India’s PPP: Power

India requires an additional 100,000 megawatts of power by 2012. The country currently has a peak deficit of 18 percent and an overall deficit of 9 percent. While India possesses the fifth largest electricity generation capacity in the world, it has low per capita consumption at just 606 units, less than half of China’s consumption per head.

While concerns exist over Chinese- managed projects close to India’s border areas, opportunities exist for politically neutral energy providers to service the India market.

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