Energy Statistics in India, 2012

Key Findings:

1) India has a good reserve of coal and lignite the estimated reserves of coal was around 286 billion tones, an addition of 9 billion over the last year

2) There is high potential for generation of renewable energy from various sources- wind, solar, biomass, small hydro and cogeneration bagasse. The total potential for renewable power generation in the country  is estimated at 89760 MW