Electrical Energy Production in India
- All the primary energy sources are used basically for electrical energy generation.
- Still 60% of Indian villages are unelectrified mainly the affected states being Bihar, Jharkhand, Assam, Orissa and U.P.
- Agriculture accounts for 16% of electrical energy use but the revenue realisation is just 5%.
- Whereas the industry utilizes 49% of electrical energy production with 80 % revenue utilization.
- Other sectors like commercial, residential and transport utilize the remainder energy.
- India has the highest transmission and distribution losses amounting to almost 40% to 50% of total electric power generation.
- It is estimated that the peak demand from present of 1576 GW will rise to 213 GW by the end of XII Plan in 2012.