States of India by installed power capacity

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This is a list of states and territories of India by installed power generation capacity. This is measured in Megawatts (MW) which is equal to one million watts of electric power. As of 30 June 2021,[1] about 374,000 MW of power generation capacity is installed in India, of which 36.37% is renewable. Maharashtra leads in power generation capacity, followed by Gujarat and Tamil Nadu, though Karnataka leads in renewable energy capacity. India has a total of 6,780 MW of nuclear power generation capacity, led by Tamil Nadu, Maharashtra and Rajasthan.

List[edit]

State-wise all India installed power generation capacity as of 30 June 2021[1]
State/Union Territory Thermal (in MW) Nuclear
(in MW)
Renewable (in MW) Total
(in MW)
% of National Total % Renewable
Coal Lignite Gas Diesel Sub-Total
Thermal
Hydel Other
Renewable
Sub-Total
Renewable
Western Region 85,156 1,540 10,806 - 97,502 1,840 7,392 30,367 37,759 137,101 35.69% 27.54%
Maharashtra 24,966 - 3,207 - 28,173 1,400 3,047 10,383 13,430 43,003 11.20% 31.23%
Gujarat 14,692 1,400 7,551 - 23,643 440 1,990 14,050 16,040 40,123 10.45% 39.98%
Madhya Pradesh 21,950 - - - 21,950 - 2,235 5,282 7,516 29,466 7.67% 25.51%
Chhattisgarh 23,688 - - - 23,688 - 120 598 718 24,406 6.35% 2.94%
Goa - - 48 - 48 - - 8 8 55 0.014% 14.02%
Daman & Diu - - - - - - - 41 41 40 0.01% 100%
Dadra & Nagar Haveli - - - - - - - 5 5 5 0.001% 100%
Southern Region 37,622 3,140 6,491 433 47,688 3,320 11,694 43,452 55,146 108,338 28.95% 51.95%
Tamil Nadu 9,520 3,140 1,027 211 13,899 2,440 2,178 14,831 17,009 33,348 8.91% 51.01%
Karnataka 9,480 - - 25 9,505 880 3,644 15,315 18,960 29,345 7.84% 64.61%
Andhra Pradesh 11,590 - 4,898 36 16,525 - 1,610 8,505 10,115 26,640 7.12% 37.97%
Telangana 7,032 - - - 7,032 - 2,405 4,357 6,763 15,980 4.27% 49.02%
Kerala - - 533 159 694 - 1,856 433 2,290 2,983 0.80% 76.76%
Puducherry - - 32 - 32 - - 8 8 40 0.011% 18.83%
Lakshadweep - - - - - - - 1 1 1 0.0002% 100%
Northern Region 41,659 1,580 5,781 - 49,020 1,620 19,023 17,430 36,453 87,093 23.32% 41.86%
Uttar Pradesh 22,409 - 1,493 - 23,902 440 501 3,350 3,852 28,194 7.55% 13.66%
Rajasthan 8,240 1,580 1,023 - 10,843 1,180 411 9,834 10,245 22,268 5.96% 46.01%
Himachal Pradesh - - - - - - 9,809 963 10,772 10,772 2.88% 100%
Punjab 5,680 - - - 5,680 - 1,096 1,604 2,701 8,381 2.24% 32.23%
Haryana 5,330 - 431 - 5,761 - - 538 538 6,300 1.69% 8.55%
Uttarakhand - - 450 - 450 - 3,756 662 4,418 4,868 1.30% 90.76%
Jammu and Kashmir - - 175 - 175 - 3,360 205 3,564 3,740 1.00% 95.29%
Delhi - - 2,208 - 2,208 - - 228 228 2,436 0.65% 9.38%
Ladakh - - - - - - 89 - 89 89 0.024% 100%
Chandigarh - - - - - - - 42 42 42 0.011% 100%
Eastern Region 34,827 - 100 40 34,967 - 5,862 1,598 7,460 42,427 11.34% 17.58%
West Bengal 14,177 - 100 - 14,277 - 1,341 568 1,909 16,186 4.32% 11.80%
Odisha 9,800 - - - 9,800 - 2,142 547 2,689 12,489 3.34% 21.53%
Bihar 6,390 - - - 6,390 - - 348 348 6,738 1.80% 5.18%
Jharkhand 4,460 - - - 4,460 - 210 47 257 4,717 1.26% 5.46%
Sikkim - - - - - - 2,169 52 2,221 2,221 0.59% 100%
Andaman and Nicobar Islands - - - 40 40 - - 34 34 74 0.02% 46.26%
North-Eastern Region 750 - 1,776 36 2,562 - 1,727 369 2,096 4,658 1.24% 44.99%
Assam 750 - 644 - 1,394 - 350 79 429 1,823 0.49% 23.51%
Tripura - - 1,132 - 1,132 - - 25 25 1,157 0.31% 2.20%
Arunachal Pradesh - - - - - - 815 136 952 952 0.25% 100%
Meghalaya - - - - - - 322 46 368 368 0.1% 100%
Manipur - - - 36 36 - 105 11 116 152 0.04% 76.44%
Nagaland - - - - - - 75 31 107 107 0.03% 100%
Mizoram - - - - - - 60 38 98 98 0.026% 100%
Total 199,594 6,260 24,956 509 231,320 6,780 45,699 90,399 136,098 374,199 100.00% 36.37%

Other Renewable Energy sources include SHP (Small Hydro Power - hydel plants ≤ 25 MW), Biomass Power, Urban & Industrial waste, Solar and Wind Energy

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. 1.0 1.1 "All India installed capacity (in MW) of power stations" (PDF). National Power Portal, Ministry of Power, Government of India. Retrieved 10 July 2021.