75%
2016 1,401.63 79.67% 6.03%
2017 1,471.16 69.53% 4.96%
2018 1,578.98 107.82% 7.33%
2019 1,621.91 42.93% 2.72%
2020 1,562.71 -59.2% -3.65%
2021 1,713.75 151.04% 9.67%

India's Electricity Generation by Fuel Source in 2021

In 2021, Coal was the largest generator of electrical energy in India with 74.17% of the total electricity produced.

Fuel Source Proportion
Coal 74.17%
Hydro 9.36%
Solar 3.99%
Wind 3.97%
Gas 3.75%
Nuclear 2.56%
Bioenergy 2.07%
Other Fossil 0.13%

Data Information

Data found on this page is a derivative of Ember-Climate Yearly electricity data.

Data Sources

Ember-Climate

Ember-Climate Yearly Electricity Data

This dataset contains yearly electricity generation, capacity, emissions, import and demand data for over 200 geographies. Data is collected from multi-country datasets (EIA, Eurostat, BP, UN) as well as national sources (e.g China data from the National Bureau of Statistics).

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