Archive · 24 Nov 2025
India Boosts Nuclear Power with Price Incentive
India is helping its old nuclear power plants make more money by letting them charge a little extra for the electricity they produce.
This will help the country build new nuclear power plants and keep the old ones running.
India wants to have a lot more nuclear power in the future to meet the evening demand when the sun isn't shining for solar power.
India allows old nuclear plants to charge extra for power
Additional 0.5 rupees ($0.0056) per kWh for plants over 30 years old
Incentive to fund new projects and support existing ones
India aims to expand nuclear power capacity to 100 GW by 2047
Nuclear power accounts for less than 2% of India's installed capacity
- Who
- Nuclear Power Corp. of India Ltd. (NPCIL)
- What
- Allowed old nuclear plants to charge extra for power
- When
- Effective retroactively from April, 2022, for five years
- Where
- India
- Why
- To fund new projects and support existing ones, aiming to expand nuclear power capacity
Supporters of the Incentive
Critics of the Incentive
Subsidizing Old Plants
Supporters of the Incentive
Helps keep old plants running, maintaining baseload supply
Critics of the Incentive
Could lead to over-reliance on old plants, delaying modernization
- Old Plants Eligible
- Those operating for at least 30 years
- Additional Charge
- 0.5 rupees ($0.0056) per kWh
- Current Nuclear Capacity
- About 6.7 GW
- Target Nuclear Capacity
- 100 GW by 2047
- Average Nuclear Power Price
- 3.83 rupees per kWh in FY2025
