Production and reserves of conventional sources in India. It consists of latest information about Energy sources

1. Production and Reserves of
conventional sources in India
Prepared by:
Prof. A.V. Srivastava
M.Tech, NIT Surathkal

2. Potential of RSE

3. Production

4. Coal and Lignite reserves

5. Comparison

6. Crude oil reserves

7. Reserves of Crude & Natural gas

8. Nuclear power
• Nuclear power is the fifth-largest source of electricity in India after coal,
gas, hydroelectricity and wind power.
• India has 22 nuclear reactors in operation in 7 nuclear power plants, having a total
installed capacity of 6,780 MW
• Nuclear power produced a total of 35 TWh of electricity in 2017.6 more reactors
are under construction with a combined generation capacity of 4,300 MW
• In October 2010, India drew up a plan to reach a nuclear power capacity of 63
GW in 2032, but after the 2011 Fukushima nuclear disaster in Japan people
around proposed Indian nuclear power plant sites have launched protests,
raising questions about atomic energy as a clean and safe alternative to fossil
fuels.
• There have been mass protests against the French-backed 9,900 MW Jaitapur
Nuclear Power Project in Maharashtra and the Russian-backed 2,000
MW Kudankulam Nuclear Power Plant in Tamil Nadu. The state government of
West Bengal state has also refused permission to a proposed 6,000 MW facility
near the town of Haripur that intended to host six Russian reactors

9. Nuclear power
• In recent years, India has shown increased interest in thorium fuels and fuel cycles
because of large deposits of thorium (518,000 tonnes) in the form of monazite in
beach sands as compared to very modest reserves of low-grade uranium (92,000
tonnes)
• In March 2011 large deposits of uranium have been discovered in
the Tummalapalle belt and in the Bhima basin at Gogi in Karnataka by the Atomic
Minerals Directorate for Exploration and Research (AMD) of India. The
Tummalapalle belt uranium reserves promises to be one of the world's top 20
uranium reserves discoveries.
• 44,000 tonnes of natural uranium have been discovered in the belt so far, which is
estimated to have three times that amount. The natural uranium deposits of
the Bhima basin has better grade of natural uranium ore, even though it is smaller
than the Tummalapalle belt.

10. Nuclear power

11. Hydro power
• India is the 7th largest producer of hydroelectric power in the world. As of 30 April 2017,
India's installed utility-scale hydroelectric capacity was 44,594 MW, or 13.5% of its total utility
power generation capacity.
• Additional smaller hydroelectric power units with a total capacity of 4,380 MW (1.3% of its
total utility power generation capacity) have been installed. India's hydroelectric power
potential is estimated at 148,700 MW at 60% load factor.
• In the fiscal year 2016-17, the total hydroelectric power generated in India was 122.31 TWh
(excluding small hydro) with an average capacity factor of 33%.
• India's economically exploitable and viable hydroelectric potential is estimated to be 148,701
MW. An additional 6,780 MW from smaller hydro schemes (with capacities of less than 25
MW) is estimated as exploitable.
• 56 sites for pumped storage schemes with an aggregate installed capacity of 94,000 MW
have also been identified.
• In central India, the hydroelectric power potential from
the Godavari, Mahanadi, Nagavali, Vamsadhara and Narmada river basins has not been
developed on a major scale due to potential opposition from the tribal population

12. Sources
• CENTRAL STATISTICS OFFICE
• MINISTRY OF STATISTICS AND PROGRAMME
IMPLEMENTATION
• GOVERNMENT OF INDIA