INDIA'S ELECTRICITY REQUIREMENT TO GO UP BY 37% IN THE COMING YEARS

As per the 19th electric power supply report by the Central Electricity Authority (CEA), the country will need 1,566 BUs of energy by 2022 which means that there will be an increase of 37%. An annual growth of 2.6% was recorded in the FY 2017. As per the 18th EPS report, the electricity generation for FY 2017 was supposed to be 1,355 BUs whereas it was close to 1143 BUs. The expected peak demand in the FY 2022 is supposed to be 226 GW.
 
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