2. • Hydropower installed capacity
50,071 MW (2019)
• Pumped storage installed capacity
4,786 MW (2019)
• Generation by hydropower
162.10 TWh (2019)
India has close to 100 hydropower plants above 25 MW, plus nine
pumped storage stations. In 2019, it surpassed Japan to become
fifth largest in the world for potential hydropower capacity,
surpassing 50 GW.
India has over 90 GW of pumped storage potential, with 63 sites
identified and recognised in national energy policies for their
valuable grid services.
3. 1. Tehri Dam
2. Koyna Hydroelectric project
3. Srisailam
4. Nathpa Jhakri
5. Sardar Sarovar dam
6. Bhakra Nangal dam
7. Chamera 1
8. Sharavathi Project
9. Indira Sagar dam
10. Karch Wangtoo Hydroelectric power plant
4. Tehri Dam Hydro Electric project is
the highest Hydel project in India
commissioned in 2006. Its
construction started in 1978 with
the technical collaboration from the
USSR.
CAPACITY:2400 MW
LOCATION: Uttarakhand
5. CAPACITY:1960 MW
LOCATION: Maharashtra
The Koyna Hydro electric project is
the largest completed Hydel power
project in India. The dam is
constructed across Koyna river in
Maharashtra.
6. CAPACITY:1670 MW
LOCATION: Telangana and Andhra
Pradesh
Srisailam Dam is constructed on the
Krishna River in the border districts
between Andhra Pradesh and Telangana
districts Kurnool and Mahabubnagar
districts respectively. It is the second
largest working hydroelectric power plant
project in India.
7. CAPACITY:1500 MW
LOCATION: Himachal Pradesh
The Nathpa Jhakri dam is a
concrete gravity dam constructed
across Sutlej River in Himachal
Pradesh.
8. CAPACITY:1450 MW
LOCATION: Himachal Pradesh
The Sardar Sarovar dam is the
largest dam of Narmada Valley
Project. It is a concrete gravity dam
constructed across Sutlej river in
Himachal Pradesh .
9. CAPACITY:1325 MW
LOCATION: Himachal Pradesh and
Punjab
Bhakra Dam is a concrete gravity
dam built across Sutlej River at
Bhakra village in Bilaspur District
of Himachal Pradesh. The power
generated here is shared between
Himachal Pradesh and Punjab and
most of the outflow water is used
by Punjab and Haryana for
irrigation.
10. CAPACITY:1071 MW
LOCATION: Himachal Pradesh
Chamera Dam is a hydroelectric
project on river Ravi, which is
located near Dalhousie town in
Chamba district of Himachal
Pradesh.
12. CAPACITY:1000 MW
LOCATION: Madhya Pradesh
The Indirasagar Dam is a
multipurpose project of Madhya
Pradesh on the Narmada river at
Narmadanagar, Khandwa district
13. CAPACITY:1200 MW
LOCATION: Himachal Pradesh
The Karcham Wangtoo
Hydroelectric Plant is a 1200 MW
run of the river power station on
the Sutlej river in Kinnaur district
of Himachal Pradesh.