India is one of the fastest developing countries in the world. To sustain this growth, energy and electricity demands will increase. In 2015, of the 1337 TWh produced, 916 TWh were from fossil fuels. We prepared several models of electricity demand from 2015 to 2030, based on publicly available datasets and trends. Models were tested on data from previous years and adjusted accordingly. From several scenarios, we decided to introduce two possibilities, i.e., a scenario using high energy savings in all sectors, and a scenario counting on a high industrial growth not supported by an equal increase of electricity savings. For both cases we prepared models for extreme situations: (1) where coal- and lignite-based power plants are preferred after slow-down of a renewable energy boom, and (2) with high utilization of renewable energy supported by natural gas and nuclear energy. With GDP and population increasing at the same rate as in previous years, the unambiguous result in all scenarios is a 2 to 3-fold increase of the electricity demand by 2030. On the electricity production side, all scenarios stress the role of coal, renewables and nuclear sources. Both energy and climate policies should be prepared for such a development in advance.

India is a developing country with a growing population and economy. For sustainable growth, it will need to secure its supply of energy minerals. In 2013, India ranked 5th in terms of coal reserves, 21st in crude oil reserves, and 23rd in natural gas. At the same time, India was the 3rd largest producer of bituminous and lignite, 22nd largest producer of crude oil, and the 25th largest producer of natural gas. In addition, India was also the 4th largest energy consumer in the world. The total primary usage in India is dominated by coal followed by oil and natural gas. In the period from 2000–2013, the total annual energy consumption doubled to 595.0 million tons oil equivalent. Coal increased its share from 49 to 54% and oil decreased its share from 36 to 30% of the total. The share of the natural gas remains at the same value of 8%.