Every source and what it needs next.
Nuclear, sun, wind, water and hydrogen.
What runs today. What comes next.
- Nuclear
- 8.8 GW, about 3% of electricity. The SHANTI Act of Dec 2025 lets private companies build and run plants under licence. ₹20,000 crore set aside for small modular reactors. PIB nuclear factsheet, 7 Apr 2026 · All India Radio
- Thorium
- The Prototype Fast Breeder Reactor at Kalpakkam reached first criticality on 7 Apr 2026, opening stage two of the three-stage programme that leads to thorium. DAE, 7 Apr 2026
- Solar
- About 171 GW. In Jul–Sep 2026 it passed 10% of India’s electricity for the first time. CEA installed capacity, Jul 2026
- Factories
- 262 GW a year of module lines and about 37 GW of cell lines. From Jun 2026 government-backed projects must use Indian cells. pv magazine, 25 Sep 2026
- Pumped storage
- About 7.4 GW running, 16 GW being built and 267 GW of potential. Target 100 GW by 2035-36. Renewable Watch, 28 Jan 2026
- Green hydrogen
- Green ammonia cleared at ₹49.75 a kilogram. Germany’s Uniper will buy up to 5 lakh tonnes a year from Kakinada from 2028. Energética India · Uniper, 12 Jan 2026
- Demand
- A record peak of 270.82 GW. All India Radio