Power Generation in India
Installed Capacity as on Nov. 30, 2007
Million Watts
Coal
73492.38
Diesel
1201.75
Gas
14581.71
Total
89275.84
Wind and Renewable Energy
10175.03
Nuclear
4120.00
Hydro
34680.76
Grand Total
138251.63
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Gross Generation 2004-05
Hydro
84497 GWh
Nuclear
16638 GWh
Thermal and Wind
486031 GWh
No. Villages electrified
498286
Length of Transmission & Distristribution lines
6497727 Circuit km.
Per Capita consumption
606.2 kWh
Loss-- Transmission, Distribution,  Transformation and Unaccounted energy
32.15%
Update: Gross generation was 662.5 billion units in 2006-07 against 617.5 in 2005-06 . Hydro contributed 113359  million units,  nuclear 18605 million units and thermal contributed 527499 million units (tentative).

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