the average net efficiency of gasfired power generation was a major part of the capacity gw has been added over the last two decades closely linked to the development of gas production and infrastructure platts gas plants are located close to the gas production areas on the east coast in andhra pradesh and gujarat and maharashtra on the west coast where the lng import terminals are located as well as in assam in the northeast almost one third of the indian gasfired capacity is located in gujarat early development of the gas infrastructure in this state favoured the uptake gas use in power generation especially for captive plants in industry