India electricity generation to grow by 5.7 per cent in 2013-14

• 10 years ago (2013-08-27)
• David Flin

Africa 303 Asia 851 Australasia 51 Biomass 8 Climate change 20 Coal 277 Cogeneration 1 Concentrating solar 5 Cyber security 8 Decarbonisation 1 Decentralised energy 5 Demand side management 2 Demand side response 2 Digitalisation 10 Distributed energy 10 Distribution 109 Electric vehicles EVs 4 Emissions 59 Energy management 1 Equipment 2 Europe 1061 Gas 373 Gas engine plant 60 Gas fuel 1 Horizon 2 Hydroelectric 17 Hydrogen 53 Hydropower 112 Latin America 77 Maintenance 3 Marine 1 Metering 2 microgrid 5 Middle East 312 North America 999 Nuclear 640 Offshore wind 119 Oil 17 Operations 4 Policy 8 Regulations 3 Renewables 753 smart grid 2 Solar 246 Storage 37 substation 8 Tepco 2 Tidal 2 Toshiba 4 Transmission 181 US Senate Washington 4 Wind 239

---

Total electricity generation in India is expected to grow by 5.7 per cent in 2013-14 as compared to a 4 per cent rise reported in 2012-13, according to a report by the Centre for Monitoring Indian Economy (CMIE), an independent think tank.

CMIE said in the report: “During the year, power stations in India are expected to generate 963.8 billion units of electricity. This will be the highest electricity generation seen by the country in a single year.”

Thermal power generation, which accounts for 80-85 per cent of total power generation in India, is expected to grow by 5 per cent. During the year, gas-based generation is expected to continue to fall. However, the report said that it expected a higher growth from coal-based power plants.