Gas based power generation is the key to achieve Govt’s goal of ‘24×7 Power for All’ : Piyush Goyal at Petrotech 2016
Union minister of state for power, renewable energy, coal and mines, Piyush Goyal is optimistic on the revival of stranded gas based power projects in India on the back of new partnerships formed with energy rich nations at Petrotech 2016. “We have to look at a World beyond Fossil Fuels”, said Shri Goyal while reiterating the vision of Prime Minister of India of ‘Achieving Energy Security for India based on Clean Fuels’. The Minister noted that the domestic demand for gas in the sector of power generation has not been fully met at present, though he expressed optimism that the new partnerships formed with the participating stakeholders at Petrotech-2016 would help us revive India’s stranded Gas based power plants in the near future. Goyal envisioned that gas based power generation is the key to achieve Government of India’s goal of ‘24×7 Power for All’. He was optimistic that the efficiency of gas based power plants would increase as gas prices come down in the near future. “Building partnerships with energy rich nations and exchanging new technologies and best practices with each other is the only way to provide affordable, accessible and sustainable power for all”, he said. Goyal chaired a Ministerial session on ‘Hydrocarbons to fuel the Future: Choices and Challenges’ on the second day of the Petrotech-2016 conference in the capital. Joining him on the dias in the ministerial session, moderated by BCG, were Mr. Bechir Madet, Minister of Petroleum and Energy, Chad, EzeKiel Lol Gatkuoth, Minister of Petroleum, South Sudan, Dr. Mohammed Zayed Awad, Minister of Petroleum and Gas, Sudan, Irene Muloni, Minister of Energy and Mineral Development, Uganda and Dr. Orlando Velandia, President of National Hydrocarbons Agency of Columbia. Congratulating the Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas, Government of India, Goyal said that it is heartening to see that the 12th International Oil and Gas Conference has had such a wide ranging participation, with delegations from various oil producing and exporting countries from around the world along with other stakeholders of the oil and gas sector. The Minister added that the Petrotech-2016 has set a benchmark as a meeting point for cutting-edge technologies in the sector, on one hand and as a platform for building new business relations and the exchange of expertise and best practices from around the world, on the other. Further, Goyal emphasized on the point that India, despite the dominance of fossil fuels in its energy mix in the near future due its development imperatives, stands committed to the Global efforts to fight Climate Change. He added that it is imperative to explore new technologies for developing greener fuels by increasing the use of renewable sources of energy and working towards achieving greater energy efficiency in power generation, transmission and distribution. During his address, the Minister noted that Government of India is preparing a holistic framework so as to cut our dependence on fossil fuel imports and to become self-reliant in the oil and natural gas sector. Further, the ensuing policy changes would be in consonance with India’s commitments at the Paris Climate Summit for reducing the carbon intensity of GDP growth, he added. Talking further on the initiatives on reducing India’s carbon footprint, the Minister said that India has taken a lead in the field of energy efficiency. He added that currently India has replaced one-third of total old energy inefficient incandescent bulbs and CFL lamps with LED lights which has resulted in a reduction in the carbon emissions of about 80 million tonnes a year and a saving of about 20GW of peak load. In his concluding remarks, Goyal said that the partnership between the Ministries of Power and Petroleum & Natural Gas has reaped rich dividends in achieving a secure energy future for the people of India. Such partnerships can be extended to include all the stakeholders of Petrotech-2016 so as to magnify the positive results in the times to come, he added. In the session, there were presentations from the participating Overseas Ministers on the overall energy scenario in their respective countries and the prospects of collaboration, investment opportunities and technology exchange avenues with all the stakeholders at the Petrotech-2016. Whitney Mercilus Womens Jersey
Jared Goff to get more practice time with Rams
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Anjan Mukhopadhyay appointed executive director at Bhel
Anjan Mukhopadhyay, 58, has been appointed as the executive director of power sector at Bharat Heavy Electricals’ eastern region, with effect from 24th November, 2016. Prior to this, he served as general manager at the same division. An Electrical engineer from Indian Institute of Engineering Science and Technology-Shibpur, Mukhopadhyay started his career in BHEL Haridwar unit as an Trainee Engineer in 1981 and has more than 35 years of professional experience in having handled diverse functions in BHEL. Production, technical services, total service solution, project management, construction management & execution in different BHEL manufacturing unit and power sector sites. Under his leadership, eastern region in BHEL created new benchmarks in project execution. He was instrumental in commissioning of the first 500 MW unit of WBPDCL successfully. According to a statement released by Bhel, during his stint at the power division, he has been instrumental in effectively coordinating and collaborating with all organization units of BHEL in order to achieve financial and physical turnover, cash collection, capacity addition, technical and commercial closure and various other targets. He has effectively contributed in order to achieve continuous improvement for the region in all the four perspectives — financial, customer, internal operations and learning and innovations over the years.
Kerala State Electricity Board confident of tackling power crisis in the state
Though the new power minister, M M Mani, has been hinting at the possibility of power restrictions in the coming days, top Kerala State Electricity Board officials say that the situation is not that bad. According to the officials, the chances of a load shedding or any other form of major power restrictions were remote now. “It’s true that the power scenario across the country is bad at present. Kerala, being a state mostly dependent on power generated outside the state, will obviously suffer in the event of even a mild turmoil in the national power scene. But the situation, as of now, has not aggravated to a position that would force the board to impose load shedding or power cuts,” said an official. Read More: Power Min to nudge states for cheaper energy to powerlooms Sources said, the repair work in the Moolamattom power station was progressing satisfactorily and the work on the penstock valves would be completed by December 6. Three of the six generators in KSEB’s biggest hydel station were out of action after a leakage was detected in the penstock pipe that carry water to the generators. “The present crisis began with the central allocation from the Talcher power plant in Odisha coming down. One unit in Koodankulam atomic power plant is also out. The board is also not getting the power we have contracted with a private power generator. All this have contributed to a daily power deficit up to 500 MW,” said a board director. “However, we have made arrangements for purchase of power from outside the state. There will be price difference, but we are confident of facing the crisis without power cuts or load shedding,” he added. Meanwhile, the state government is learnt to have given KSEB the go ahead to honour long term power purchase agreements, the procedural correctness of which was questioned by the state power regulatory commission. The regulator had earlier refused to fully accept the agreement reached between KSEB and various power generating companies for purchase of 865 MW power for 25 years from December 2016. The annual purchase of 6,440 Million Units (MU) power at an average rate of Rs 4.11 per unit would come to around Rs 2,650 crore. It would total to Rs 66,225 crore on completion of the 25 years of agreement period. Bryan Witzmann Authentic Jersey
Essar Power commissions Hazira unit, completes 270 MW project
Essar Power today said its subsidiary at Hazira in Gujarat has commissioned the second and last unit of 135 mw, making the 270-mw project fully operational now. The company said commissioning was done in a record 53 days – from IBR hydrotest to final synchronisation – making it among the swiftest in the industry. The first unit was commissioned in July last year. With this, the 270-mw multi-fuel power plant, which is 100 per cent captive to Essar Steel Hazira, is now fully operational. The plant runs on multiple fuels, like coal (both domestic and imported) and corex gas, simultaneously. Read More: Essar Power expects to turn profitable this year Essar Power has a target capacity of 6,100 mw, and this commissioning makes 80 per cent, or 4,840 mw, operational now. On the commissioning, company Chief Executive K V B Reddy said over the last two years, increased coal availability as well as strong operational efficiencies have helped improve performance significantly. Essar Power has operational capacity of 4,840 mw, of which 3,240 mw is coal-based and 1,600 mw gas-based. Its operating plants are located at Mahan in Chhatisgarh and at Hazira, Salaya and Vadinar (all in Gujarat). Troy Aikman Authentic Jersey
KCR tells power staff to give up Dec 6 stir plan in Telangana
Chief minister K Chandrashekhar Rao (KCR) on Thursday instructed officials to examine the possibilities of regularising all the outsourced employees working in Telangana Transco, Genco and Discoms in a phased manner. Accordingly, KCR asked the electricity employees’ unions to call off their proposed strike on December 6 and invited them for talks. Interestingly, only 24 hours ago, he told officials to act sternly with the employees who threatened to go on strike. During a review meeting held at Pragati Bhavan, the chief minister felt that the outsourced employees who have been working for several years on nominal salaries should be regularized on humanitarian grounds and asked officials to prepare guidelines in this regard. He also asked the unions to drop their proposed stir and meet energy minister K Jagadeeshwar Reddy on Friday and sort out the problems. In this context, the CM recalled that salaries of the employees working in electricity department were increased substantially in the past and salaries of the outsourced employees were also hiked. The state government is also ready to amicably settle all the issues raised by the employees, he said. Telangana Genco and Transco CMD Prabhakar Rao and other officials brought to the notice of the chief minister the demands of electricity employees and outsourced workers. They informed the chief minister that the outsourced workers were rendering services in the management of sub stations, power lines, power plants as well as handling administrative work. However, the chief minister reiterated that employees working in the power sector could solve their problems through discussions with the government and hence there is no need for them to go on a strike. The chief minister also asked the employees not to fall prey to the strike call given on political considerations and not to put general public to inconvenience by going on a strike. Nick Fairley Authentic Jersey
Spot power may get costly as CERC proposes hiked transmission charges
The Central Electricity Regulatory Commission (CERC) has proposed a hike in transmission charges by 1.35 times, which could hurt the growing market for spot or short-term transaction of power. States and open access industrial consumers are increasingly shifting to short-term power purchase due to uncertainty in power demand. If approved, they might have to face increased charges, which would be similar to long-term power rates. Lately, the central government has also been promoting the spot market, as increased competition reduces cost of power. While the tariff quoted in the long-term power purchase agreement has touched Rs 3.9-5.5 per unit in the past three years, the spot price has gone down to Rs 2.16 per unit during the same period. While private players and some states have been active in the spot market, NTPC has also started selling un-requisitioned surplus power at the exchanges. The commission is of the view that increasing short-term transaction of power is leading to congestion in the grid and also affecting the transmission planning, which is typically for long-term transactions. It has come to this conclusion after submissions from the Central Transmission Utility (CTU), also known as Power Grid Corporation of India. The volume of short-term transactions has increased to 63.96 billion units (BUs) in 2014-15, from 24.69 BUs in 2008-09. However, the prices of electricity of short-term transactions has come down to Rs 2.5 per unit, from about Rs 7.29 per unit during 2008-09. CERC has expressed its concerns that generators may not apply for long-term agreement (LTA) and evacuate power under short-term open access (STOA) and/or medium-term open access (MTOA). “It is likely that there are less long-term power purchase agreements, leading to lack of LTAs and inefficient transmission planning,” said CERC in its draft regulations, dated October 28, 2016. The regulations were open for comments till November 25. “There are a number of petitions and applications before the commission, wherein the generators are relinquishing their LTA quantum but at the same time evacuating power under STOA/MTOA markets. This causes burden of higher transmission charges on other long-term customers. This scenario is likely to lead to under-building of transmission capacity thereby leading to instances of congestions,” CERC observed in its detailed regulations. The power sector, which has been hailing the shift to short-term or day-ahead power market, is opposing this sudden change. The industry is of the view that in the current scenario when discoms are trying to reduce power tariff in a bid to reduce losses, the short-term market creates competition and helps in decreasing power rates. Kwon Alexander Authentic Jersey
‘Power storage services, next in renewable energy sector’
Chairman of the Telangana State Electricity Regulatory Commission (TSERC) Ismail Khan said provisions related to ancillary/capacity services and the regulatory framework for the same need to be incorporated into the new Electricity (Amendment) Bill. Delivering the keynote address at the ‘Conference on Clean Power and Energy 2016’ jointly hosted by Confederation of Indian Industry and British Deputy High Commission, Hyderabad, here on Wednesday, Mr. Khan emphasised the need to update the regulatory framework to keep pace with technological upgradation in the energy sector. The Indian government’s ambitious target of achieving 175 gigawatts of renewable energy capacity by 2022 comes with a challenge to the grid security, as the renewable energy is not dependable owing to unpredictable changes in climatic conditions, Mr. Khan said. Storage of energy is one option to maintain grid security and stability. Development and innovation of storage services will require upgrading of regulatory framework. While energy storage is not a new concept, and being used for a long time in the form of hydel and gas-based power generation, the time lag in both cases to pump to grid is longer when compared with the battery storage. As of now, the renewable energy capacity of the country is very low, but as it grows, changes need to be brought in at policy levels. While Andhra Pradesh has taken some initiatives in this direction, Telangana is yet to adopt the technology, Mr. Khan said, and suggested a pilot project for storage of solar power which could serve as model project for future developers. British Deputy High Commissioner Andrew McAllister, in his special address, spoke of the strides made by UK in the renewable energy sector, and said 13 per cent of the country’s capacity is in this sector. It is aimed to be increased to 30 per cent by 2030. “As part of the ecosystem that supports the uptake of renewable energy, energy storage solutions are very important as they offer flexibility and reliability to the gird system,” Mr. McAllister said. Senior policy analyst of the Renewable Energy Association (REA) Frank Gordon, in his address, delineated the technologies of energy storage. O. J. Howard Womens Jersey
CERC for change in power transmission bid rules
To expedite development of the power transmission network and avoid delay, the Central Electricity Regulatory Commission (CERC) has emphasised to the Power ministry the need to give out large projects, instead of breaking these into parcels. This comes in the wake of increasing numbers of petitions, arguing over the dates of commissioning, incentives and the delays. In a letter dated October 14, to the ministry, the commisison has highlighted these issues. As there is no benchmark for implementation of a project, the network operator also misses on the chance to earn incentives for early commissioning, the letter is being reviewed by Business Standard. Suggesting a way forward, CERC said large projects, not components of large projects, should be awarded. “In the case of a new transmission network, splitting into components and award through tariff (rate)-based competitive bidding (TBCB) complicates the execution. Therefore it is advisable to identify the entire network for developmemnt through TBCB, instead of comparatively smaller elements, commissioning of which depends upon commissioning of all upstream/downstream elements,” said the letter. The commission has also asked the government to include an implementation agreement in the bidding guidelines, to improve coordination between developer and bid process manager. The government had issued an order in July 2015 that transmission projects won under TBCB and those awarded to Power Grid Corporation of India for system strengthening would be eligible for transmission charge from the date of commercial operations, even if ahead of schedule. The first to so come early was, the transmission project of Rajasthan Atomic Power Project (RAPP), owned and managed by Sterlite Grid, commissioned in January 2016. CERC has asked for incorporating the incentive in the bidding documents and implementation agreement. And, that all the disputes should be settled through the implementation agreement. Power ministry officials said the advice was being examined and some of the suggestions had already been incorporated in the new bidding documents. Butch Goring Authentic Jersey
Need direct benefit transfer scheme for power sector: Amitabh Kant
India needs to introduce a direct benefit transfer (DBT) scheme for the power distribution sector on the lines of the one that is on for cooking gas cylinders, NITI Aayog CEO Amitabh Kant has said. “Everyone must pay for electricity,” Kant said on Wednesday at a conference organised by India Energy Forum. He said unless metering is done at the lowest levels, the power sector will not survive. Kant said radical restructuring is important for the power sector to create wealth so that people invest in it. He said in long run, the power distribution sector should be privatised. “Either they perform or perish. Ruthless action is required,” Kant said. He said a new ecosystem of independent electricity regulators is the need of the hour. Landon Collins Jersey