Power is the most important component of infrastructure and it is extremely essential for the economic development and social well-being of countries. The existence and development of self-sufficient infrastructure is important for the continual rise of the Indian economy. India’s power sector is very much diversified. Sources of power generation vary from conventional sources such as natural gas, hydro, coal, oil and nuclear power to non-conventional sources such as solar, biomass, and wind. Due to population growth, the electricity demand in the country has risen dramatically and is believed to grow more in the future. In order to meet the increasing demand for electricity in India, huge addition to the installed generating capacity is needed. In the few past years, India's energy utilization has been rising at a moderately faster rate due to economic development. In this paper, the present trend of Renewable energy sources (RES) in India has been discussed. In the present scenario, use of renewable sources for energy generation has become the need of the hour. The Installed and Generating Capacity of each source in India has been discussed. The negative environmental impacts has been presented too. In addition, the paper also focuses on upcoming renewable sources of energy which are still developing and how one day they can be useful because of their vast undiscovered potential.
