Electricity generation in India
Annual electricity production, fuel mix and historical observations for India, with links to its grid operators, electricity market and power stations.
Reference year: 2024. Published snapshot, not live output. Energy is reported in terawatt-hours (TWh).
How much electricity does India produce?
India reported 2,036.5 TWh of domestic electricity generation in 2024. Among the reported source categories, coal produced the most electricity: 1,517.9 TWh.
Source: Ember (2026), processed by Our World in Data · CC BY 4.0 · Snapshot 24 April 2026. Method & download details.
Electricity mix 2024
Annual generation by source · terawatt-hours (TWh)
Missing categories are labelled “No data”. Rounding can cause small differences from the reported total.
Renewable share uses domestic generation as its denominator. Low-carbon generation includes renewables and nuclear; nuclear is not renewable. Missing fuel categories remain “No data”, and rounded source values need not sum exactly to the reported total.
Generation is not consumption or installed capacity
The source separately reports electricity demand of 2,034.2 TWh for 2024. Domestic generation is not electricity consumed after trade and losses. The demand series is a separate source measure, not a calculated import balance. Power-plant ratings in megawatts (MW) measure capacity; annual production in TWh measures energy.
Searching for “energy production in India”? This profile answers the electricity part of that question. Transport fuels, heat and total primary-energy production are outside this dataset.
Annual electricity generation in India
Every row retains its own reporting year. 2024 remains the common-year comparison even where a newer observation exists. Missing observations are not interpolated.
| Year | Generation (TWh) | Renewable (%) | Low-carbon (%) | Demand (TWh) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 2,081.6 | 24.1 | 26.7 | 2,082.8 |
| 2024 | 2,036.5 | 19.8 | 22.5 | 2,034.2 |
| 2023 | 1,918.3 | 19.3 | 21.8 | 1,916.2 |
| 2022 | 1,804.6 | 20.2 | 22.8 | 1,802.9 |
| 2021 | 1,678.7 | 18.8 | 21.4 | 1,678.7 |
| 2020 | 1,563.4 | 19 | 21.9 | 1,563.3 |
| 2019 | 1,601 | 17.6 | 20.4 | 1,597.8 |
| 2018 | 1,571.7 | 16.3 | 18.8 | 1,567.8 |
| 2017 | 1,462.4 | 15.5 | 18 | 1,460.8 |
| 2016 | 1,394.9 | 14.4 | 17.2 | 1,393.8 |
| 2015 | 1,310.6 | 14.6 | 17.5 | 1,310.7 |
| 2014 | 1,258.7 | 15.8 | 18.5 | 1,259.3 |
| 2013 | 1,141.2 | 16 | 19 | 1,145.2 |
| 2012 | 1,088.4 | 14.9 | 17.9 | 1,093.1 |
| 2011 | 1,032.3 | 16.7 | 19.8 | 1,037.4 |
| 2010 | 936.4 | 15.1 | 17.6 | 941.9 |
| 2009 | 878.6 | 15.2 | 17.1 | 883.9 |
| 2008 | 828.4 | 16.8 | 18.6 | 834.3 |
| 2007 | 796.3 | 17.8 | 20.1 | 801.2 |
| 2006 | 744.4 | 17.1 | 19.5 | 747.2 |
| 2005 | 704.5 | 15.3 | 17.8 | 706.1 |
| 2004 | 698.3 | 15.6 | 18.7 | 700 |
| 2003 | 638.1 | 11.7 | 14.5 | 639.8 |
| 2002 | 609.6 | 11.9 | 15.1 | 611 |
| 2001 | 586.1 | 13 | 16.2 | 587.4 |
| 2000 | 571.4 | 14.1 | 16.8 | 572.7 |
Interactive India trends and country rankings
Source: Ember (2026), processed by Our World in Data · CC BY 4.0 · Snapshot 24 April 2026. Method & download details.
India: growing renewables alongside substantial coal generation
Reporting scope: 2024 national generation comparison.
Non-fossil capacity is not the generation share
The IEA's 2024 comparison places coal at nearly three-quarters of India's electricity supply and renewables above one-fifth, with smaller nuclear and gas contributions. Compare annual energy production, rather than renewable installation counts or MW ratings, to understand the mix.
Source: IEA: Global Energy Review 2025, India in 2024 (CC BY 4.0).
Watch the reporting year
India's Central Electricity Authority publishes annual electricity statistics and separate monthly performance reports. Check the period specified in the underlying table before comparing it with this atlas's calendar-year electricity charts. A report edition, a monthly release and the year of an observation need not be the same date.
Source: Central Electricity Authority: annual electricity statistics editions.
Understand the data
By Power Stations Worldwide · Context sources checked · Review scope. This date does not update the underlying plant inventory or electricity series.
Compare India with its region
These are geographic country groupings, not one connected electrical grid. Country totals are not divided across continents for transcontinental countries.
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