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Theo wrote:The key idea behind a S-CO2 Brayton cycle is that the working fluid is NOT a combustion source. This means in principle the cycle is now open to ALL fuel sources.
That is nothing unique about s-Co2 or any cycle. Working fluid is working fluid. you can open any basic thermodynamics book and see for yourself . the aircraft type gas turbines (combustion products going through turbine and rejecting heat through the tail pipe is a very specific case called open cycle gas turbine. a more conventional one, used in power plants and stuff would be just like the steam ones, wiki has a good diagram Closed Cycle gas turbine, rejecting heat via a condenser and taking in heat using an external source ,and yes, you can use any heat source, including coal,gas or even oooopps...... Nuclear and will run the Brayton cycle.

according to the wiki link I posted,
"The main advantage of the supercritical CO2 cycle is comparable efficiency with the helium Brayton cycle at significantly lower temperature" (550°C vs. 850°C), but with the disadvantage of higher pressure (20 MPa vs. 8 MPa)
.. all that points to a NUKE use as well, was there a gen iv design of a helium cooled brayton cycle design ? Mmm. Back to the future I suppose like the No Ko graphite moderated CO2 cooled reactors / brit Magnox reactors! .. Ouch!
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Vina,

Am confused by your post. There was no mention that the brayton cycle is unique. What I said is that it is a different animal that has the potential to truly change the power generation scenario.
AFAIK there are no steam brayton turbines whether super critical or not. If you know of one please post some info. I would be very interested.

S-CO2 is NOT the same as gas, it is classified as having mix of phases of matter as you undoubtedly know with its own interesting properties. It is not right to say all working fluids are the same. A liquid is different from gas is different from Super-critical fluid. Very different stages of matter with their own physical properties esp. in a turbine.

The Helium Braytons are interesting but require very high temperatures to work and due the high expense of Helium can not real scale as we need it to. The high temperatures also mean coal and natural gas are out. While the gas phase means the usual giant turbines. I would not count on this to cause a revolution in power generation or get us to 50% + efficiency.

AFAIK the only scale viable Super critical brayton cycle is S-CO2 based. And is the only 50%+ efficient cycle that can work with just about all fuels and heat sources.
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theo wrote:AFAIK there are no steam brayton turbines whether super critical or not. If you know of one please post some info
That is the strength of the rankine cycle in the first place. Because of the codenser, the pump work is greatly reduced because of the phase change from steam to water. Or else, you will have an equivalent of a gas trubine compressor like work required.

In fact from what I ca gather, all the effort towards S-CO2 is to get rankine like advantages in the cool end of the system by the density changes that happen .
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http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-05-2 ... -2017.html
India Targets Doubling of Renewable-Energy Installations to 2017
India plans to more than double its amount of clean power generation capacity to almost 53,000 megawatts by 2017 under the latest five year plan.
India plans to add 29,800 megawatts of renewable power generation in five years, more than twice the 12,871 megawatts added during the previous five year plan, according to data from the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy.
Over the coming period, the nation plans to add 15,000 megawatts of wind farms, 10,000 megawatts of solar power, 2,700 megawatts of power based on biomass and biofuels, and 2,100 megawatts of small hydroelectric projects
, Minister Farooq Abdullah said in a written response to parliament that was e- mailed by the ministry late yesterday.The nation has installed 23,128 megawatts of clean power projects to date.
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Looks like solar power cost has fallen quite a lot. According to this graph, there has been a steady and lately dramatic fall in the cost, quite a bit due to the chinese flooding the market. Acc to http://io9.com/solar-powers-epic-price- ... -510448484
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Nuclear Fusion Power Plants To Meet India's Electricity Requirements
http://www.aame.in/2013/06/nuclear-fusi ... -meet.html
"the fusion power plant has to be realized by 2050 so that it can reduce the carbon emission considerably and also makes an impact on the long-term Indian energy scenario."

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http://www.rediff.com/business/report/i ... 130702.htm


Power Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia on Monday made a high pitch for American investments in India’s power sector, which he said, is projected to grow by leaps and bounds in the next couple of years.
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Addressing a gathering of prospective investors at the Indian Consulate, he said India gets huge foreign investment, but that is not enough for the power sector.

“The power sector in India, I believe, has opportunities to offer to investors,” Scindia said, noting that the power sector is the most important sector in India for infrastructural development.

Foreign direct investment has dropped to about $530 million in 2012 from $1.5 billion in the previous year, due to the shortage of coal and natural gas supply that affected plant load factor resulting in losses for big firms.

While the minister admitted that shortage of coal has in the past created problems, the government is taking new initiatives to improve the environment for investors. However, he parried a direct reply in response to a question by this correspondent as to why investors should take interest in India given the facts on the ground.

Scindia said that the scenario is changing fast in the country. “We have demand growing at 6 to 6.5 per cent a year. Our generation capacity has grown since independence. The projections is between 2022 to 2032, the demand will grow from 400 to 800 gigawatts, which means we would need a lot of generation capacity from where we are today.

In the next five year plan, we will take measure to boost power generation – renewable, thermal and hydroelectric projects. Many issues and concerns have been raised in the power sector, especially in the issue of supply of coal and gas, but we are addressing all that, he said.

Scindia said that India is going to become one of the largest transmission grids in the world by 2017. “On the transmission side India is very well on its way to become one of the largest transmission grids in the world. By 2017, by connecting the southern grid with the rest of the four grids in India, the country will have the largest synchronised grid in the world,” Scindia said.

“The fundamental area that needs to be looked at is the distribution sector because I certainly believe that unless the value chains become viable, the return on investments will not be able to grow. So, for distribution we have put a couple of programs in place,” he said, adding that the viability of India’s distribution companies’ needs attention.

“In a nutshell (despite some past problems) there is enormous opportunity in India's power sector today. There is a capital requirement of $350 billion, including close to about $250 billion in generation and another $70 billion in transmission. That gives a tremendous amount of promise as far as investments for US investors in India are concerned,” Scindia said.

The minister, who is visiting Washington later this week to meet with senior US government officials, addressed meetings at US India Business Council (USIBC) as well as the Harvard Club in New York on Monday.
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No takers for 5,000 MW power capacity: NTPC chief
Kolkata, July 17:

At a time when the Prime Minister’s Office is busy paving the way for fuel linkage to new power projects, India’s largest electricity generation company, NTPC Ltd, is claiming that capacities worth nearly 5000 MW are lying idle due to lack of demand. This includes nearly 2,000 MW of gas-based power.

Blaming it squarely on the cost of fuel and lack of purchasing power of State distribution utilities, NTPC Chairman Arup Roy Chowdhury said: “For the last two-and-a-half months, 5,000 MW of generation capacity is not requisitioned.” He was attending a joint media briefing with Coal India Ltd (CIL) Chief S. Narsing Rao in Kolkata on Wednesday to announce the end of a deadlock in a fuel supply pact.

NTPC has an installed capacity of 41,184 MW, of which 5,800 MW is gas-based (including Ratnagiri Gas and Power, a JV with GAIL).

While the average generation tariff of the company is pegged at Rs 2.90, sources said the company was witnessing lukewarm demand for costlier power produced by gas-based facilities and units using relatively larger quantities of imported coal.


Though Roy Chowdhury did not elaborate on the generation cost of idle capacities, he admitted that State electricity boards were not keen to buy gas-based power. And, if the gas price is hiked, as recently decided by the Centre, there may not be any takers for such power.

“If we cannot sell power produced from gas priced at $4.2 per mmBtu (million metric British thermal unit), how can we find buyers for electricity if gas is priced at $8.4?” he asked. The company has already put its 4,000 MW gas-based capacity expansion plan on hold.

Roy Chowdhury’s problems are partly solved by improved supplies by Coal India.

According to Narsing Rao, as against the promised supply of 65 per cent domestic coal and 15 per cent imported coal, to nearly capacities commissioned after March 2009, CIL is currently supplying 80 per cent domestic coal to all NTPC power stations except Simahdri.

Roy Chowdhury admitted that an improved domestic supply outlook had been a positive development for the power sector.

The two companies on Wednesday ended the deadlock over fuel supply pacts and entered a series of agreements ensuring supply of nearly 60 million tonne of coal to 14,010 MW worth of capacities added since 2009. This is over and above the existing pacts entailing supply of 114 million tonnes.


Asked if NTPC resolved issues regarding payment of nearly Rs 2,500 crore coal dues payable to Eastern Coal Fields and Mahanadi Coalfields (both wholly owned subsidiary of CIL), Roy Chowdhury indicated that things were ironed out.

CIL sources said NTPC agreed to pay dues based on third party sampling by the Central Institute of Mining and Fuel Research.

To resolve the disputes on quality mismatch, CIL will appoint third party samplers beginning October 1.
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Well. For all the folks advocating, solar and wind and renewables over nuclear, Germany's example is cautionary. The subsidies amount to close to $18b Euro for renewables (for something like 3000 MW) , and guess what, the carbon emissions of Germany is increasing many fold and the only viable power source seems to be coal, which is growing !

That is what happens when ideology trumps common sense and good economics. Nothing like Nukes to run base load power and have renewables and others as gas standing atop the base load of nukes to fill in demand.

Merkel's green shift backfires as German Pollution Jumps

Now with massively subsidized renewables (which have zero marginal cost of power generation), this has simply made even stuff such as gas and everything else unviable. But then renewables cant guarantee availability, so, what is he alternative , well back comes King Coal with a vengeance!
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Germans seem to project image of green tech know how champ, with integrated approach lingo. If its nott working then they may ditch the whole green tech as thing of past or something like that. Or keep it up to reduce competition on other sources.
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Petronet's Kochi terminal ready, but no users in sight
Come August 10, two huge liquefied natural gas (LNG) tank containers will be in place to pump out liquid gas for regasification at 5 million metric tonnes per annum (mmtpa) at Petronet’s newly-built Kochi LNG terminal.

But the problem is customers are hard to find except a few nearby sources, claims A K Balyan, chief executive officer and managing director, Petronet.

Located in a fast developing suburb of Kochi, the Vypin Islands, the 5-mtpa rs 5,000 crore terminal achieved mechanical completion in December and is expected to get the first instalment of gas by August 15 from Ras Gas of Qatar, which will officially mark the start of its commercial operations.

But quiz Balyan about the terminal reaching its optimum capacity and adding value to the company’s balance sheet, and he looks a bit surprised.

“Where is the infrastructure? We have everything ready, but we cannot run the terminal beyond 8% of the rated capacity as neither there are customers nor are there pipelines to transport the regassified LNG to end users,” he replied.

Except some customers in Kochi – a handful of power customers and BPCL’s Kochi refinery – there is no immediate demand for that gas due to the pathetic state of infrastructure. Balyan expects things to improve only after 2015 when some connectivity is expected to come by.

To overcome the situation, Petronet itself is planning to consume the gas by building a power plant in Kochi, but that too is not going to materialise before 2015.

“Our power venture is going good. The detailed feasibility report is ready and the land has been identified by the Kerala government. Now, we are starting the environmental study and post all approvals, we will be able to commission the first phase within 30 months,” he said.

Petronet has an approval to set up a 1200 megawatt (MW) power plant in Kochi to be commissioned in three phases of 400 mw each. This is Petronet’s first venture in forward integration and power generation.

Balyan said it’s the lack of pipeline infrastructure that’s choking growth of Petronet as it has approvals to expand its 10 mtpa Dahej LNG terminal to 15 mtpa by 2015. This will be followed by addition of another 5 mtpa in two phases which will make Petronet’s Dahej terminal the biggest in the world.

“So far we have not decided when that will happen. When there are enough pipelines to supply the gas and distribute it to various customers, we will expand till 20 mtpa,” he noted.
With the exchange rate going south, wonder how this is all going to be feasible in terms of power tariffs and willing buyers of generated power even in power deficient states.
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Petronet LNG in talks to set up Rs 3,500 cr power plant at Kochi
New Delhi, July 29:

Petronet LNG Ltd, the nation’s largest natural gas importer, is in talks to set up a Rs 3,500-crore power plant adjacent to its upcoming LNG import facility at Kochi in Kerala.

Petronet has proposed to set up a 1,200 MW gas-fired power plant, 50:50 joint venture with the Kerala government, sources privy to the development said.

Kerala, which faces power shortages, is willing to partner Petronet and the land it will give for setting up of the power plant would be considered as part of its equity contribution in the project.

Also, the state government has shown inclination towards accepting Petronet’s condition of buying at least 75 per cent of the power generated at the power plant under a long-term power purchase agreement or PPA.

Sources said the power generated at the plant, which would use liquefied natural gas (LNG) imported from Australia as fuel, would be priced at less than Rs 7 per unit, much cheaper than Rs 11 per unit the state government is currently buying power from some private generators.

Three units of 350 MW each would be set up in 48 months but operationally it will generate 1,200 MW of electricity.

MoU for the project is likely to be signed between Petronet and the state government shortly, they said, adding a detailed feasibility report would be prepared subsequently.

For Petronet, the power plant would be a blessing in disguise as it would consume most of the high-priced LNG it has contracted from Gorgon project in Australia.

The firm had in 2009 signed a pact to buy 1.5 million tonnes of LNG at a price equivalent to 14.5 per cent of prevailing international oil price.

At $100 per barrel oil price, the LNG will cost $14.5 per million British thermal unit at the time of loading in ships on the Australian ports.

After adding $1.25-1.5 per mmBtu in shipping or transportation cost and 5 per cent import/customs duty, the landed price of gas will be $16.5 per mmBtu.

The prices of the fuel to consumer after adding local transportation, taxes and other charges will cost about $19-20 per mmBtu or more than three times the delivered price domestic gas.

Sources said the 5 million tonne a year Kochi terminal, which was originally scheduled for mechanical completion in second quarter of 2012-13 fiscal, is now being targeted for finishing by the year end to synchronise it with building of pipelines that will take the gas to consumers.

GAIL India Ltd is running behind schedule in laying of pipelines that will connect Kochi import terminal to major power and fertiliser consumers.
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Kerala State Electricity Board to set up 400MW LNG power plant at Brahmapuram
T Ramavarman, TNN Jul 14, 2013, 12.34AM IST


KOCHI: Kerala State Electricity Board (KSEB) will set up a 400MW LNG-based power plant at Brahmapuram. Board chairman M Sivasankar said the estimated cost is around Rs 3,200 crore and KSEB would fund the project on its own.

"We had to shell out Rs 7,800 crore to purchase power last year. On an average,we spend Rs 700 crore per month to purchase power. So we should not have any problem to mobilize funds for a power generation unit which will significantly ease our power shortage," he said on the sidelines of a function held to inaugurate the KSEB energy innovation zone at the start-up village in Kochi on Saturday.

He said the board would move an application for environmental clearance for the Brahmapuram plant next week. "We will go ahead with a tendering process once we get the clearance. Normally, the gestation period for a gas-based plant is 22 months once actual work begins," the KSEB Chairman said, adding that the existing 106 MW diesel-based power plant would be closed down in a phased manner once the new unit is commissioned.

KSEB authorities had been mulling this idea considering the high power generation costs. Of the six units of the plant, only three are functional. KSEB had been planning to convert existing diesel plants to LNG.

"Converting the existing unit from diesel to LNG will be uneconomical. The new plant will be a single unit with 400 MW capacity," he said.

The new power plant would source 60% of the gas within the country and the rest will be imported from abroad. The cost of power is likely to be Rs 5 per unit.

He said KSEB can house a larger LNG unit - up to 1,260 MW- within the available area. Expansion plans are on hold and will depend on the future power needs.

The state is also planning to convert the 1,000 MW Kayamkulam thermal power station and set up another 500 MW unit using petcoke as fuel.

"These two units and the Brahmapuram plant would together meet the projected power requirements of the state up to 2022," he said
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Confusing statements as this seems independent of the Petronet facility and are they sure it will meet the state's requirements in another decade.
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Note the planning for the 2,000 MW pumped storage using the Nilgiris. This is to smooth out the renewable power coming online over the next few years including wind & Solar.

http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/new ... epage=true
Power shortfall issue largely sorted out, says Jayalalithaa
The power shortage in Tamil Nadu has largely been addressed and is no longer a cause for concern in the State which will become self sufficient in power by year-end, assured Chief Minister J. Jayalalithaa in the Assembly on Friday .

Responding to a calling attention motion, she said the State Government had, over the last couple of years, expedited the ongoing power projects which now supply an additional 1,700 MW; arranged for power supply by entering into medium-term power supply agreements for 500 MW and long term agreements for about 2,122 MW with other States; and has expedited power projects in the pipeline.

The utility has supplied over 270 million units of electricity daily in October as compared with 180 million units in the same period last year. It has also fully met an unprecedented peak demand of 12,118 MW, she said.

Tamil Nadu has faced a power shortage since 2008.
T&D infrastructure

The State Government has expedited the 600 MW Mettur Thermal Power Station; the North Chennai Thermal Power Station Stage II, which supplies 300 MW now and will step up to 600 MW in December; and the second phase of the NCTPS which is now under trial production, is supplying 350-450 MW and will supply 600 MW from November.

Two of the three units of the 3x500 MW Vallur power project established jointly with the National Thermal Power Corporation are now generating power and the third is expected to start in May 2014.

The 1,000 MW joint venture power project in Tuticorin by the Tamil Nadu Electricity Board and the Neyveli Lignite Corporation will go on stream in May 2014. The State Government has approached the Supreme Court to get the forest lands converted appropriately for use for the project.

The Chief Minister said the transmission and power distribution infrastructure is also being strengthened.
Large projects

Large power projects are also in the pipeline to meet the long term needs, Jayalalithaa said. The projects include a 660 MW Ennore Thermal Plant expansion at a cost of Rs 4,000 crore; 2x660 MW Ennore SEZ power project at a cost of Rs 8,000 crore; 2x660 MW Udangudi power project and coal jetty planned at a cost of Rs 9,000 crore; and the 2x800 MW Uppur thermal power project in Ramanathapuram.

Feasibility studies are also on for a 2,000 MW pumped storage hydropower project in the Nilgiris at a cost of Rs 7,000 crore, she said.

The Tamil Nadu Government has also taken steps to tackle the challenge of the Tamil Nadu Electricity Board’s accumulated losses of Rs 40,375 crore by providing guarantees, debt restructuring, grants and equity.
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Bade wrote:Petronet's Kochi terminal ready, but no users in sight
Come August 10, two huge liquefied natural gas (LNG) tank containers will be in place to pump out liquid gas for regasification at 5 million metric tonnes per annum (mmtpa) at Petronet’s newly-built Kochi LNG terminal.

But the problem is customers are hard to find except a few nearby sources, claims A K Balyan, chief executive officer and managing director, Petronet.

Located in a fast developing suburb of Kochi, the Vypin Islands, the 5-mtpa rs 5,000 crore terminal achieved mechanical completion in December and is expected to get the first instalment of gas by August 15 from Ras Gas of Qatar, which will officially mark the start of its commercial operations.

But quiz Balyan about the terminal reaching its optimum capacity and adding value to the company’s balance sheet, and he looks a bit surprised.

“Where is the infrastructure? We have everything ready, but we cannot run the terminal beyond 8% of the rated capacity as neither there are customers nor are there pipelines to transport the regassified LNG to end users,” he replied.

Except some customers in Kochi – a handful of power customers and BPCL’s Kochi refinery – there is no immediate demand for that gas due to the pathetic state of infrastructure. Balyan expects things to improve only after 2015 when some connectivity is expected to come by.

To overcome the situation, Petronet itself is planning to consume the gas by building a power plant in Kochi, but that too is not going to materialise before 2015.

“Our power venture is going good. The detailed feasibility report is ready and the land has been identified by the Kerala government. Now, we are starting the environmental study and post all approvals, we will be able to commission the first phase within 30 months,” he said.

Petronet has an approval to set up a 1200 megawatt (MW) power plant in Kochi to be commissioned in three phases of 400 mw each. This is Petronet’s first venture in forward integration and power generation.

Balyan said it’s the lack of pipeline infrastructure that’s choking growth of Petronet as it has approvals to expand its 10 mtpa Dahej LNG terminal to 15 mtpa by 2015. This will be followed by addition of another 5 mtpa in two phases which will make Petronet’s Dahej terminal the biggest in the world.

“So far we have not decided when that will happen. When there are enough pipelines to supply the gas and distribute it to various customers, we will expand till 20 mtpa,” he noted.
With the exchange rate going south, wonder how this is all going to be feasible in terms of power tariffs and willing buyers of generated power even in power deficient states.
Exactly. If there are no takers for this LNG then in all likelihood there will be no takers for the power produced by the same LNG.
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Scientists design India's largest nuclear reactor
Kalyan Ray , New Delhi, Oct 30, 2013 DHNS:

Scientists have designed India's first 900-MW light-water nuclear reactor to catapult the country into the big league of nuclear energy.

The pressurised water reactor, whose conceptual design has already been prepared, would be a joint effort between the Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (BARC) in Mumbai and the Nuclear Power Corporation of India Limited (NPCIL), said BARC director Sekhar Basu on Wednesday.

“We hope to start the construction work in another five years, after obtaining the requisite permissions. For the first time will such a big reactor vessel be forged in India,” Basu told Deccan Herald over the phone from Mumbai.


A new enriched uranium plant to feed the reactor has been proposed at Chitradurga. The forging will be carried out at L&T and NPCIL's new joint venture at Hazira, and the turbine will come from Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited.

India's indigenous nuclear programme began in the 1960s with small reactors. The first two units at Tarapur, which became operational in 1969, were of 160-MW capacity each, whereas the first unit at Rawatbhata, which came four years later, was of 100-MW capacity.

Later, the NPCIL perfected the design of 220-MW nuclear reactors, which were replicated all over the country for two decades. The two biggest indigenous reactors are of 540-MW capacity. The NPCIL is now constructing four 700-MW reactors for Kakrapar and Rawatbhata.

“The 900-MW reactor is similar to the one at Kudankulam. Unlike the previous reactors, which used heavy water both as coolant and moderator, the new one will use light water. Its site is about to be selected,” said Basu. A detailed project report will be submitted soon to the Atomic Energy Regulatory Board for approval.

Over the next 10 years, the NPCIL intends to set up 16 more 700-MW indigenous reactors, of which civil work would begin in eight by 2017, said Department of Atomic Energy chairman Ratan Kumar Sinha. These include the fifth and sixth units at Kaiga.
Another six reactors will be installed at Gorakhpur in Haryana, Chutka in Madhya Pradesh and Mahi Banswara in Rajasthan. Each site will have two reactors of 700 MW each.

The first 500-MW prototype fast-breeder reactor (PFBR) at Kalpakkam will be operational by September 2014, and construction work for two more fast-breeder reactors will start within the 12th-Plan period.

The PFBR has been delayed by several years due to delay in construction and technical complications arising out of the plant's necessity to handle hazardous liquid sodium at 400-550 degrees Celsius.
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Just checked some data - installed capacity has been growing at just over 10% the last two years.
Year 2011: 184GW
2012: 210GW
2013: ~235GW
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^^^

How much of the generation capacity will be effected by the bottle necks in coal supply?
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Good question. One should follow this situation closely. Essentially the Tata and Adani bid numbers for these projects are non-viable. Per this link Adani in particular is losing a cool Rs 1072 Crore every quarter. A large chunk is due to this exact coal price increase. At that loss level Adani power at least is circling the drain and heading for bankruptcy without a large tariff increase. No doubt TATA power is similarly bleeding money.

The key point to be remembered is that both TATA & Adani own the foreign coal mines that are charging these exorbitant prices!!

So it must be considered who is taking who for a ride…..

http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/opi ... 347718.ece
In April 2013, the Central Electricity Regulatory Commission (CERC) in its interim order, allowed a ‘compensatory tariff’ for Tata Power Ltd’s (TPL) 4000-MW ultra mega power project, based on imported coal.
The compensatory tariff was meant to neutralise the increase in price of imported coal following the Indonesian Government’s decision in September 2010 to impose a minimum ‘benchmark’ price below which coal could not be exported.
A Committee under Deepak Parekh set up to determine the quantum of tariff hike has recommended an increase of 60 paise per unit. However, this has been strongly opposed by states that have signed PPAs (power purchase agreements) with TPL.
While Punjab has categorically rejected this on the ground that this violates the PPA terms, others such as Haryana and Gujarat have questioned the manner of determination and emphasised the need for ‘all’ stakeholders to share the burden of fuel price increase.
At another extreme, TPL has argued that if the recommended hike is not allowed, this would lead to an annual loss of Rs 1,873 crore. That is Rs 45,000 crore over the plant’s operational life of 25 years.
TPL bagged the project under a competitive bidding procedure (CBP) to supply power at fixed tariff of Rs 2.26 per unit — all through the project’s operational life — with escalation in variable cost capped at 45 per cent.
Adani Power Ltd (APL), another ultra mega power project in Mundra, also got it under CBP and is facing a hit of Rs 1,200 crore per annum due to increase in price of imported coal. Through an order in April 2013, CERC allowed a ‘compensatory tariff’ at the rate of Re 1 per unit to APL.
Other ultra mega power projects placed in a similar situation are Reliance Power, Krishnapatnam (AP) & Sasan (MP), Lanco’s Anantpara, etc. While, RPL’s Krishnapatnam is affected by the Indonesian regulation, for Sasan it has petitioned CERC for revising tariff to ‘offset’ high input cost.
A record 38,000 MW of new generation capacity has been added during 2011-12 and 2012-13. Much of this is from ultra mega power projects where promoters are facing escalation in input cost.
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India Budget Plans 2 Gigawatt of Solar Farms Next Year
India plans to start work on at least 2 gigawatts of solar farms in the year starting April that would nearly double its current photovoltaic capacity.

The proposed new capacity would take the form of four so-called mega solar power projects capable of generating more than 500 megawatts each, Finance Minister Palaniappan Chidambaram said today in New Delhi in a speech announcing an interim budget that would provide funds until a new parliament is elected in national polls due by May.

A record 15 percent of about 800 million voters will be eligible to cast ballots for the first time as the rising cost of electricity turns into an electoral issue. With the solar farms announced today and already existing targets, India is planning a sixfold increase in solar capacity by 2017 to reduce blackouts and diversify away from coal and gas-fired plants hamstrung by fuel shortages.

The country added 29 gigawatts of power-generation capacity between April to December, Chidambaram said. India’s peak power deficit dropped to 4 percent in January, from 11.4 percent a year earlier, according to data from the Central Electricity Authori
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http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/new ... 966706.ece
How a Chinese plant cost AIADMK crucial votes
The ruling party would have missed the generation from this plant in the last 45-odd days, given that the major issue against the State Government is, by far, power. The one-year-old plant going into disrepair is also bound to raise questions about sourcing critical equipment from the Chinese, say experts in the power industry.

In January 2008, the Tamil Nadu Electricity Board gave a ₹3,100-crore contract to Chennai-based BGR Energy to build for it a 600-MW thermal power plant at Mettur in the State.

The plant took longer than the three years and three months it was supposed to be completed in, and for some time there was a lively blame-game between BGR and TNEB on who was responsible. The plant was finally declared commissioned in October 2012, but due to teething problems, which took some more time to stabilise to full capacity power generation.
Develops gas leak

But in early March, the plant developed a ‘hydrogen leak’ from the generator. Engineers have been trying to put it back in order - difficult task, they say, as the machine would have to be practically dismantled and put together back again.

It is not clear as to why the generation of the one-year-old plant could not be repaired earlier. Nor is it clear as to whose fault caused the snag - operator’s (TNEB’s subsidiary, Tangedco), or the equipment supplier’s (Dongfang). But one industry expert, who did not wish to be named, said Mettur’s experience is bound to raise once again the question of the suitability of Chinese power equipment to India.

In the past, several Chinese plants have gone kaput, such as Sagardighi in West Bengal (again of Dongfang make) and Balco’s. Business Line had earlier reported that the Aditya Birla group company, Hindalco, while placing an order on BHEL, had stipulated that no component shall be bought from the Chinese.
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they will never learn the stupid mistakes , chinese will sell crap to indians
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Can India Go 100 Percent Renewable by 2050?
http://www.triplepundit.com/2014/05/can ... able-2050/
( Modi will accomplish this regardless of Massa trying to Slow it)
As Jeremy Rifkin, an economist and activist, said in New Delhi in January 2012: ”India is the Saudi Arabia of renewable energy sources and, if properly utilized, India can realize its place in the world as a great power,” and adding “but political will is required for the eventual shift from fossil fuels to renewable energy.” India has tremendous energy needs, and it is becoming increasingly difficult to meet those needs through traditional means of power generation. More than 40 percent of rural Indian households don’t have electricity. While India is developing domestic energy sources to satisfy the growing demand, it is also anxious about having to import increasing amounts of fossil fuels that exacerbate the trade deficit and can be harmful to the environment. Coal imports hit a record high during the last fiscal year and will likely rise further over the next five years since India aims to expand its power-generation capacity by 44 percent.The country’s inability to generate clean, affordable power is also a major constraint to achieving energy security. The present centralized model of power generation, transmission and distribution is growing more and more costly to maintain and, at the same time, restricts the flexibility required to meet growing energy demands. India needs to encourage a decentralized business model in order to more readily take advantage of abundantly available renewable energy sources like solar, wind, hydropower, biomass, biogas, geothermal and hydrogen energy, and fuel cells. India is blessed with an abundance of these resources, yet it spends millions of rupees to import oil, coal and natural gas — resulting in enormous amounts of renewable energy being unused/wasted. To that end, renewable resources are the most attractive investment, because they will also provide long-term economic growth for India.
. All of India’s future energy demand could be met by utility-scale and rooftop photovoltaics (PV), concentrating solar power (CSP), onshore and offshore wind, geothermal, and conventional hydropower. This would require building many more solar power systems and wind farms, hybrid solar-natural gas plants, solar thermal storage and advanced battery-based grid energy storage systems. ( (This is what Massa trying to control) Investment in these technologies would create millions of new jobs and an economic stimulus of at least US$1 trillion, and perhaps much more if all indirect (ripple) effects are included. Other major changes involve use of electric vehicles and the development of enhanced smart grids. Making the transition to 100 percent renewable energy is both possible and affordable, but requires political support.
Instead of an overarching energy strategy, India has a number of disparate policies. To date, India has developed a cluster of energy business models and policies that have obstructed adoption of renewable energy expansion plans. This present approach threatens India’s economic competitiveness, national security and the environment. India must fundamentally transform the manner in which it produces, distributes and consumes energy to reduce its dependence on foreign oil, create jobs, enhance global competitiveness and decrease carbon emissions.The government of India has taken several measurable steps toward improving infrastructure and power reliability (such as development of renewable energy from solar and wind), but clearly more needs to be done — and fast. One step in the right direction was the establishment of the Jawaharlal Nehru National Solar Mission (JNNSM) in late 2009. However, the present JNNSM target of producing 10 percent of the country’s energy from solar − 20 gigawatts by 2022 − is totally inadequate. JNNSM needs to take bolder steps, with the help of central and state governments, in order to play a greater role in realizing India’s solar energy potential. One such step would be establishment of a nationwide solar initiative to facilitate deployment of 100 million solar roofs and utility-scale generation installations within the next 20 years. In achieving such a goal, India could become a major player and international leader in solar energy for years to come.In addition, developing off-grid powered micro-grids have the potential to change the way communities generate and use energy, and can reduce costs, increase reliability and improve environmental performance. Micro-grids can be used to take substantial electrical load off the existing power grid and so reduce the need for building new or expanding existing transmission and distribution systems.
Renewable energy is the only technology that offers India the theoretical potential to service all its long term power requirements. The Indian subcontinent is blessed with abundant renewable energy resources. For instance, taking advantage of 300 to 330 sunny days a year, India could easily generate 5000 trillion kWh of solar energy, which is higher than India’s total yearly energy consumption. Even if a tenth of this potential was utilized, it could mark the end of India’s power problems. Using the country’s deserts and farm land, India could easily install around 1,000 GW of solar generation – equivalent to around four times the current peak power demand (India’s present generation capacity is about 210 GW).
Wind energy can also help India convert to 100 percent renewable energy. According to the environmental group World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF), while India has no estimates of its offshore wind potential, up to 170 GW could be installed by 2050 along the of coastline. Hydropower could generate an estimated 148 GW, Geothermal around 10.7 GW and Tidal power about 15 GW. If these abundantly available resources were properly developed and utilized, all of India’s new energy production could be derived from renewable energy sources by 2030. In addition, all existing generation could be converted to renewable energy by 2050 while maintaining a reliable power supply in the interim. Barriers to implementing the renewable energy plan are seen to be primarily social and political, not technological or economic.
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Capacity addition does the trick in Tamil Nadu

http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/t ... 058375.ece

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Akhilesh Yadav in trouble as power crisis hit Uttar Pradesh

http://zeenews.india.com/news/uttar-pra ... 36074.html
Angry residents are taking to the streets across Uttar Pradesh in the wake of severe electricity outages which have put the Samajwadi Party government in a spot. With little to show in the power sector in the last two years of its rule, this is the worst thing that could have happened to the ruling party after the Lok Sabha debacle.

In the past one week alone, small and big power riots have taken place at half-a-dozen places in the state. On Thursday, furious people held a junior engineer of the UP Power Corp Ltd (UPPCL) hostage at Chandauli and attacked power sub-stations in Aibarnapur and Triveninagar areas here. (Acc to Dainik Jagran, yesterday a few junior engineers were thrashed n Lucknow due to continuous power outages due to which LESA deliberately shut off power supply to most parts of the city for entire night. Lucknow generally is getting about 15-16 hrs of power supply on daily basis)

With power outages exceeding 16 hours a day in some parts, some people have resorted to vandalism. Their ire is targeted at the government, Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav and local legislators.

Shakti Bhavan, which houses the headquarters of the power department, was under siege here on Thursday. BJP legislator Shyam Dev Rai Chowdhary launched a fast three days ago in Varanasi against the dismal power situation. As his health worsened late Thursday, the Prime Minister's Office is learnt to have sought details about the power scenario. Prime Minister Narendra Modi represents Varanasi in the Lok Sabha.

While the power situation improved just after the BJP's electoral victory in the state, it worsened soon after. BJP state and district units have been leading protests across the state against the poor power supply and unscheduled outages. State BJP president Laxmikant Bajpayi told a news agency: "Ever since (Chief Minister) Akhilesh Yadav took over (in 2012), he has been blaming the Mayawati government for the power scenario. But what has he done to remedy the situation?"

Having won 71 of the 80 Lok Sabha seats in the state, the Bharatiya Janata Party claims that things won't change unless the BJP comes to power in Lucknow too.

Power officials concede the situation is "pretty bad" and that there was a daily shortfall of more than 2,400 MW. On an average summer day, the state requires 14,185-15,000 MW of power while availability is 11,700 MW. The yawning gap has led to endless power rostering. Informed sources say that district headquarter towns get only 14 hours of electricity a day and villages just 8-9 hours.

Officials told a news agency that state-run thermal powers with a capacity of 2,800 MW power generation were of some support. But in the past one week, their generation has fallen considerably due to technical reasons. Power supply of 6,000 MW from the central pool has also come down to 4,300 MW, leading to a huge gap between demand and supply.

Officials also blame local power faults, pilferage and other reasons.

The government is purchasing 800-1,000 MW of power under the 'energy exchange' programme but the shortfall remains.

A worried Chief Minister has told his officials to contact the Power Corp of India. The state's share in hydro electricity is 1,677 MW while it gets only 950 MW. The nuclear power generation share of Uttar Pradesh is also not being met with, say officials. Uttar Pradesh has a quota of 595 MW in gas turbine power generation while it gets only 98 MW.

Officials say the lack of coal supply from Coal India has hit power generation. "In case coal is supplied, more than 400 MW additional power can be generated from Anpara plant alone," an official told a news agency. Four sub-stations of 400 KV, 21 sub-stations of 220 KV and 63 sub-stations of 132 KV capacity are under construction. In the current fiscal, 10 sub-stations have been built. In the next three months, 39 primary sub-stations would be energized. By the end of the current fiscal, 40 other sub-stations would come up.

Avadesh Verma, the chairman of the UP Power Consumer Forum, blames the Samajwadi Party regime for playing favourites vis-a-vis some areas. In the process, the rest of Uttar Pradesh is suffering.
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Akhilesh sweats, understands power crisis in surprise inspection

http://www.canindia.com/2014/06/akhiles ... eGxXF.dpuf
On an inspection to Bharthapur (Shravasti), the villagers told Akhilesh Yadav that the village got barely one hour of electricity in the whole day. Holding an informal ‘chaupal’ in the village, the 41-year-old chief minster sweated and was fanned by villagers as he listened to their problems.
Power crisis hits UP industries

http://www.business-standard.com/articl ... 853_1.html
Uttar Pradesh, which has the highest concentration of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) estimated at over 3 million, is facing major power cuts affecting industrial production. According to industry chamber Assocham, the state power utilities have been forced to resort to load shedding of 10-12 hours a day to meet the massive shortfall. Assocham secretary general D S Rawat said UP and Andhra Pradesh were facing the worst power crisis and the situation would deteriorate in the absence of corrective measures.

“Therefore, the industrial pockets in these states would have to curtail their industrial production to the extent of 45 percent,” he noted.

Continued power disruptions in northern, southern and western regions had forced industrial units to curtail industrial production (IP) by about 30 percent in April and May 2014.

The loss of industrial production was likely to exceed 35-40 percent in June and July, as per feedback received by ASSOCHAM from its constituents in these regions.

The power deficit suffered by industrial units in April-May estimated between 20-25 percent would breach 35 percent in June-July due to forthcoming rainy season as defects in the energy transmission system would be exposed.

As a result of power deficit, industrial production in UP, AP, J&K, Haryana, Punjab, Rajasthan, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu and Maharashtra would have to be curtailed to the extent of 30-35 percent particularly in manufacturing.
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This time UP will not be allowed to Trip Northern grid as it did in 2012 . They need to reform their distribution network and maintain grid discipline. Akki did not take any step to improve the situation so it will get isolated if it tries to overdraw power .
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North faces heat as power generation trips

http://www.business-standard.com/articl ... 617_1.html
States in north India are in the grip of a severe electricity shortage. Angry residents are thronging the streets in protests against the scheduled as well as unscheduled power cuts that last up to 12 hours in Jammu and Kashmir, Punjab, Uttar Pradesh and Bihar. The onset of a scorching summer, coal shortage and financially bleeding power distribution companies, or discoms, are being touted as the reasons behind the plight of these states.

Fresh generation and deficit data from the Central Electricity Authority (CEA) corroborate the crisis. In north India, there are power plants with a capacity of 56,600 Mw - roughly a fifth of India's total current monitored power capacity of 214,000 Mw. Power generation in all the regions registered growth between April and May, with the only exception being the North. Here, the plants generated 45,702 billion units (BUs) during the period, 23 BUs less than in the same period in 2013. This is in contrast to the 16 per cent growth in generation in the West, 9 per cent in South and 8 per cent in the East. It isn't surprising then that peak power deficit in the North jumped to 7.4 per cent in April (data for May is currently not available) against 5.1 per cent in the same months last year. In comparison, the national deficit went down from 7.4 per cent in April 2013 to 5.4 per cent in April this year.

Continued power cuts have now started threatening industries, particularly micro, small and medium enterprises. The electricity crisis has already led to a cut of 30 per cent in industrial production in the region in April and May. This figure is likely to move up to 45 per cent if scheduled power cuts are continued for another month, according to an estimate by industrial chamber Assocham. A look at the power situation in Uttar Pradesh and Punjab highlights the need of immediate reforms in the sector.

In Uttar Pradesh, urban areas are experiencing scheduled power cuts of up to 13 hours and rural households up to eight hours. In the current heat wave, daily power demand routinely breaches the 13,500 Mw mark against total availability of 11,000 Mw. Besides, overheating of transformers often causes power supply breakdowns in major cities during peak hours on a daily basis. The power crisis has added to the long list of troubles for Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav who is currently fending off allegations of bad governance being the cause of the numerous crimes against women in the state.

While power consumption in the state is growing 10-15 per cent every year, capacity addition has not been able to keep pace. Also, the bad shape of transmission and distribution systems is resulting in massive line losses. Rampant power theft, pilferage and under recoveries, which bleed the discoms are adding to the problem. State power utility Uttar Pradesh Power Corporation (UPPCL) has accumulated losses of Rs 25,000 crore.

The state government is engaged in a bitter war of letters with the new National Democratic Alliance government at the centre over the issue. Yadav recently claimed that his state was entitled to around 6,100 Mw from the central pool of stations, but was hardly receiving 4,500 Mw. This was in response to the power ministry's statement last week that enough power was available to Uttar Pradesh from the central generating stations under the state's quota. "It is not procuring power equivalent to its allocation from the gas-based power stations of Anta, Aurayia and Dadri," the ministry claimed.

The ministry, with Piyush Goyal at the helm, also said that the coal stock position in the state's power plants was comfortable. "Coal supply to the 600-Mw Anpara-C plant from Coal India's Northern Coalfields is more than 90 per cent which is as per linkage. Anpara-C is not generating because of non-procurement of imported coal by the state generating company," the ministry asserted. It also suggested the state had multiple options to choose from: procure 377 Mw from National Thermal Power Corporation's Jhajjar plant like it did during the election season from May 3 to 15, access power from exchanges, improve its internal generation from 4,500 Mw to over 10,000 Mw or buy power from other power-surplus states in the region.

The state government maintains that while Anpara-C is procuring imported coal, Coal India has not been able to provide coal from its Khadia mine for the past 20 days. Also, the gas-based plants are not operating at full capacity due to inadequate gas availability, and the absence of a transmission network precludes the state sourcing power from other regions. UPPCL Managing Director A P Mishra told Business Standard that the reason behind the yawning demand-supply gap was the sudden rise in temperatures this year. "The deficit is not too high, but since the demand is very high due to a rise in temperatures, the supply has not been able to keep pace," he claims.

Soaring temperatures during May pushed demand through the roof. With the official machinery busy in elections, the state was ill-prepared to deal with the situation. All attempts to buy spot market power were foiled because of the lack of transmission capacity and the utility's worsening finances. The discoms suffer a fund-crunch despite last year's 30 per cent jump in retail tariffs that itself came on the back of a 10 per cent rise in 2009. The state utility has asked for a 20 per cent hike in tariff for the current year. The Annual Revenue Requirement has been accepted by the UP Electricity Regulatory Commission, and a new tariff is likely to be effective by October.

The situation is the same in Bihar, with long power cuts and water scarcity. Bhagalpur's deputy mayor, Preeti Shekhar, recently said the city was not getting power for more than five hours a day for the past fortnight.

In Punjab, a combination of coal shortage and delays in fresh capacity addition have added to the problems of the state utility, the Punjab State Power Corporation (PSPCL), which has been grappling with severe losses arising from subsidised power supply for the farm sector. The situation is likely to worsen in the coming paddy sowing season starting on June 10 amid talk of a weak monsoon. The performance of PSPCL's three main thermal plants - at Lehra Mohabbat, Bathinda and Rupnagar - was reduced by almost half in the two months of April and May due to coal shortage. Panem Coal Mines, which supplies fuel to the thermal plants, stopped supplies on April 10 over a demand for higher price and is now providing only two rakes against the required six. Panem wants a hike of Rs 100 per tonne of coal apart from Rs 6 crore daily as railway freight. PSPCL is seeking legal opinion on this.

Meanwhile, the coal shortage had led to the non-operation of seven of the 14 units in the three state-owned power plants, forcing PSPCL to purchase power from the spot market at around Rs 4 per unit in order to avoid load-shedding. While power cuts usually occur during the paddy season when peak demand nears 10,000 Mw, the state has already seen outages this year even with demand at 5,000 Mw.

It is now learnt that PSPCL has petitioned the state power regulator for the purchase of 5,057 BUs at a cost of Rs 2,000 crore to meet the demand between May and September. The utility has admitted in the petition that the thermal plants are unable to run to full capacity owing to the coal shortage and the burden of Rs 700 crore would be passed on to consumers through a tariff hike. However, a senior official says, "The power requirement of 1,500 lakh units in the state is being met through generation at our own plants, our share from central projects and through short term power purchase. The shortage is due to 900 Mw of capacity being closed for maintenance and coal shortage."

Among the northern states, Jammu & Kashmir seems to be the worst affected. The state suffered a 20 per cent deficit in April alone - four times the national deficit. Last week, the people staged massive protests across several areas in Jammu and blocked roads against power cuts that last for three days. Residents, helped by political activists, have demanded uninterrupted power supply and shouted slogans against Chief Minister Omar Abdullah and the state power development department.
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The condition of UP is really worse. For eg: Take yesterday's data it's peak demand wass 13600 MW of which it wass able to meet around 12100 MW from its generation, central sector generation and other ways. Of the 12100 MW it got, its own generation from thermal is around 4400 MW whereas the installed capacity of thermal by UP is 8200 MW. (it hovers between 50-60% of capacity factor)
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For a start ,stop taking monthly bribes and selling transfers to industrial zone state power offices then see the difference in electricity boards financial health. Once revenue start trickling in rest will follow.
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How Gujarat became a power surplus State.

In early 2000, villagers in most parts of Gujarat couldn’t even think of watching television at night. The cities weren’t better off either. Planned weekly blackouts, mostly day-long ones, kept many cricket fans from watching Sachin Tendulkar hitting boundaries.

In 2014, Gujarat has achieved round-the-clock three-phase power supply to its 18,000 villages and 9,700 hamlets.

This comes in stark contrast to other peer States, mainly Delhi, where power outages have become a way of life. Recently, Union Power Minister Piyush Goyal blamed the 15-year rule of the earlier State Government for the power woes in Delhi.

How did Gujarat do it? For experts, the power sector reforms undertaken by the State Government during 2003-05 catapulted Gujarat into a power surplus state. The Jyoti Gram Yojana (JGY, which is a feeder bifurcation scheme), controlling theft and losses and unbundling of distribution companies into multiple entities became the pillars of the State’s success.

Power sector reforms

The then Narendra Modi-Government in the State gave top priority to the resolution of power woes and dealt with issues such as power theft in agriculture with strict enforcement. The JGY was launched in September 2003 with an aim to provide three-phase round-the-clock quality power to domestic and commercial users of villages and their hamlets.

The scheme provides for a separate 11kv electric feeder for domestic and commercial use.

It separates agricultural consumers for load management and regulates agricultural consumption. “We wanted our power utilities to strengthen first. Secondly, power to all was the vision of our Government. JGY ensured power to all villages for domestic and commercial consumption, thus it became the seed of Gujarat’s power model,” said Saurabh Patel, Energy Minister.

This involved setting up of a parallel rural distribution network of 78,454 km of new lines, 2,257 JGY feeders, 18,724 new transformer centres and 4,530 special design transformers.“It was a Herculean task to create a parallel distribution network to the existing one with a separate phase and cover the entire State within two years. Nobody except the chief minister was convinced that it could happen,” said Guruprasad Mohapatra, who was a key official at the erstwhile Gujarat Electricity Board (GEB) at the time of rolling out JGY.

“In mid-1990s, several committees had advocated for a system of feeder bifurcation for regular power supply at the village level. To achieve this, it was required to reform the system. It was Modi who took it up seriously and made it a reality,” said YK Alagh, former power minister and a noted economist. The JGY was joined with several reforms by the Government to curb the transmission and distribution losses and theft through technical and legal measures, boosting investor confidence.

“The Government recognised that people want to pay for quality power. They made enforcement strict and after 10 years, it converted ‘D’ category loss-making discoms of the state,” said Ratul Puri, chairman, Hindustan Powerprojects.

The erstwhile GEB and now Gujarat Urja Vikas Nigam Ltd (GUVNL) had posted a loss of ₹2,246 crore in 2000-01, on a revenue of 6,280 crore. In 2012-13, GUVNL posted a profit of 14 crore on a total revenue of 29,340 crore.

Even after eight consecutive profit-making years, GUVNL continues to feel the burden of a loss of ₹737 crore of erstwhile GEB.
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Vipul wrote:How did Gujarat do it? For experts, the power sector reforms undertaken by the State Government during 2003-05 catapulted Gujarat into a power surplus state. The Jyoti Gram Yojana (JGY, which is a feeder bifurcation scheme), controlling theft and losses and unbundling of distribution companies into multiple entities became the pillars of the State’s success.
While these things help, the bottom line is GJ's power situation is a direct function of power capacity addition built on 2 things.

- Imported Coal.
- Cheap domestic gas. Gujarat is large gas producer from gas fields.

Also the coal importers severely under bid their projects, meaning cheap power. At one point the Adani's alone were loosing ~ a cool Rs 1,000 crore per quarter!! on the existing tariff regimen. It is not clear how the tariff situation will settle. The courts have raised it dramatically by about 30% and the SEB's immediately said it will drive up their losses and filed appeals and challenges.
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There are multiple mega-power projects with imported coal. Tatas, Reliance etc everyone is using imported coal. However, the state discoms are running on losses. Apart from Gujarat there aren't many profit making discoms out there in many states. There are multiple reasons:

1. State discoms are broke, they can't afford to buy power even where its available.
2. poor transmission networks in state. Again result of #1. The discoms are so broke they can't invest in upgrading their transmission systems
3. The state governments are not forward looking in establishing more power generating companies or upgrading existing ones to produce more power. They are broke, and can't afford prices by private companies.
4. Freebies and subsidised power has taken a heavy toll on the states, not to mention power theft

As mentioned in the article, Gujarat invested in almost a parallel network, charged everyone for power, cut down on theft with a heavy hand and allowed no political interference in discoms functioning.
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Theo_Fidel wrote:...
While these things help, the bottom line is GJ's power situation is a direct function of power capacity addition built on 2 things.

- Imported Coal.
- Cheap domestic gas. Gujarat is large gas producer from gas fields.

Also the coal importers severely under bid their projects, meaning cheap power. At one point the Adani's alone were loosing ~ a cool Rs 1,000 crore per quarter!! on the existing tariff regimen. It is not clear how the tariff situation will settle. The courts have raised it dramatically by about 30% and the SEB's immediately said it will drive up their losses and filed appeals and challenges.
If one does not want to see, one will not see. Anyway, can you explain how Adani lost Rs. 4k Crore per year and still coming out tops?
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http://www.business-standard.com/articl ... 078_1.html

Three key coal connectivity lines that could help to augment the power capacity and increase the in the coal produce by about 100 million tonnes will be on the priority list of the Indian Railways. These lines in the states of Jharkhand, Odisha and Chattisgarh have been stuck for land acquisition and environment issues and also happen to fall under the Naxal affected regions.
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With an aim to prevent energy loss from the transmission grid and reduce electricity maintenance charges, Tamil Nadu chief minister Jayalalithaa today inaugurated several power projects valued at Rs 394.49 crore, including setting up of a 110kV power station in Tiruchirapalli district.

A total of 51 substations, three 230kV, 28 110kV and 20 33kV substations were inaugurated by the Chief Minister through video-conference from the Secretariat, an official press release said.
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JAIPUR: Rajasthan would be able to generate surplus energy by September this year and would be able to provide to other states, state's Energy Minister Gajendra Singh Khinwsar said.
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Transmission and distribution needs to be strengthened. The focus on last 10 years was only on generation.

Interstate and intra state corridors need to be augmented manifold. We have surplus in Gujarat and Orissa while deficit in UP and southern states.

There are some 3000-4000 MW coming up in Orissa in next 1-1.5 years that has no transmission corridor
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Power cuts may soon be a thing of the past in Punjab
http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/o ... epage=true
The Punjab government has claimed that the State was all set to be free of power cuts with the first unit of the Talwandi Sabo power plant becoming fully operational by generating its full capacity of 660 MW.

Meanwhile, the public sector power company, also announced that it had tied up with various sources to meet the anticipated daily demand of 2200 lakh units in June and July this year.

According to a release issued by the office of the Deputy Chief Minister, Sukhbir Singh Badal, who also holds the Power portfolio, earlier the first unit of the 700 MW supercritical Rajpura thermal power plant, in Patiala district, had also become operational on trial basis. The third plant, run by GVK company at Goindwal in Khadoor Sahib, was expected to begin generation as the issue of supply of coal had been resolved.

Set up by the Vedanta group of industries, the TSPL power plant in Mansa district has three units of 660 MWs each. While the first unit was commissioned in November last year, the State government has claimed that this private sector facility would provide cheapest power for years to come. “This largest and green power plant in the State has added more than 12 million units of power yesterday,” the release added.

The Deputy CM has also passed instructions to all Chief Engineers in the State-owned power companies to ensure uninterrupted and quality power supply to all categories of consumers. The Punjab State Power Corporation Ltd has been asked to set up round the clock single dedicated helpline to redress the grievances of consumers.

The spokesperson said that on intervention by Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal, the Union Ministry of Power had also acceded to Punjab's request by notifying Coal India Ltd to sign fuel supply agreements for the current and next fiscal. Earlier, the Union ministry had not included fuel linkage and signing of FSA for the Talwandi Sabo and Rajpura generation facilities.

The Akali Dal-BJP government which has been making headlines with promises to provide uninterrupted power supply is hopeful that this additional power production would prove to be a landmark achievement at this crucial stage especially in the wake of increasing demand during the predicted monsoon deficit summer and paddy season.

Meanwhile, the PSPCL has assured the State government it is fully geared to meet the requirements for the current season. It has already tied up for additional 1315 MW and 1350 MW for June and July, respectively from “all available sources”. Meanwhile, the State-owned thermal and hydel plants, were generating full capacity.
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