Induction-based cooking to add 13-27 GW of energy requirements: Official
Close-up of hand frying and cooking stuff paratha or chapatti with spatula on non-stick tawa in induction and other food ingredients flat lay on wooden table.
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Induction-based cooking is expected to increase demand for electricity in the range of 13 to 27 gigawatts (GW) at the distribution level, Krushna Chandra Panigrahy, Director General at the Bureau of Energy Efficiency (BEE) stated at the daily inter-ministerial briefing about the situation in West Asia on Friday (April 10, 2026).
“We are expecting the extra additional demand would be in the range of 13 to 27 GW [depending] on low and high induction cooking adoption,” he said, adding, “We are yet to see, and we are analysing and we are positioning ourselves on a proactive basis.”
Published – April 11, 2026 05:10 am IST
