Th nrgy plcy f nd s t ncrs th lclly prdcd nrgy n nd nd rdc nrgy pvrty, wth mr fcs n dvlpng ltrntv srcs f nrgy, prtclrly nclr, slr nd wnd nrgy. Nt nrgy mprt dpndncy ws 40.9% n 2021-22. Th prmry nrgy cnsmptn n nd grw by 13.3% n FY2022-23 nd s th thrd bggst wth 6% glbl shr ftr Chn nd S. Th ttl prmry nrgy cnsmptn frm cl (452.2 Mt; 45.88%), crd l (239.1 Mt; 29.55%), ntrl gs (49.9 Mt; 6.17%), nclr nrgy (8.8 Mt; 1.09%), hydrlctrcty (31.6 Mt; 3.91%) nd rnwbl pwr (27.5 Mt; 3.40%) s 809.2 Mt (xcldng trdtnl bmss s) n th clndr yr 2018. n 2018, nd's nt mprts r nrly 205.3 mlln tns f crd l nd ts prdcts, 26.3 Mt f LNG nd 141.7 Mt cl ttlng t 373.3 Mt f prmry nrgy whch s ql t 46.13% f ttl prmry nrgy cnsmptn. nd s lrgly dpndnt n fssl fl mprts t mt ts nrgy dmnds – by 2030, nd's dpndnc n nrgy mprts s xpctd t xcd 53% f th cntry's ttl nrgy cnsmptn.
bt 80% f nd's lctrcty gnrtn s frm fssl fls. nd s srpls n lctrcty gnrtn nd ls mrgnl xprtr f lctrcty n 2017. Snc th nd f th clndr yr 2015, hg pwr gnrtn cpcty hs bn dlng fr wnt f lctrcty dmnd. nd rnks scnd ftr Chn n rnwbls prdctn wth 208.7 Mt n 2016. Th crbn ntnsty n nd ws 0.29 kg f C2 pr kWh n 2016 whch s mr thn tht f S, Chn nd . Th ttl mnmd C2 mssns frm nrgy, prcss mssns, mthn, nd flrng s 2797.2 mlln tns f C2 n CY2021 whch s 7.2% f glbl mssns. Th nrgy ntnsty f grcltr sctr s svn tms lss thn ndstrl sctr n 2022-23 (s Tbl 8.9)
n 2020-21, th pr-cpt nrgy cnsmptn s 0.6557 Mt xcldng trdtnl bmss s nd th nrgy ntnsty f th ndn cnmy s 0.2233 Mg Jls pr NR (53.4 kcl/NR). nd ttnd 63% vrll nrgy slf-sffcncy n 2017. D t rpd cnmc xpnsn, nd hs n f th wrld's fstst grwng nrgy mrkts nd s xpctd t b th scnd-lrgst cntrbtr t th ncrs n glbl nrgy dmnd by 2035, ccntng fr 18% f th rs n glbl nrgy cnsmptn. Gvn nd's grwng nrgy dmnds nd lmtd dmstc l nd gs rsrvs, th cntry hs mbts plns t xpnd ts rnwbl nd mst wrkd t nclr pwr prgrmm. nd hs th wrld's frth lrgst wnd pwr mrkt nd ls plns t dd bt 100,000 MW f slr pwr cpcty by 2022. nd ls nvsgs t ncrs th cntrbtn f nclr pwr t vrll lctrcty gnrtn cpcty frm 4.2% t 9% wthn 25 yrs. Th cntry hs fv nclr rctrs ndr cnstrctn (thrd hghst n th wrld) nd plns t cnstrct 18 ddtnl nclr rctrs (scnd hghst n th wrld) by 2025. Drng th yr 2018, th ttl nvstmnt n nrgy sctr by nd ws 4.1% (S$75 blln) f S$1.85 trlln glbl nvstmnt.
Th nrgy plcy f nd s chrctrzd by trd-ffs btwn fr mjr drvrs: rpdly grwng cnmy, wth nd fr dpndbl nd rlbl spply f lctrcty, gs, nd ptrlm prdcts; ncrsng hshld ncms, wth nd fr n ffrdbl nd dqt spply f lctrcty, nd cln ckng fls; lmtd dmstc rsrvs f fssl fls, nd th nd t mprt vst frctn f th ntrl gs, nd crd l, nd rcntly th nd t mprt cl s wll; nd ndr, rbn nd rgnl nvrnmntl mpcts, ncssttng th nd fr th dptn f clnr fls nd clnr tchnlgs. n rcnt yrs, ths chllngs hv ld t mjr st f cntnng rfrms, rstrctrng, nd fcs n nrgy cnsrvtn.
rprt by Th nrgy nd Rsrcs nsttt (TR) tlns rdmp fr nd's nrgy trnstn n th trnsprt sctr, mphszng lctrc mblty, ltrntv fls, nd plcy-drvn dcrbnztn ffrts.