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T.N.’s installed power capacity 2026-27
March 3 , 2024
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- Tamil Nadu’s total installed power capacity is likely to increase by about 31.8% to 47,048 MW by 2026-27 from 35,690 MW in 2021-22.
- Tamil Nadu saw a maximum all-time high demand of 19,387 MW on April 20 last year.
- It has the highest power demand among Southern States.
- Tamil Nadu’s peak electricity demand is expected to be 21,736 MW by 2026-27 when compared to actual demand of 16,891 MW in 2021-22.
- The total energy requirement is expected to be 1,44,0,86 units by 2026-27.
- The State’s coal capacity is projected to increase to 18,128 MW by 2026-27 from 13,685 MW at the end of March, 2022.
- The nuclear capacity is expected to increase to 5,940 MW from 2,440 MW, while the gas and hydro capacity are expected to remain stagnant.
- Among renewable energy sources, the installed wind capacity in Tamil Nadu, is expected to increase to 12,556 MW by 2026-27 from 9,871 MW at the end of March 2022.
- Solar capacity is expected to increase to 5,316 MW by 2026-27 from 5,112 MW at the end of March 2022.
- Among the emerging green energy sources, the report expects an installed capacity of 900 MW of pumped storage projects in Tamil Nadu.
- Overall, the installed electricity generation capacity in India at the end of March 2027, would be about 609.6 GW.
- The overall peak electricity demand is likely to be 2,77,201 MW.
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