Publications-managing Demand for A Sustainable Future

India is today the 2nd fastest growing economy globally. Powering the economic growth requires tremendous amount of support from a country’s basic infrastructure – Roads, Ports, Electricity, Water, Electricity / Power are key elements supporting the nation’s infrastructure growth. India with an installed capacity of 169.7 GW (as on December 2010) was ranked 6th globally in terms of power generation installed capacity. As on June 2011, India’s power generation installed capacity has increased to ~177 GW. In the 11th five year plan (FY2007-FY2012), India to-date has added ~44.7 GW of capacity, which is almost double the capacity added during the 10th five year plan (FY2002-FY2007). Government of India in Y2002 had set a target of adding almost 100 GW of capacity over a 10 year period between FY2002 and FY2012, with the objective of “Power for All by 2012”. Chart 1.1 below indicates the growth of power generation capacity over the past few years.