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Electricity<br />

Electricity generation in the High Growth Scenario reaches almost 3 500 TWh<br />

in 2030, growing at 6.6% per annum between 2005 and 2030. This is 25%<br />

more than in the Reference Scenario and almost five times the level of 2005.<br />

Installed capacity rises to 644 GW in 2030, up from 146 GW in 2005 and<br />

522 GW in the Reference Scenario.<br />

Per-capita electricity generation reaches 2 400 kWh, slightly higher than in<br />

Turkey now. Most of the additional demand for electricity is met from coaland<br />

gas-fired power stations. Nuclear power and renewables capacity do not<br />

expand fast enough to match the faster growth in demand, so their shares<br />

in the power-generation fuel mix drop. A change in government policy would<br />

be needed to increase the share of these sources and reduce that of coal.<br />

<strong>Energy</strong> Import Bills<br />

Because of the higher prices in the High Growth Scenario, the cost of India’s<br />

energy imports rises considerably by 2030. In total, India spends an additional<br />

$1.1 trillion, or almost 50%, over 2006-2030 on imported oil, coal and natural<br />

gas. Oil accounts for almost 75% of this increase. The gas import bill<br />

is over two-and-a-half times higher. The coal import bill sees the smallest<br />

increase among fossil fuels, $12.5 billion higher in 2006-2015 in the High<br />

Growth Scenario and $66.8 billion higher in 2016-2030, than in the Reference<br />

Scenario (Table 19.4).<br />

Table 19.4: Cumulative Fossil Fuel Import Bills in the Reference and High<br />

Growth Scenarios (in billion year-2006 dollars)<br />

Coal Oil Gas<br />

2006- 2016- 2006- 2016- 2006- 2016-<br />

2015 2030 2015 2030 2015 2030<br />

Reference Scenario 47.7 189.9 513.6 1 484.6 27.8 115.1<br />

High Growth Scenario 60.2 256.7 568.8 2 261.9 45.3 317.3<br />

Difference 12.5 66.8 55.2 777.3 17.4 202.2<br />

Implications for Investment<br />

To meet projected energy demand growth of 4.2% per year in 2006-2030, a<br />

cumulative total of $1.7 trillion (in year-2006 dollars), or some $66 billion a year,<br />

needs to be invested in India’s energy-supply infrastructure in the High Growth<br />

Scenario. This is more than $400 billion, or 33% more than in the Reference<br />

Scenario. More than 70% of the increase is in power generation. For the energy<br />

sector as a whole, over three-quarters of investment will be needed for the power<br />

sector, where cumulative investment until 2030 is almost $1.3 trillion.<br />

568 <strong>World</strong> <strong>Energy</strong> <strong>Outlook</strong> <strong>2007</strong> - INDIA’S ENERGY PROSPECTS

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