5 Largest Power Companies In India
- NTPC is the largest power company in India which has a capacity of producing 69,464 MW of power
- Adani Power, Tata Power and JSW Energy are major private players having a significant power generation capacity
Do you know that India is the world’s 2nd largest power consumer and 3rd largest producer. Installed capacity of India’s power sector is around 401 GW. Growing population along with increasing electrification is something that drives the growth of India’s power sector. Power is among the most critical things in India’s economy and it is essential for sustained growth of it. Power sector in India is well diversified. Coal, thermal, hydro, nuclear are different sources of power generation used by different companies. Here we’ll take a look at 5 largest power companies in India:
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NTPC
The largest power company in India is NTPC (National Thermal Power Corporation). 67,907 MW is the total power generation capacity of NTPC backed by 55 power plants. Out of 55 power plants 24 are coal based, 7 are gas based and 18 are solar. As it is a government owned entity, capacity of this company is so huge that it is almost twice the next four power companies combined. NTPC contributes 25% of the total power generation in India and its plants work at 80% efficiency.
| Assets | ₹398,966 crore ($50 billion) |
| Net Income | ₹15,940 crore ($2.0 billion) |
| Revenue | ₹132,669 crore ($17 billion) |
| Capacity | 67,907 MW |
| Employees | 19,918 |
Adani Power
After NTPC, the 2nd largest power company in India is Adani Power. Owned by India’s leading conglomerate Adani Group, Adani Power has a total power generation capacity of 12,450 MW. The company has a long term power purchase agreement with many states like Maharashtra, Rajasthan, Haryana, Karanataka, Punjab etc. In private sector Adani Power is the largest power producer. This company has 7 power projects spread across different states.
| Assets | ₹78,535.47 crore ($9.8 billion) |
| Net Income | ₹4,911 crore ($620 million) |
| Revenue | ₹31,686 crore ($4.0 billion) |
| Capacity | 12,450 MW |
| Employees | 6,200 |
Tata Power
3rd largest power company in India is Tata Power. This company belongs to India’s most valuable conglomerate Tata Sons. Total power generation capacity of Tata Power is 12,321 MW. 6,880 MW power is from thermal while 3,948 MW power is obtained from clean energy resources. Tata Power has its operations in Indonesia, South Africa, Singapore and Bhutan too.
| Assets | ₹112,884 crore ($14 billion) |
| Net Income | ₹2,156 crore ($270 million) |
| Revenue | ₹42,576 crore ($5.3 billion) |
| Capacity | 12,321 MW |
| Employees | 8,613 |
JSW Energy
4th company in the list is JSW Energy owned by JSW Group. JSW Energy has a power generation capacity 5682 MW. This company operates three major thermal power plants in Karnataka, Maharashtra and Rajasthan. Apart from that JSW Energy has two hydro power plants in Himachal Pradesh.
| Assets | ₹24,000 crore ($3 billion) |
| Net Income | ₹1,728.62 crore ($220 million) |
| Revenue | ₹8,170 crore ($1.0 billion) |
| Capacity | 5682 MW |
| Employees | 1,000+ |
NHPC
5th largest power company here is NHPC (National Hydro Power Corporation). The difference between other power companies and NHPC is the power generation is from clean energy like Hydro, Wind, Solar, Geothermal etc. NHPC was incorporated in 1975 with sole purpose of hydro power generation latter it entered into solar and wind power generation. The company operates 29 different plants in different states on different rivers and dams.
| Assets | ₹73,157 crore ($9.2 billion) |
| Net Income | ₹3,257 crore ($410 million) |
| Revenue | ₹9,648 crore ($1.2 billion) |
| Capacity | 5551 MW |
| Employees | 6,753 |
So These Were 5 Largest Power Companies In India.
