O&M of Power Plants
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Diesel Engines and Gas Gensets
Losing Steam: Market trends and outlook for diesel generators
Diesel generator (DG) sets have played an important role in meeting the backup requirements of consumers across the domestic, institutional, and commercial and industrial segments. Despite high running costs, DG sets have been popular across […]
Diesel Engines and Gas Gensets
Backup Option: Gas gensets offer an efficient alternative to diesel-based gensets
While the most widely used gensets are diesel based, with increasing environmental concerns related to diesel generators as well as the rising diesel prices, the share of natural gas-based gensets is expected to grow in […]
Diesel Engines and Gas Gensets
Modified Designs: Hybrid gensets emerge as a preferred choice for backup power
Diesel generator set (genset) suppliers and manufacturers are constantly in the process of developing innovative technology and modifications to refine traditional diesel gensets. Over the past few decades, diesel gensets have become the primary choice […]
Diesel Engines and Gas Gensets
Cost Concerns: Diesel gensets offer a sound power backup option despite price pressures
While the Indian power sector is struggling to provide extensive, uninterrupted and reliable grid supply, diesel gensets have assumed greater significance as the preferred power backup option in sectors such as agriculture, construction, infrastructure and residential. […]
Diesel Engines and Gas Gensets
Leasing Model
Government initiatives such as Make in India, Atmanirbhar Bharat, the performance-linked incentive (PLI) scheme are expected to generate a high demand for backup power supply from the manufacturing industry. Apart from this, a high demand […]
Diesel Engines and Gas Gensets
Gas-Based Power Generation
Glimmer of Hope: Decline in R-LNG prices gives temporary respite to gas-based power
With capacity aggregating nearly 25 GW, gas-based power plants account for a share of 6.6 per cent in the country’s total installed capacity (374 GW). However, the installed gas-based power capacity has hardly grown over […]
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Unreliable Supply: Power quality issues and challenges
The power sector has put strong focus on bridging the gap between power demand and supply, ensuring 24×7 supply and expanding electricity coverage to all consumer categories. While a number of programmes have been undertaken […]
Gas-Based Power Generation
Improving Flexibility: Turbine technology trends and O&M best practices
There are two broadly adopted gas turbine technologies – open cycle gas turbines (OCGTs) and combined cycle gas turbines (CCGTs). The OCGT type is low on efficiency but relatively fast in response. When paired with […]
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Model Recommendations: Standards and regulations governing power quality in India
All parameters of power quality (PQ) are not covered under the current regulations of the Central Electricity Authority (CEA), the Central Electricity Regulatory Commission (CERC) and state electricity regulatory commissions (SERCs). In view of the […]
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Mitigating Deviations: Technologies and solutions for addressing PQ issues
In the past, Indian power utilities have mainly focused on meeting the demand-supply gap. However, in view of the government’s target to provide 24×7 quality electricity to all by 2022, they are now looking beyond […]
Gas-Based Power Generation
Rapid Response: Role of gas-based power in meeting peak demand
Peaking power refers to electricity use at its highest points during a day. While day-to-day power demand needs to be met by power plants, it is not optimal for them to produce the maximum power […]
Gas-Based Power Generation
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Reactive Power Management: Maintaining grid voltage and frequency parameters
The government has an ambitious target of adding 175 GW of renewable energy capacity by 2022 to the Indian power grid. However, solar and wind power, which contribute the majority of the power share in […]
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Slow Compliance: Challenges in meeting emission control requirements
India is expected to achieve a total installed power generation capacity of 830 GW by 2030, half of which will be coal based. Coal-fired power plants, however, are big contributors to emissions of sulphur oxide […]
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Investing in Flexibilisation: Need to incentivise thermal plants to facilitate the transition to renewables
India’s energy mix consists primarily of electricity based on fossil fuels, which account for 61.9 per cent share, of which coal comprises 53.4 per cent. This, however, is set to change in the coming years, […]
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Power Plant Automation: Deploying digital solutions to transition to new models of supply
The Covid-19 pandemic and the subsequent lockdown have led to a significant reduction in energy demand, besides changes in the sales mix and the load curve. In the power generation segment, this has resulted in […]
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Fly Ash Control: Improvement in utilisation rate
In India, coal/lignite-based thermal power plants (TPPs) are the backbone of power generation and hence, generation of large amounts of fly ash is a common phenomenon. Additionally, Indian coal is of a lower grade with […]