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Per Capita Consumption of Energy

Per Capita Consumption of Energy

The details of energy supplied in the country during the last three years and current year (till October, 2024) are given at Annexure-I. Per Capita Consumption in the country during FY      2020-21, FY 2021-22 and FY 2022-23 was 1161 kWh, 1255 kWh and 1331 kWh respectively.

The details of source wise generation indicating the quantum and percentage of energy generated from renewable sources for the last three year and the current year (till October, 2024) are given at Annexure-II.

The Government of India has taken several steps and initiatives to promote and accelerate renewable energy capacity in the country to realize the commitment of 500 GW non-fossil energy capacity by 2030.  These inter-alia include the following:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The Government has taken various measures for integration of RE sources in to the national grid to ensure reliability and stability: –

 

 

 

 

 

This information was given by the Minister of State for Ministry of Power, Shri Shripad Naik, in a written reply in the Rajya Sabha today.

 

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ANNEXURE-I

 

Details of energy supplied in the country during the last three years and current year (till October, 2024)

 

Year

Energy Supplied

(MU)

2021-22

1,374,024

2022-23

1,505,914

2023-24

1,622,020

2024-25 (till October,

2024)

1,025,379

 

 

 

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ANNEXURE-II

 

The details of source wise generation indicating the quantum and percentage of energy generated from renewable sources for the last three year and the current year (till October, 2024):

 

Fuel

2021-22

2022-23

2023-24

2024-25(Upto Oct,2024)

Generation (in Million Units)

% of Total Generation

Generation (in Million Units)

% of Total Generation

Generation (in Million Units)

% of Total Generation

Generation (in Million Units)

% of Total Generation

THERMAL

COAL

1041487.43

69.81

1145907.58

70.54

1260902.62

72.50

760676.37

68.87

DIESEL/HSD

117.24

0.01

229.71

0.01

400.58

0.02

256.98

0.02

LIGNITE

37094.04

2.49

36188.34

2.23

33949.79

1.95

19839.27

1.80

MULTI FUEL

0.00

0.00

0.00

0

0.00

NAPTHA

0

0.00

0.83

0.00

0.03

0.00

0

0.00

NATURAL GAS

36015.77

2.41

23884.21

1.47

31295.91

1.80

23503.13

2.13

THERMAL Total

1114714.48

74.72

1206210.67

74.25

1326548.93

76.28

804275.75

72.82

NUCLEAR

47112.06

3.16

45861.09

2.82

47937.41

2.76

33095.54

3.00

HYDRO

151627.33

10.16

162098.77

9.98

134053.92

7.71

109037.18

9.87

Bhutan Import

7493.2

0.50

6742.4

0.42

4716.1

0.27

5087.2

0.46

Conventional Total

1320947.07

88.54

1420912.93

87.47

1513256.36

87.01

951495.67

86.15

Renewable Total

170912.30

11.46

203552.68

12.53

225834.83

12.99

152960.81

13.85

Grand Total

1491859.37

100.00

1624465.61

100.00

1739091.19

100.00

1104456.48

100.00

 

  1. Ministry of New & Renewable Energy (MNRE) has issued Bidding Trajectory for issuance of RE power procurement bids of 50 GW/annum by Renewable Energy Implementing Agencies from FY 2023-24 to FY 2027-28.

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