Currently, the total power generation capacity in Rajasthan is 6335 MW ― a figure which has doubled over the last decade alone. The State plans to add another 3180 MW to the existing capacity by 2012. Three new power units have recently been commissioned — a 125 MW lignite-based thermal power plant and two units of 110 MW gas-based thermal power plants.
Six more units are under construction that would shortly add 1180 MW to the State's supply.
Over 2000 MW of power capacity is being installed by private sector through wind, biomass and lignite-based power plants over the next two years.