As per various media statistics, India is the second highest sugar-producing country in the world, after Brazil. Yet, the average size of sugar factories in the country continues to be small, ranging from 600 tonnes […]
Sugar manufacturers that are grappling with issues such as declining sugarcane production, rising raw material costs, increasing energy cost and stringent emission norms can undertake energy conservation measures to achieve cost optimisation. Energy consumption at […]
The renewable energy segment presents an attractive investment opportunity in the power sector with record capacity additions, declining tariffs and growing private sector participation. In 2016-17, 11.3 GW of renewable capacity was added, comparable with […]
The rooftop solar segment grew by 81 per cent in 2016-17 over 2015-16. As opposed to other rooftop-rich countries that have grown on the back of high capacity addition in the residential rooftop segment, the […]
Although the Electricity Act, 2003 allows consumers to avail of power through open access, its implementation in the true sense is still contested. Of late, there has been growing willingness among the gencos to supply […]
The metals and mining industry is a key contributor to the country’s economy as its output is used across sectors such as construction, power, automobile, defence and aerospace. Higher government spending on infrastructure, ambitious schemes […]
India has a vast mineral potential with mining leases granted for long durations of 20 to 30 years. Approximately 87 minerals – four fuel related, 10 metallic, 47 non-metallic, three atomic and 23 minor – […]
Energy is used at all stages of metal production – mining, beneficiation and extraction. Energy consumption at domestic integrated steel plants is typically in the range of 6.5-7 gigacalories (GCal) per tonne of crude steel […]
Captive power plants (CPPs) continue to be a viable option for industrial and commercial consumers to meet their energy demand and hedge against the risks of high grid power tariffs. Further, the quality of grid […]
Consumers have the choice to buy power from the grid, or generate their own power, or use power from rented systems. Rental power plants (RPPs) basically meet the power requirements of consumers who need power […]
Waste heat is generated by fuel combustion or chemical reaction, which is then “dumped” into the environment. The strategy of how to recover this heat depends partially on the temperature of the waste heat gases […]
As of August 31, 2017, India’s installed biopower capacity (grid-connected biomass, gasification and bagasse cogeneration) stood at 8,181 MW and off-grid/captive power at 661 MW, according to the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE). […]
Indian Railways (IR) operates the world’s fourth largest rail network spread over 66,500 route km. The system runs nearly 19,000 trains every day, carries 24 million passengers per day, and transports more than 1.1 billion […]
Electric motor systems account for about 60 per cent of the global industrial electricity consumption and close to 70 per cent of the industrial electricity demand. Electric motors drive both, core industrial processes like presses […]
A growing number of industrial and commercial consumers, who had long been reeling under high utility tariffs to cross-subsidise other consumers, have in the past few years turned to the open power market. This has […]
Power trading has emerged as a viable option for industrial and commercial consumers looking to sell and buy power at competitive rates. The availability of surplus power in the short-term market and the decline in […]
The cement industry in India has been going through a period of overcapacity. As per recent estimates, the industry’s average capacity utilisation during 2016 was around 75 per cent. Against an available capacity of more […]
As cement companies aim to lower their energy costs and meet the regulatory requirements under the Perform, Achieve and Trade (PAT) scheme, energy efficiency initiatives feature high on their agenda. The heads of leading cement […]
High tension (HT) consumers, which include major manufacturing units and large commercial set-ups, contribute significantly to the load and revenue of discoms. Energy costs account for a sizeable share in the total operating costs of […]
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