The Indian Power Sector has come a long way from one small unit in 1880s to 1,362 MW in 1947 to 147,965 MW in 2008–09 and 151,073 MW in July 2009. Further, the per capita consumption of power in India has gone up significantly since the 1990s. The targeted per capita consumption at the end of the current Five-Year Plan (2011–12) is 1,000 kWh.

Thermal power accounts for much of the power produced in India, followed by hydro. India has a renewable energy installed capacity of about 13,242 MW (as on July 31, 2009), which constitutes 9 per cent of total installed capacity. The country has the fourth-largest number of wind energy installations in the world.

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