An Overview of Energy Sources of India

An Overview of Energy Sources of India

Non Commercial Energy Sources:

The non commercial energy sources are fuel wood, charcoal, animal dung, agricultural waste and farm animals. The non commercial energy source supply India's 40% of Energy Sources 

Commercial Sources of Energy

• Coal, Oil, Gas and Electric power are Commercial sources of Energy
• Coal Supplies 55% of the India's commercial energy
• Oil & Gas supplies 43% of commercial energy
• Around 65% of India's electric power is supplied by coal based thermal power plants
• Total Installed capacity of thermal power is 71%, hydro power is 27% and Nuclear power is 2.7%
• Oil and Natural gas based power plants account for 4% of electric power output.
• India has a hydro power potential of 84,000 MW but only has been exploited. Arunachal Pradesh has the largest potential in hydropower.
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