India's Power Sector

Prem · Post by **Prem** » 27 Aug 2011 04:07

Today’s Best Market Rumors (8/26/2011)
India’s GVK Power & Infra is near a deal to buy two Australian coal mines owned by Hancock Prospecting (Reuters)

http://247wallst.com/2011/08/26/todays- ... z1WBCdDl5X

Prem · Post by **Prem** » 02 Sep 2011 23:27

http://www.treehugger.com/files/2011/09 ... mpaign=th_

A new report from the World Wind Energy Association tracks new wind power installations in the first half of 2011, with China, the United States and India leading the pack. Though new installations were lower in Germany and Spain, strong commitment to renewable energy in previous years means both remain in the world's top five nations for wind power.
Here's how new wind power installations were divided:
In total for the first half of 2011 all nations added an additional 18.4 GW of new wind power, with the year expected to end with there being 43.9 GW completed. The world's total installed wind power capacity by mid-year was 215 GW. As a point of comparison, by the end of 2010 there was 196.68 GW of wind power; by the end of 2009 there was 159.77 GW. China leads the world in additional wind power, installing 8 GW through June 2011. The United States lands in second place, with 2.25 GW. India upped it's wind power capacity by 1.48 GW. In terms of total national capacity, that additional amount of wind power means China remains well in first place, with 52.8 GW installed (there remain issues with the amount actually connected to the grid, however). The US takes second place for total capacity, at 42.43 GW. Germany is in third (27.98 GW), Spain in fourth (21.15 GW), and India in fifth (14.5 GW).

saip · Post by **saip** » 02 Sep 2011 23:59

Behold, the $15 LED bulb

Developed in cooperation with Indian electronics manufacturing giant Dixon Technologies, this low-priced, high-performance bulb with a lifespan of around eight years will initially be released in India later this year before making its way stateside and elsewhere in early 2012.

Link

Who is this Dixon Technologies? Also at Rs700 a pop, is there big enough market for it in India?

chaitanya · Post by **chaitanya** » 12 Sep 2011 02:40

Power cos Power Finance, REC, Essar, Tata Power and Reliance Power may default on Rs 135,000 cr of loans

The banking sector's exposure to power projects, according to Reserve Bank of India data, is a staggering Rs 292,342 crore, about the same as India's total corporate tax collection last year. Half the loans sanctioned to existing power plants remain unutilised and fund flow to new projects has almost stopped. The power sector accounts for 7.8% of total non-food credit exposure, up from 4.8% at the end of March 2009.
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A survey by the Association of Power Producers and Mercados Energy Markets showed projects with a total capacity of 38,748 mw are impacted due to unavailability of coal. Industry officials say that assuming a capital cost of 5 crore per mw, the aggregate default to the banking sector could be Rs 135,618 crore, or 46% of the current banking exposure to the sector.

The survey shows that about 21,300 mw of electricity generating assets, including Lanco's Anpara C, Adani's Mundra, Tiroda and Kawai, are either running at lesser capacities or are idle due to lack of sufficient coal or regulatory clearances to mine.

Theo_Fidel · Post by **Theo_Fidel** » 12 Sep 2011 21:19

^^^
Was talking to a relative who works at Neyveli and he says that new plants with energy efficiency of 44% and above are being idled and throttled so legacy plants from the 50's can be kept operational. According to their internal data most of these plants don't exceed 30% in efficiency with a handful of disastrously managed ones running at under 20% efficiency. There is one particular plant in the East that suffers 50% pilferage of its coal stocks, yet, more coal is shipped in every week.

And we wonder why we so poor...

Neshant · Post by **Neshant** » 13 Sep 2011 06:10

^^ good god that sounds disasterous.

privatize the whole damn thing post-haste!

Prem · Post by **Prem** » 03 Nov 2011 23:33

http://www.businessweek.com/news/2011-1 ... drops.html
Coal India to Quicken Search for Overseas Mines as Output Drops

Nov. 3 (Bloomberg) -- Coal India Ltd., facing a drop in output for the first time in more than a decade, is accelerating its search for overseas assets after talks with Massey Energy Co. and Peabody Energy Corp. failed.Delays in land acquisitions and environmental clearances to develop projects have hindered efforts by the world’s biggest producer of the fuel to boost production, Chairman N.C. Jha said in a phone interview. The government last month allowed state- run Coal India, which has $9.1 billion of cash, to buy unlisted overseas companies.“The government approval allows us to move faster,” Jha said. “We have to try every possible option including acquisitions to meet supply commitments. We’re still struggling to meet our production targets.”Production at Coal India, which mines more than 80 percent of the country’s coal, dropped 5 percent in the first six months of the year because of heavy rains and a one-day strike. Should full-year production decline, it would be the company’s first since at least 1998, Jha said.“The kind of cash Coal India has, it makes every sense to look for acquisitions,” said Prasad Baji, an analyst at Edelweiss Capital Ltd. in Mumbai. “Although we have enough resources in the country, we still need to look outside because of some fundamental problems.”Talks to acquire stakes in a U.S. mine of Massey Energy and an Australian mine of Peabody Energy were inconclusive because of procedural delays, Jha said.Shares of Coal India fell 1.1 percent to 325.90 rupees in Mumbai yesterday. The shares have risen 3.5 percent this year, compared with a 15 percent drop in the key Sensitive Index.
Higher Production
The company, which mined 431.3 million metric tons of coal in the year ended March 31, plans to increase production by about 5 percent this year to meet demand. Daily output rebounded almost 60 percent from the rainy months of August and September to 1.2 million metric tons and is expected to go up to 1.5 million tons by the end of this month, Jha said.Coal India should focus on its domestic business, where the return on investment is higher, Oscar Veldhuijzen, a partner at The Children’s Investment Fund Management UK LLP in London, said in August. The fund is the biggest owner of Coal India after the Indian government, with a holding of 1.04 percent as of Sept. 30, according to data compiled by Bloomberg.India’s estimated coal resource is 267.2 billion tons, of which 105.8 billion tons are proven, according to the coal ministry’s website.

Prem · Post by **Prem** » 03 Nov 2011 23:35

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB1000142 ... 02320.html
CLP Seeking to Acquire Coal-Based Power Plants in India

MUMBAI - CLP India Pvt. Ltd., a unit of Chinese power generation company CLP Holdings Ltd., is seeking to acquire majority stakes in Indian coal-based power projects to expand its generation capacity, a senior executive said Thursday. CLP India has also bid to build a 4,000 megawatt power plant in the eastern state of Orissa, Hemant Joshi, senior vice president for corporate finance and treasury, said.
The federal government is expected to award the bid for this plant in the next financial year. Mr. Joshi also said that CLP India will start generation from its 1,320 megawatt power plant in the northern state of Haryana by May.

Rishirishi · Post by **Rishirishi** » 04 Nov 2011 04:39

saip wrote:Behold, the $15 LED bulb

Developed in cooperation with Indian electronics manufacturing giant Dixon Technologies, this low-priced, high-performance bulb with a lifespan of around eight years will initially be released in India later this year before making its way stateside and elsewhere in early 2012.
Link

Who is this Dixon Technologies? Also at Rs700 a pop, is there big enough market for it in India?

There is definetly a market. There are constant power cuts. With an investment of 3500 rupees one can get 5 bulbs that use 4-5 w each. Imagine being able to light the entire house on an inverter the size of a can of coke.

chaanakya · Post by **chaanakya** » 05 Nov 2011 13:53

saip wrote:Behold, the $15 LED bulb

Developed in cooperation with Indian electronics manufacturing giant Dixon Technologies, this low-priced, high-performance bulb with a lifespan of around eight years will initially be released in India later this year before making its way stateside and elsewhere in early 2012.
Link

Who is this Dixon Technologies? Also at Rs700 a pop, is there big enough market for it in India?

Rishirishi wrote: There is definetly a market. There are constant power cuts. With an investment of 3500 rupees one can get 5 bulbs that use 4-5 w each. Imagine being able to light the entire house on an inverter the size of a can of coke.

LED lighting is still not mature enough. Initial cost is high though it would need awareness campaign to introduce this technology , it could prove to be the future choice. China , as usual, is ahead of the curve in this area as well.

Pratyush · Post by **Pratyush** » 09 Nov 2011 16:58

Banks wary of lending to loss-making power sector. And this time you can’t blame them

Theo_Fidel · Post by **Theo_Fidel** » 23 Nov 2011 21:51

We are now building about 1 new power plant a month!

http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/ind ... nd-economy

In 2010-11, despite slippages, a record power capacity addition of 12,160 MW had been achieved, higher than the previous record for generation capacity commissioned in a single year of 9,585 MW in 2009-10.

To put things in perspective, the capacity added during just two years of the Eleventh Plan (21,745 MW added during 2010-11 and 2009-10) was higher than the cumulative capacity addition achieved during the entire five years of each of the last three Plan periods. The country had seen a capacity addition of 20,950 MW in the Tenth Plan (2002-07), 19,119 MW in the Ninth Plan and 16,423 MW in the Eighth Plan.
Additions vs target

With the capacity addition last fiscal tipping 12,000 MW, and if a similar figure is achieved in the current fiscal, an overall capacity addition of around 48,000 MW is seen as a possibility during the Eleventh Plan, another record by a wide margin.

This is, however, going to be well below even the downward revised target of 62,000 MW pegged for the current Plan period, which started with a target of 78,700 MW.

The overall capacity addition achievement during 2009-10 was about 66 per cent of the target (9,585 MW against a target of 14,507 MW). It was 31 per cent in 2008-09 (3,454 MW against a target of 11,061 MW) and 57 per cent in 2007-08 (9,263 MW against a target of 16,335 MW).

According to Government data, of the 9,263-MW commissioned in 2007-08, the private sector accounted for only about eight per cent. This improved to 25 per cent in 2008-09 (883 MW out of the 3,454 MW commissioned that year) and to 45 per cent during 2009-10 (4,310 MW out of 9,585 MW).

Vipul · Post by **Vipul** » 06 Dec 2011 21:43

Crompton Greaves develops indigenous 1,200 kV transformer.

chackojoseph · Post by **chackojoseph** » 13 Dec 2011 14:07

Cheaper Chinese Funds will promote Chinese power plant manufacturers : BHEL

vipins · Post by **vipins** » 29 Dec 2011 21:04

DMRC builds first underground power substations

In first-of-its kind in the country, Delhi Metro has constructed two underground substations here that will feed power to the high speed Airport Metro Express and plans to build nine such substations for its upcoming phase-III project.

svenkat · Post by **svenkat** » 22 Jan 2012 22:00

Some are claiming that the Indian coal situation is extremely bad
The future is black

An interesting comment from a reader of the Economist article.

1.Coal mining was in private hands,but after the good quality coal had been exhausted,the private sector abandoned the mines.As one travels down the Grant Trunk road in the Indian state of West Bengal one can see the ghost towns with the abandoned pit head machinery.

2.The IPO of Coal India was oversubscribed.There is no dearth of capital.

3.Unplanned electrification of the railway lines has not only put the State owned Indian Railways in the red,depriving it of much needed capital for improving safety,but also deprived the factories and farms of electricity.

4.In order to run the farms and factories,the owners are forced to run inverters and diesel/kerosene generators.A paper published by the Institution of Mechanical Engineers,London,showed that India can actually save Diesel oil by running the trains with diesel locomotives,because the much needed electricity can feed the farms and factories and the highly inefficient and polluting gensets can be dispensed with.

5.There is rampant theft of power,thanks to the universal corruption.

6.The state run generating stations have an abysmally low PLF(plant Load Factor).On the other hand,the Centrally run NTPC has a PLF comparable to the highest in the world.Privately run power houses like TATAs and Reliance have achieved PLF exceeding 100%.

7.The solutions stare one in the face.But a weak,coalition led Government continues to pander to politicians and wallows in corruption.My earnest plea is

7.1.Stop Railway Electrification.Divert electricity to the farms,homes and factories.
7.2.Abolish the State Electricity Boards-auction them to Private players
7.3 Stop free supply of electricity to the "KULAKS"(rich farmers)
7.4 Accelerate Hydro Electric Projects.JayPEE ,a private firm has worked wonders in the tiny state of Uttrakhand.
7.5 Encourage NTPC whose PLF is high.

http://sierraclub.typepad.com/compass/2 ... cheap.html

The skyrocketing cost of imported coal is wreaking havoc on the financial solvency of the country's coal plants.

Theo saars post regarding addition of power capacity highlights one of the great achievements of UPA.I dont see this being recogonised by pundits here,particularly in light of the problems we are facing in getting coal for power plants.

Aditya_V · Post by **Aditya_V** » 23 Jan 2012 14:03

Good for them for generating power, But don't states also get credit for improving power situation?

chackojoseph · Post by **chackojoseph** » 27 Jan 2012 10:44

Welspun Energy to develop 500 MW Wind Power in Andhra Pradesh

saurabhmbapm · Post by **saurabhmbapm** » 28 Jan 2012 12:43

It seems that, Government is keen on harvesting the solar energy not only at commercial scales but also at distributed scale. Recently, Rajasthan Government (Highest Solar Resource State) has proposed to combine solar panels in the housing projects of buildings and apartments. The move will definitely help the households and utilities to reduce power deficit. Read the full article here...

svenkat · Post by **svenkat** » 28 Jan 2012 22:32

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/busi ... 544193.cms

"17-member delegation that called on him (the PM) ... included Ratan Tata and Cyrus Mistry, Anil Agarwal, Anil Ambani, Gautam Adani, Prashant Ruia, Sajjan Jindal, Navin Jindal, Ashok Hinduja, G M Rao, Madhusudan Rao and Andrew Brandler. "

They complained that projects were becoming unviable with coal from Indonesia and Australia becoming costlier, Coal India not in a position to cater to demand and banks leaning on companies who were finding it hard to meet contractual obligations. And, the cascading effect of adverse conditions is being felt by the these industrialists.

The industrialists, who are keen on a higher selling price for the power they generate and account for one-eighth of the country's total electricity generation capacity, rolled out a list of litanies they said could pull the plug on their projects and leave the nation powerless.

Power sector bosses also raised issues regarding green clearances for their projects with environment minister Jayanthi Natarajan.The meeting with Natarajan was dominated by complaints over delays and lack of clarity in environmental clearances as well as issues over lack of land acquisition.

The industrialists also raised concerns about the proposed land R&R Bill, raising objections to the land pricing formula suggested. They warned that pricing land at five times the market rate would lead to this alone accounting for 30% of the project costs.

The underlying theme of the industrialists' submissions was to secure a higher price for their electricity and save projects from becoming unviable due to rise in fuel costs.

saurabhmbapm · Post by **saurabhmbapm** » 29 Jan 2012 10:41

Government has already started acting upon... Coal Ministry has directed CIL to reduce the Domestic Coal Prices... See the article here...

Theo_Fidel · Post by **Theo_Fidel** » 29 Jan 2012 22:19

Even TN for instance is now forced to back down Wind turbines in the South even as the N.TN starves for power. If the transmission capacity w/ pumped storage existed, another 20,000 MW of new wind could be planned for S.TN. We are not preparing for the intermittent energy future.

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city ... 669736.cms

Already a power surplus state, Gujarat government's much tom-tommed campaign to further augment the state's power generation capacity through solar energy, too, is facing a roadblock. Well-placed Sachivalaya sources said, with another 578.40 MW of solar power all set to be added by end of this month to the overall power capacity of Gujarat of 13,314 MW, the state government doesn't know where to use it.

In fact, the state's march towards solar power will not end this month end with 578.40 MW. "By the middle of this year, we will have, in all, nearly 1,000 MW of solar power plants, highest anywhere in the country. They will be ready for operation within the next two to six months," a senior official said. Gujarat, a power surplus state by 2,000 MW, is already finding it difficult to sell the traditionally generated power it produces to the national grid and other states, and now solar power is being added to the list.

Prem · Post by **Prem** » 31 Jan 2012 01:17

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-16781277
Bangladesh signs $1.5bn power deal with India

Bangladeshi and Indian electricity companies have signed a deal to build a $1.5bn (£950m) plant to help address Bangladesh's chronic power shortages.The coal-fired plant will produce 1300 megawatts of electricity, about one fifth of the country's daily needs.
Bangladesh relies on old gas-fired plants for its power and experiences daily electricity shortfalls.However environmentalists say the proposed site for the plant is too close to famous Sundarbans forests.
They argue that discharge from the power plant, like sulphur dioxide and fly ash, will have disastrous consequences for the fauna and flora of the mangrove swamps - a Unesco World Heritage site."If excess pressure is put on the [Poshu] river, that means less water for Sundarbans, which will mean that it will have a definite negative impact on the forests," environmentalist Rizwana Hossain told the BBC.
However, officials say they will take steps to mitigate the impact of the planned plant on the environment.
Sunday's deal was signed in Dhaka by Bangladesh's Power Development Board and India's National Thermal Power Corporation.

Gaurav_S · Post by **Gaurav_S** » 12 Feb 2012 15:01

Gujarat can supply power to India in two years: Modi

AHMEDABAD: Gujarat chief minister Narendra Modi said on Saturday that Gujarat will take on the responsibility of providing power to the entire country in the next two years.

"Gujarat has taken several initiatives in the power sector. Considering the way Gujarat is moving, the state will be in a position to provide power to all states in two years with a power generation capacity of 7,000 MW from the present 4,000 MW," Modi said, while addressing 600 women delegates of 100 public sector units (PSUs) at the Forum of Women in Public Sector (WIPS) held at the Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad (IIM-A).

Yogi_G · Post by **Yogi_G** » 14 Feb 2012 19:01

Gaurav_S wrote:Gujarat can supply power to India in two years: Modi

AHMEDABAD: Gujarat chief minister Narendra Modi said on Saturday that Gujarat will take on the responsibility of providing power to the entire country in the next two years.

"Gujarat has taken several initiatives in the power sector. Considering the way Gujarat is moving, the state will be in a position to provide power to all states in two years with a power generation capacity of 7,000 MW from the present 4,000 MW," Modi said, while addressing 600 women delegates of 100 public sector units (PSUs) at the Forum of Women in Public Sector (WIPS) held at the Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad (IIM-A).

It would only be able to supply to the north western grids correct? Further beyond is not feasible due to transmission losses? I may be sprouting n00b theories here but states could supply their own power to nearest state in a chain manner with Gujarat being the start of the chain and the respective states using the power transferred by the neighbour? How does it work?

Theo_Fidel · Post by **Theo_Fidel** » 19 Feb 2012 02:13

It is staggering how many of these power plants are down constantly. So much for reliable power.

http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/ind ... nd-economy

The spectre of ‘forced outages' due to power plants breaking down has come back to haunt Tamil Nadu, veritably at the worst possible time, when the State is reeling under a fierce power shortage. On Sunday, as much as 1,397 MW was lost to forced outages and this was presumably responsible for a 30 per cent load shedding at the peak hours.

Information from the State load despatch centre shows that most of the plants undergoing repairs are unlikely to be put back on stream before mid March.

On Sunday, load shedding rose above 3,000 MW for four hours between 11 a.m. and 2 p.m., which was over 30 per cent of the demand at that time.

Of the 1,397 MW of capacity under repair, 458 MW were under the private sector, including the 330 MW, gas-based PPN power project, which has been down for close to a month now due to a leak in the heat recovery steam generator system. (Sources in the company told Business Line today that the plant would go back on stream any time.)

Another 44 MW was lost due to a problem in the Kaiga atomic power plant in Karnataka, due to “a problem in the turbine-generator system”.

Of the plants run by the State utility, TANGEDCO, one of the units of the North Chennai Thermal Power Station, of 210 MW capacity, has been shut for 23 days and is not likely to be put back in operation before March 10. The problem has been stated as ‘stator coil failure'. Similarly, another 210 MW unit, of the Tuticorin Thermal Power Station has just gone out of operation due to “heavy leak in sea water booster pump discharge header” and will again take a month to be up and running.

Three units of the problematic Ennore Thermal Power Station, of a total capacity of 110 MW each, have been in a state of disrepair— one of them for 213 days.

These vintage power plants produce power at a low cost and their outage costs dear because the State has to purchase power from the market. Yesterday alone, TANTRANSCO, the State transmission utility, purchased 18.347 million units of electricity. The average price of power on the Indian Energy Exchange was Rs 7, which means that TANTRANSCO's purchase was worth about Rs 12 crore. Poor maintenance of the plants is responsible for their frequent outage, said an official of the Tamil Nadu Electricity Board.

chaanakya · Post by **chaanakya** » 26 Feb 2012 18:03

Power holiday for industries from March 1

the Corporation states that the present restrictions and control (R&C) measures are not sufficient to cover the gap of 3,000 megawatt (MW)-4,000 MW. It is for this reason that the TANGEDCO was forced to resort to unscheduled load shedding. This is essential to ensure the security of the State grid, which is, in turn, a constituent of the southern region's grid.

According to the release, the R&C measures will be implemented based on local needs. Wherever needed, they will be modified. Also load shedding measures will be revised depending upon the demand and supply gap. The TANGEDCO plans to ensure uninterrupted power supply to the extent possible to address the problems faced by students, who will be facing examinations.

The regional chief engineers or the respective officers in-charge of the areas will communicate feeder-wise R&C measures/load shedding details. While the electricity demand ranges from 11,500 MW to 12,500 MW, the total availability from internal generation, share from Central Generating Station and other sources is 8,500 MW.

Moreover, there has been no major capacity addition over the past several years and some of the ongoing projects which were expected to be operational this year are yet to be completed. The projects include Mettur Thermal Power Project Stage 3 (600 MW), North Chennai Thermal Power Project Stage 2 (two units of 600 MW each), NTPC Joint Venture Project at Vallur (three units of 500 MW each), Kudankulam Nuclear Power Project (two units of 1,000 MW each) and NLC TS 2 Expansion (two units of 250 MW each).

The corporation estimates that during day, the increase in the duration of load shedding by one hour in Chennai will mean a reduction in power demand for 200 MW; additional two hours in other parts of the State - 800 MW and the system of power holiday, another 800 MW. In the evening peak hours, the extension of restriction to commercial consumers will provide relief of 400 MW more.

At present, the relief from the HT industrial consumers is around 800 MW.

The release adds that the deficit situation is likely to last a few months. With wind generation picking up and power projects becoming functional one after the other in June, it will be possible to relax some of the measures by then

nelson · Post by **nelson** » 09 Mar 2012 15:41

Tamil Nadu chief minister seeks PM's help on her state's electricity deficit. Irony or hypocrisy...
http://www.thehindu.com/news/states/tam ... epage=true

Vipul · Post by **Vipul** » 09 Mar 2012 21:28

Add criminal wastage to it.

NPCIL losing Rs 5 cr daily due to Kudankulam delay.

The Nuclear Power Corporation of India Limited is losing nearly Rs 5 crore everyday due to the delay in commissioning of the Kudankulam nuclear plant in Tamil Nadu beacuse of protests from locals, a senior official said here today.

"With the delay in commissioning of the project, we are losing almost Rs 5 crore everyday on maintenance and other related expenses," NPCIL technical director S A Bharadwaj told reporters.

The first and second units of the project are being built with the help of Russian Federation, and the first of the 1,000 MW Vodo Vodyanoy Eenergeticsky Reactor (VVER), which is the Russian version of pressurised heavy-water reactor, should have been commissioned by now.

Besides the first and second units, there were plans to have two more 1,000 MW VVER around the same site. However, because of the delay, those too hang in balance.

"We have to maintain the plant, we have to pay the site staff and we are not producing electricity despite the fact that the plant is ready," he said.

The Corporation, which is awaiting Tamil Nadu decision on the re-commissioning of the work, expects the project to be completed within three to four months once it receives the final go ahead.

"Nearly 90 percent of the work is completed and once Tamil Nadu gives its final okay, we start our countdown... In the next three-four months, we would be able to commission the first unit and subsequently in eight to nine months the second unit. If we are lucky, we may be able to start the second unit before that," Bharadwaj said.

Theo_Fidel · Post by **Theo_Fidel** » 10 Mar 2012 04:22

http://www.thehindu.com/news/states/tam ... 978995.ece

The first unit of the Vallur Thermal Power Project, jointly executed by the Tamil Nadu Generation and Distribution Corporation and NTPC, was synchronised with the State grid early on Friday.

On production of full load, the State will receive 347 MW from the first 500-MW unit. ....As per the present plan, the second unit of 500 MW will be synchronised by April.

On Thursday, the power managers were in for a pleasant surprise as wind power generation was unusually high. The contribution from wind mills was as high as 2,595 MW on Thursday evening (6-50 p.m.).

Theo_Fidel · Post by **Theo_Fidel** » 10 Mar 2012 07:06

BTW I don't know if anyone noticed but C-WET has finally updated India's 80m wind energy map. The vast majority of new utility turbines are now 80m hub height. The old hub height of 50m provided a potential of 49,000 mw. The new 80 mw survey pegs the potential 103,000 mw using just 2% of the available land. If all the potential land is used the number is an incredible 5,000,000 MW! 40 times our present generation capacity.

TN alone has 15,000 MW of potential even at this 2% level of use. If 10% is covered TN has a potential capacity of 75,000MW from wind alone.

http://www.cwet.tn.nic.in/html/departments_ewpp.html

Another thing. A whole bunch of states now join the high potential group. Gujarat has most wind resource. An incredible 45,000 MW at 80m. Karnataka incredibly has the same wind resource as TN. AP has even more than TN.

Vipul · Post by **Vipul** » 13 Mar 2012 05:24

60,000-MW plans run on empty.

Nick_S · Post by **Nick_S** » 13 Mar 2012 15:52

Theo is the wind power electricity cost competitive with coal power plants?

Just curious... I am kind of newbie in this area.

Thanks.

Theo_Fidel · Post by **Theo_Fidel** » 13 Mar 2012 21:06

With new coal plants, Yes. Right now the rate in TN is Rs 3.39 for normal rates fixed for next 20 years for Turbine built now. No inflation. Wheeled rates are lower. Most times about 50% of South TN wind ends up wheeled.

chackojoseph · Post by **chackojoseph** » 19 Mar 2012 14:45

Tata Power synchronizes 525 MW Unit 2 of Maithon Mega Power Project

Gus · Post by **Gus** » 19 Mar 2012 16:22

I see a lot of wind turbine fans being trucked in those looooooong trailers..with overhangs to boot. I did not see any today, but usually when I go from chn to blr, I see many in a convoy. I remember them going towards blr, does it mean they are made in TN or shipped to Chn port?

putnanja · Post by **putnanja** » 19 Mar 2012 19:11

Does anyone know the share of power to each state in South India from the Kudankulam Nuclear power project?

nawabs · Post by **nawabs** » 26 Mar 2012 06:24

Change CIL's management, London hedge fund TCI asks govt
Writes to coal secretary may move court today as it finds directors' response inadequate

http://www.business-standard.com/india/ ... vt/469024/

Two weeks after it threatened to sue the board of directors of Coal India (CIL), London-based hedge fund, The Children’s Investment Fund (TCI), said it was unhappy with the company’s response and had written to coal secretary Alok Perti to change the top management of CIL, saying the company “lacked necessary leadership to develop operationally”.

DAVID VS GOLIATH
* TCI second largest shareholder in Coal India
* Feels govt-influenced pricing policies are anti-investor
* March 12: Writes to board threatening legal action
* March 15: Writes to government to change management
* To commence second stage of action today

“We are not going to keep sitting and wait for things to happen. It is not our nature to keep quiet. We are moving to the next stage of our action,” Oscar Veldhuijzen, partner, TCI, told Business Standard in a telephonic interview. “You will see the official response on Monday,” he said. Business Standard has reviewed a copy of the letter sent to the coal secretary. TCI is the second largest shareholder in CIL, with 1.01 per cent stake. The government of India owns 90 per cent.Coal India chief financial officer A K Sinha did not take phone calls. Other officials were not available for comment.

In his letter addressed to the top management and board members of CIL on March 12, Veldhuijzen had alleged breach of fiduciary duties by the directors and threatened legal action “if no clear commitments are made public in the immediate future to provide parity of coal prices to import prices and rectifying the other breaches of fiduciary duties which we have outlined.”

In the letter, TCI alleged that Coal India reversed a decision to raise coal prices on instructions from the government. TCI had obtained a letter written by the coal secretary to N C Jha, the then chairman of CIL, through the Right to Information (RTI) Act.

In a separate letter addressed to the government a few days after writing to the board, TCI said Coal India lacked the necessary leadership to develop operationally after the retirement of CMD Partha Bhattacharya. “It is time for the board to hold the management accountable, or for the board and management to be swiftly changed. As the largest shareholder in CI, you should, like ourselves be striving to see the company performs to world-class standards. This is clearly not happening and we urge you to increase the pressure on the board and management to deliver results on operational performance,” it said.

“The Indian government privatised Coal India in order to improve performance, accountability and transparency. It was a sensible plan. However, due to the critical issues outlined in the letter attached, Coal India is failing its country, its shareholders and consequently, the people of India. Coal India holds a crucial key to India’s development but is failing. We urge you to immediately address the points we raise in a transparent manner,” the letter added.

Veldhuijzen further said the board members had a feeling they had not done anything wrong. “We are disappointed. While there has been no official response, individual board members we spoke to after writing the letter are in a state of denial. But, we have documents to prove otherwise,” he said.

Veldhuijzen also said the latest leaked CAG report only substantiated the points raised by the fund's letter to the CIL board last week. "The two issues are closely related. The report shows it is not only Coal India which is selling coal cheaply and looting the people of India. There are also inefficiencies in government allocation and coal is being given away to people close to the government and many of the companies which have got approvals are related to each other."

Requesting the people of India to support TCI’s campaign, Veldhuijzen said, “The government is ruining India’s capital market. Its policies are not only destroying the appetite of international investors and domestic investors in Coal India, they are destroying interest in the Indian capital market itself.”

Vipul · Post by **Vipul** » 13 Apr 2012 21:00

India’s installed power capacity crosses 2 lakh MW.

With the commissioning of a 660 MW unit of a power plant in Jhajjar, Haryana, the installed capacity in the country has crossed two lakh megawatt mark, according to the Power Ministry.

The first unit of the project of CLP India -- Mahatma Gandhi Thermal Power Project, Jhajjar – was recently commissioned.

With this the total installed capacity has reached 2,00,287 MW, an official release said. The installed capacity includes 1,32,013 MW capacity in the thermal sector, 38,991 MW in hydro, 4,780 MW in nuclear and 24,503 MW in renewable energy.

At the end of the 11th Plan (March 31, 2012) the total installed capacity stood at 1,99,627 MW. In 2011-12, 20,501 MW capacity was added, out of which 5,482 MW was added in March alone.

gunjur · Post by **gunjur** » 13 Apr 2012 21:14

Vipul wrote:With this the total installed capacity has reached 2,00,287 MW, an official release said. The installed capacity includes 1,32,013 MW capacity in the thermal sector, 38,991 MW in hydro, 4,780 MW in nuclear and 24,503 MW in renewable energy.

The gap between hydro electricity and renewable energy is not much. This was news to me. Can we know the breakup of 24,503 Mw in renewable sector? How much in solar, how much in wind power etc? Also Q to guru's here, is there any tidal power plants in india.