India Environment Portal | News, reports, documents, blogs, data, analysis on environment & development | India, South Asia
Published on India Environment Portal | News, reports, documents, blogs, data, analysis on environment & development | India, South Asia (http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in)

Home > Featured Articles > India's electricity needs and plan for addition of generation capacity > India's electricity needs and plan for addition of generation capacity

India's electricity needs and plan for addition of generation capacity [1]

Additional image:: 

India has been facing shortage of electricity for almost a decade. According to the Central Electricity Authority (CEA), during the financial year 2008-09, the Indian utilities could supply 689 billion kWh of electricity against requirement of 774 billion kWh, which represents shortfall of about 11.0%.

Publication Date: 
30/06/2009
Pankaj Agarwal [2], Vivek Chandra [3]
Water & Energy International [4]
66
3
44
Tags:
Electricity [5], Energy [6], Hydroelectricity [7], Thermal Power Plants [8], Nuclear Power [9], Infrastructure Development [10], Ports [11], Rail Transport [12], Highways [13], Renewable Energy [14]
Centre for Science and Environment
National Knowledge Commission Government of India

Technology Partners: MimirTech


India Environment Portal by Centre for Science and Environment is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 2.5 India License.


Source URL: http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/feature-article/indias-electricity-needs-and-plan-addition-generation-capacity

Links:
[1] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/feature-article/indias-electricity-needs-and-plan-addition-generation-capacity
[2] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/pankaj-agarwal
[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/vivek-chandra
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/journal/water-energy-international
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/electricity
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/energy
[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/hydroelectricity
[8] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/thermal-power-plants
[9] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/nuclear-power
[10] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/infrastructure-development
[11] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/ports
[12] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/rail-transport
[13] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/highways
[14] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/renewable-energy