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Table 4 The power supply status in the country from 2009–2010 to 2017–2018 [33]

From: Renewable energy for sustainable development in India: current status, future prospects, challenges, employment, and investment opportunities

Year

Energy

Peak

Requirement

Availability

Surplus(+)/Deficits(−)

Peak Demand

Peak Met

Surplus(+)/Deficits(−)

(GWh)

GWh)

(GWh)

(%)

(MW)

(MW)

(MW)

(%)

2009–2010

830,594

746,644

− 83,950

− 10.11

119,166

104009

− 15,157

− 12.72

2010–2011

861,591

788,355

− 73,236

− 8.50

122,287

110256

− 12,031

− 9.84

2011–2012

937,199

857,886

− 79,313

− 8.46

130,006

116,191

− 13,815

− 10.63

2012–2013

998,114

911,209

− 86,905

− 8.71

135,453

123,294

− 12,159

− 8.98

2013–2014

1,002,257

959,829

− 42,428

− 4.23

135,918

129,815

− 6103

− 4.49

2014–2015

1,067,085

1,028,955

− 38,130

− 3.60

148,166

141,160

− 7006

− 4.70

2015–2016

1,114,408

1,090,850

− 23,558

− 2.10

153,366

148,463

− 4903

− 3.20

2016–2017

1,142,928

1,135,332

− 7596

− 0.66

159,542

156,934

− 2608

− 1.63

2017–2018

1,212,134

1,203,567

− 8.567

− 0.7

164,066

160,752

− 3314

− 2.0

2018–2019 (31.10.2018)

769,399

764,627

− 4773

− 0.6

177,022

175,528

− 1494

− 0.8