After a long period of policy inaction, the hydropower policy was announced in March 2019, providing the much needed impetus to hydropower development in the country. One of the key highlights of the policy has […]
A pumped storage plant (PSP) stores energy in the form of gravitational potential energy, pumped from a lower elevation reservoir to a higher elevated one. During periods of peak power demand, the stored water is […]
Regular operations and maintenance (O&M) is crucial to prevent plant failures that can stall electricity generation and affect a genco’s earnings. Under the current regulatory framework, hydroelectric projects (HEPs) are required to achieve the design […]
With the growing integration of renewable energy into the grid, hydropower is expected to play a major role in addressing the intermittency and balancing requirements. Hydropower projects are capital intensive. If these assets are maintained […]
The development of hydroelectric projects (HEPs) is more complex and time consuming than that of fossil fuel-based and renewable energy projects. Small HEPs typically take at least 30 months for completion, whereas the large ones […]
Indian power utilities have always focused on bridging the demand-supply gap and ensuring 24×7 power supply to all consumer categories, but the issue of power quality has never been a priority. Now, with the increasing […]
There has been a growing focus in recent times on ensuring quality of power supply. The increasing renewable energy integration into the grid and the accelerated uptake of non-linear loads have distorted unidirectional power flow, […]
The Electricity Act, 2003 enshrines the basic need to provide consumers with a continuous, reliable and quality power supply. Power quality is the ability of electrical equipment to consume the energy being supplied in an […]
Over the past decade, the country’s energy consumption has grown significantly and to fulfil the increasing power demand, the sector is exploring renewable energy sources as an alternative to conventional sources. Renewable energy is unpredictable […]
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Coal-based power generation continues to be the mainstay of the power sector, accounting for around 75 per cent of the total power generation in the country. However, the segment has witnessed a slowdown in capacity […]
Technology transition in the coal-based power generation segment is driven by the need to make power plants more efficient, flexible, reliable and less polluting. As the country moves towards a more diverse energy mix, the […]
As India rapidly increases its renewable capacities in order to meet its intended nationally determined contribution (INDC) targets, managing the intermittency of renewable energy sources has become a key concern. The lack of adequate storage […]
Digitalisation holds big promise for the power industry. It can help reduce emissions, enhance plant efficiency, and manage grid stability given the growing renewable energy capacity. However, many power plants are still operated manually. This […]
Almost 90 per cent of the coal-based capacity in India uses indigenous coal, which is of low grade with an ash content of 30-45 per cent compared to imported coal, which has a lower ash […]
Despite the share of renewable energy in the generation mix growing from 5.6 per cent in fiscal 2015 to 9.2 per cent in fiscal 2019, coal-based power will continue to be the major source of […]
Over the years, the power generation segment has been increasingly facing water availability constraints. As per government data, generation losses due to water shortages stood at around 16 BUs during the period 2013-14 to 2016-17. […]
The Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MOEF&CC) notified new emission norms for thermal power plants (TPPs) in December 2015 with an objective to reduce the emission of major pollutants such as particulate matter […]
India is the largest emitter of sulphur dioxide (SO2) in the world. SO2 emissions are a significant contributor to air pollution. The largest sources of SO2 are thermal power plants (TPPs) and other industrial facilities […]
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