Eleventh Five Year Plan (April 1, 2007 March 31, 2012)

Total installed capacity at start of Plan period

132,330 MW
Hydro
34,654 MW
Thermal (inc. gas & diesel)
86,015 MW
Nuclear
3,900 MW
Plan Target
Peak shortage over Plan period

211,030 MW
13,897 MW

Twelfth Five-Year Plan (1 April, 2012 31 March, 2017)

Total installed capacity at start of Plan period
199,877 MW
Estimated demand over Plan period
276,000 MW
Planned expansion in Plan period
75,785 MW
Increase in expansion of power generation by type
Thermal (inc. coal & lignite)
Hydro
Nuclear
Imported energy
Renewables total planned expansion
Wind
Solar
Small Hydro
Bio-mass

59,870 MW
10,897 MW
5,300 MW
1,200 MW
30,000 MW
15,000 MW
10,000 MW
2,100 MW
2,900 MW

Thirteenth Five Year Plan (1 April 2017 31 March 2022)

Estimated demand over Plan period
369,400 MW
(Based on GDP growth of 9% p.a. and 0.8% variance)
Increase in expansion of power generation by type over Twelfth Five Year Plan
Thermal
63,400 MW
Hydro
12,000 MW
Nuclear
18,000 MW
Total
93,400 MW
Renewables
Solar
Wind
Small Hydro
Biomass
Total

16,000 MW
11,000 MW
1,500 MW
2,000 MW
30,500 MW

Estimated Energy Capacity in 2030 (MW)

GDP Growth
Year
6%
9%
2022-2023
316,148
352,778
2023-2024
327,850
371,467
2024-2025
342,316
391,249
2025-2026
354,549
412,212
2026-2027
368,054
434,455
2027-2028
383,630
458,082
2028-2029
397,443
483,211
2029-2030
413,385
509,967

Estimated Energy Demand and Availability in India to 2030

Year
2022-2023
2023-2024
2024-2025
2025-2026
2026-2027
2027-2028
2028-2029
2029-2030

6% GDP growth
Met (MW)
Requirement (MW)
184,651
191,910
199,347
206,964
214,900
223,154
231,591
240,348

198,660
206,017
213,539
221,226
229,199
237,458
245,884
254,598

9% GDP growth
Met (MW)
Requirement (MW)
201,428
211,575
222,450
234,055
246,253
259,321
273,121
287,791

213,059
222,895
233,367
244,477
256,109
268,499
281,528
295,318.1