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NuclearpoweristhefourthlargestsourceofelectricityinIndiaafterthermal,hydroelectric
andrenewablesourcesofelectricity.Indiahas21nuclearreactorsinoperationin7nuclear
powerplants,havinganinstalledcapacityof5780MWandproducingatotalof30,292.91
GWhofelectricitywhile6morereactorsareunderconstructionandareexpectedto
generateanadditional4,300MW.Anambitiousplantoreachanuclearpowercapacityof
63,000MWin2032.
Total
NuclerPowerStation State capacity
(MW)
Tarapur Maharashtra 1,400
Rawatbhata Rajasthan 1,180
Kudankulam TamilNadu 2,000
Kaiga Karnataka 880
Kakrapar Gujarat 440
Kalpakkam TamilNadu 440
Narora UttarPradesh 440

Theprojectsunderconstructionare:
Total
Powerstation State capacity
(MW)
RajasthanUnit7and8 Rajasthan 1,400
KakraparUnit3and4 Gujarat 1,400
KudankulamUnit2 TamilNadu 1,000
Madras(Kalpakkam) TamilNadu 500

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Theplannedprojectsare:
Total
Powerstation State capacity
(MW)
Jaitapur Maharashtra 9,900
Kovvada AndhraPradesh 6,600
MithiVirdi(Viradi) Gujarat 6,000
Haripur WestBengal 4,000
Kudankulam TamilNadu 2,800
Gorakhpur Haryana 2,800
Bhimpur MadhyaPradesh 2,800
MahiBanswara Rajasthan 1,400
Kaiga Karnataka 1,400
Chutka MadhyaPradesh 1,200
Madras TamilNadu 300

ThermalPowerPlant:
"Thermalpoweristhe""largest""sourceofpowerinIndia.Therearedifferenttypesof
Thermalpowerplantsbasedonthefuelusedtogeneratethesteamsuchascoal,gas,and
Diesel.About71%ofelectricityconsumedinIndiaaregeneratedbythermalpowerplants.
Coal:Morethan62%ofIndia'selectricitydemandismetthroughthecountry'svastcoal
reserves.
Gasbased:ThetotalinstalledcapacityofNaturalgasbasedpowerplantsinIndia,isnearly
24,508.63MW.
Dieselbased:Thetotalinstalledcapacityofmajorgridconnecteddieselbasedpower
plantsinIndia,is993.53MW."
ListofMajorThermalPowerStationinIndia
PowerStation State
Mudra(TPP) Gujrat
VindhayachalSUttarPradesherThermalPowerStation MadhyaPradesh
Tirora(TPP) Maharashtra
Amravati(TPP) Maharashtra
KobraSUttarPradesherThermalPowerPlant Chattisgarh
SantSingaji(TPP) MadhyaPradesh

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ChandrapurSUttarPradesher(TPP) Maharashtra
SipatThermalPowerPlant Chattisgarh
KhaperkhedaThermalPowerStation Maharashtra
SatpuraThermalPowerPlant MadhyaPradesh
UkaiThermalPowerPlant Gujrat
BhilaiExpansionPowerPlant Chattisgarh
SikkaThermalPowerStation Gujrat
TalcherSUttarPradesherThermal Odisha
HirakudCaptivePowerPlant Odisha
BarauniThermalPowerPlant Bihar
PatratuThermalPowerPlant Jharkhand
BokaroThermalPowerPlant Jharkhand
DurgapurThermalPowerPlant WestBangal
RihandThermalPowerPlant UttarPradesh
SingrauliThermalPowerPlant UttarPradesh
AnparaThermalPowerPlant UttarPradesh
ObraThermalPowerPlant UttarPradesh
Rosa(TPS) UttarPradesh
Chhabra(TPP) Rajasthan
Panki(TPS) UttarPradesh
SimhadriSUttarPradesherThermalPowerPlant AndhraPradesh
UdUttarPradeshiThermalPowerPlant Karnataka
BellaryThermalPowerPlant Karnataka
MetturThermalPowerPowerPlantStation TamilNadu

HydroPowerPlantsinIndia:
"Indiaisthe7thlargestproducerofhydroelectricpower.Hydroelectricpowerpotentialof
84,000MWat60%loadfactorisoneofthelargestintheworld.Thepresentinstalledcapacity
ason31March2016is42,783MWwhichis14.35%oftotalutilityelectricitygeneration
capacityinIndia.
IndiaalsoimportssurplushydropowerfromBhutan.Thehydroelectricpowerplantsat
DarjeelingandShivanasamudrawereestablishedin1898and1902respectivelyandwere
amongthefirstinAsia.Indiahasbeendominantplayeringlobalhydropowerdevelopment."
Powerstation State Total
capacity

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(MW)
TehriDam Uttarakhand 2400MW
SrisailamDam AndhraPradesh 1670MW
Nagarjunasagar AndhraPradesh 965MW
SardarSarovar Gujarat 1450MW
BaspaII HimachalPradesh 300MW
NathpaJhakri HimachalPradesh 1500MW
BhakraDam Punjab 1325MW
Dehar HimachalPradesh 990MW
BairaSuil HimachalPradesh 180MW
ChameraI HimachalPradesh 540MW
ChameraII HimachalPradesh 300MW
Pong HimachalPradesh 396MW
UriHydroelectricDam Jammu&Kashmir 480MW
Dulhasti Jammu&Kashmir 390MW
Salal Jammu&Kashmir 690MW
Sharavathi Karnataka 1469MW
Kalinadi Karnataka 1240MW
LinganamakkiDam Karnataka 55MW
Idukki Kerala 780MW
BansagarDam MadhyaPradesh 425MW
BargiDam MadhyaPradesh 105MW
MadikhedaDam MadhyaPradesh 60MW
Omkareshwar MadhyaPradesh 520MW
IndiraSagar MadhyaPradesh 1000MW
Loktak Manipur 105MW
KhugaDam Manipur
Koyna Maharashtra 1920MW
MulshiDam Maharashtra 150MW
JayakwadiDam Maharashtra 12MW
KolkewadiDam Maharashtra MW
Rangeet Sikkim 60MW
TeestaV Sikkim 510MW
Tanakpur Uttarakhand 120MW

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DhauligangaI Uttarakhand 280MW

Loharinag Uttarakhand 600MW

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