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Powering
India
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On June 30,
2008
McKinsey
report
“Powering
India: The
road to
2017” put
that “India
will add
300,000 MW
of power
capacity
over the
next decade
presenting
an
investment
opportunity
of $600
billion”
·
McKinsey
said: "Of
the total
investment,
$300 billion
is required
for
generation,
$110 billion
for
transmission
and $190
billion for
distribution."
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By 2017,
this sector
will present
an annual
profit pool
of $135
billion to
$160
billion, as
the demand
of power
will
increase by
300 GW by
2017
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India has 14
reactors in
commercial
operation
and nine
under
construction
·
Nuclear
power
supplies
about 3% of
India's
electricity
·
By 2050,
nuclear
power is
expected to
provide 25%
of the
country's
electricity
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India has
limited coal
and uranium
reserves
·
Its huge
thorium
reserves -
about 25% of
the world's
total - are
expected to
fuel its
nuclear
power
programme
long-term
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