Skip to main content

Table 7 The estimated renewable potential in India [40]

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

State-wise Renewable Energy Potential (in MW)

Sl. No.

States/UTs

Wind power (MW)

Small hydro power

Bio-energy

Solar

Total

Biomass power

Bagasse cogeneration

Waste to energy

1

Andhra Pradesh

44.229

0.978

0.578

0.3

0.123

38.44

84.648

2

Arunachal Pradesh

0

1.341

0.008

0

0

8.65

9.999

3

Assam

0

0.239

0.212

0

0.008

13.76

14.219

4

Bihar

0

0.223

0.619

0.3

0.073

11.2

12.415

5

Chhattisgarh

0.077

1.107

0.236

0

0.024

18.27

19.714

6

Goa

0.001

0.007

0.026

0

0

0.88

0.914

7

Gujarat

84.431

0.202

1.221

0.35

0.112

35.77

122.086

8

Haryana

0

0.11

1.333

0.35

0.024

4.56

6.377

9

Himachal Pradesh

0

2.398

0.142

0

0.002

33.84

36.382

10

Jammu & Kashmir

0

1.431

0.043

0

0

111.05

112.524

11

Jharkhand

0

0.209

0.09

0

0.01

18.18

18.489

12

Karnataka

55.857

4.141

1.131

0.45

0

24.7

86.279

13

Kerala

1.7

0.704

1.044

0

0.036

6.11

9.594

14

Madhya Pradesh

10.484

0.82

1.364

0

0.078

61.66

74.406

15

Maharashtra

45.394

0.794

1.887

1.25

0.287

64.32

113.932

16

Manipur

0

0.109

0.013

0

0.002

10.63

10.754

17

Meghalaya

0

0.23

0.011

0

0.002

5.86

6.103

18

Mizoram

0

0.169

0.001

0

0.002

9.09

9.262

19

Nagaland

0

0.197

0.01

0

0

7.29

7.497

20

Odisha

3.093

0.295

0.246

0

0.022

25.78

29.436

21

Punjab

0

0.441

3.172

0.3

0.045

2.81

6.768

22

Rajasthan

18.77

0.057

1.039

0

0.062

142.31

162.238

23

Sikkim

0

0.267

0.002

0

0

4.94

5.209

24

Tamil Nadu

33.8

0.66

1.07

0.45

0.151

17.67

53.801

25

Telangana

4.244

0

0

0

0

20.41

24.654

26

Tripura

0

0.047

0.003

0

0.002

2.08

2.132

27

Uttar Pradesh

0

0.461

1.617

1.25

0.176

22.83

26.334

28

Uttarakhand

0

1.708

0.024

0

0.005

16.8

18.537

29

West Bengal

0.002

0.396

0.396

0

0.148

6.26

7.202

30

Andaman & Nicobar

0.008

0.008

0

0

0

0

0.016

31

Chandigarh

0

0

0

0

0.006

0

0.006

32

Dadra & Nagar Haveli

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

33

Daman & Diu

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

34

Delhi

0

0

0

0

0.131

2.05

2.181

35

Lakshadweep

0.008

0

0

0

0

0

0.008

36

Puducherry

0.153

0

0

0

0.003

0

0.156

37

Others

0

0

0

0

1.022

0.79

1.812

 

Total

302.251

19.749

17.536

5

2.554

748.99

1096.08