Power crisis: India faces a shortage of 17,000 MW

[Gandhi G in da house]

Hardly any power cuts in my area of Delhi . It is essentially an upper-middle class area though.Indian media has a way of exaggering stuff to sensationalise . I find it funny when people will not accept news about any other country from Indian sources or even good news about India from Indian news but when there is negative news about India from Indian sources , they will happily lap it all up .

 

[RiazHaq]

that doesnt matter much as a lot of population in both countries live in villages, india has not reached developed world standards. even still india is the 3rd largest producer of electricity and has one of the worlds fastest growing electricity sector. imagine its production when it reaches developed world in 30 yrs.

anyways, the reason why india is expanding ties with pakistan is that india wants pakistan to help in resource production. india wants coal from afghan and instead of the port in iran pak can help and share it. infact even pak has decent coal reserves and has lower cost of production.

indian power companes are right now sitting on a cash pile of well over 50-100 billion. adani group recently acquired a coal mine in australia for 12 billion doll. sail got an afghan mine for 15 billion, reliance bough one in indonesia for 5 bill. they are bullish on acquiring resources in africa and pak. pakistan should help india reach middle east and afghan and also open up up its resource market to us. together we can

Do you know what the world avg is? It's 70 million BTUs per capita. And in India? It's just 18 million BTUs per person, only a quarter of the world avg and it's a fraction of most developing countries in Asia with large rural populations.

Haq's Musings: Comprehensive Energy Policy For Pakistan's Future

 

[Tumba]

Do you know what the world avg is? It's 70 million BTUs per capita. And in India? It's just 18 million BTUs per person, only a quarter of the world avg and it's a fraction of most developing countries in Asia with large rural populations.

Haq's Musings: Comprehensive Energy Policy For Pakistan's Future

better check pakistani stats and leave India to be ... on all growth indicator India is doing much much better than your native country ,,,

 

[dave]

In gujarat Power cut. We don't remember in many years.

 

[Tumba]

In gujarat Power cut. We don't remember in many years.

i am from Himachal ... and in my whole time spent thr ... i never saw any power cut ...

 

[karan21]

Do you know what the world avg is? It's 70 million BTUs per capita. And in India? It's just 18 million BTUs per person, only a quarter of the world avg and it's a fraction of most developing countries in Asia with large rural populations.

Haq's Musings: Comprehensive Energy Policy For Pakistan's Future

dude i dont mind india being low, but i definitely hate when a pakistani curses india on that. what ur telling me that indian per capita is lower than world, what i am telling u is that we r working hard to acheive that.

tell me what is pakistan's capabilities in manufacturing supercritical broilers. so do pakistani engineers even know what that mean. in india l&t and bhel alone can manufacture 40000 mw per annum of super critical broilers. lol and ur telling me india is low in per capita. yes we r but for how long in future?? that is the question.


india is currenly working on ultra supercritical broiler tech. loll and u come here cursing india for being low. worry about ur country my frnd.

India to develop coal-fired ultra supercritical plant - Economic Times

 

[Abingdonboy]

Not quite yet!

To improve transmission of power across the country, India plans to connect all regional grids into a national grid by 2014.

Of the five regional grids in the country—northern, southern, eastern, north-eastern and western—all except the southern one are interconnected.

“By 2013-14, all the grids will be interconnected for synchronous operations,” said power secretary P. Uma Shankar.

This will enable the transfer of huge amounts of electricity from one part of the country to another as required.

“A national grid will help in meeting power demands across the country by seamless transmission of power,” said another government official, requesting anonymity.

National power grid to be ready by 2014 - Economy and Politics - livemint.com

Completed by 2014- it is very much in operation as we speak.



Some cool pics of it being cleaned/maintained by helicopter:

+ listen mate- why bring Pakistan in to the equation? India plans to spend $250-300 BILLION (more than the value of the ENTIRE Pakistani economy) on adding and upgrading power generation infrastructure in the nest 4-6 years there is clearly NO way Pakistan can compete- for instance India added the equivalent of the ENTIRE Pakistan generation capacity to the Indian national grid last year, so stop trying to compare apples and oranges.

 

[Windjammer]

Power cuts bring Gurgaon to halt

TUHIN DUTTA : Gurgaon, Wed Jul 04 2012, 01:43 hrs

Morning traffic was brought to a standstill on Tuesday by Gurgaon residents protesting acute shortage of power and water.

The city has been battling severe power and water crisis, made worse by the delay in arrival of monsoon and the heatwave.

As per official estimates, the power demand in the city has surpassed previous records and continues to rise.

On June 28, the demand was to the tune of 1,528.33 lakh units (the highest demand for one day), against 1,127.45 lakh units on the same day last year, said Amit Kumar Agrawal, Managing Director of Dakhshin Haryana Bijli Vitran Nigam (DHBVN).

To rein in the shortfall, the Nigam has announced that starting Wednesday, all industries will be given just eight hours of power. They will be supplied power from 8 am to 12 pm and 3 pm to 7 pm.

Residents, on the other hand, blame the sharp rise in demand to the mushrooming of small guesthouses in buildings meant for a single family.

“In front of my house there is a 120 sq yard area, which has been turned into living quarters for 20-odd families. The power demand will automatically shoot up,” said Anthony Cruz, a resident of DLF Phase-III.

Residents of both old and new Gurgaon claim outages stretch to as long as 16 hours a day. This, in turn, has affected the water situation in the city.

“The Basai water plant is supplying very little water, while the private water plant is almost dry. Power cuts leads to non-storage of water and residents have to buy water. We shell out Rs 800 for around 5,000 litres of water,” said Cruz.

Power cuts bring Gurgaon to halt - Indian Express

 

[Tshering22]

Power cuts bring Gurgaon to halt

TUHIN DUTTA : Gurgaon, Wed Jul 04 2012, 01:43 hrs

Morning traffic was brought to a standstill on Tuesday by Gurgaon residents protesting acute shortage of power and water.

The city has been battling severe power and water crisis, made worse by the delay in arrival of monsoon and the heatwave.

As per official estimates, the power demand in the city has surpassed previous records and continues to rise.

On June 28, the demand was to the tune of 1,528.33 lakh units (the highest demand for one day), against 1,127.45 lakh units on the same day last year, said Amit Kumar Agrawal, Managing Director of Dakhshin Haryana Bijli Vitran Nigam (DHBVN).

To rein in the shortfall, the Nigam has announced that starting Wednesday, all industries will be given just eight hours of power. They will be supplied power from 8 am to 12 pm and 3 pm to 7 pm.

Residents, on the other hand, blame the sharp rise in demand to the mushrooming of small guesthouses in buildings meant for a single family.

“In front of my house there is a 120 sq yard area, which has been turned into living quarters for 20-odd families. The power demand will automatically shoot up,” said Anthony Cruz, a resident of DLF Phase-III.

Residents of both old and new Gurgaon claim outages stretch to as long as 16 hours a day. This, in turn, has affected the water situation in the city.

“The Basai water plant is supplying very little water, while the private water plant is almost dry. Power cuts leads to non-storage of water and residents have to buy water. We shell out Rs 800 for around 5,000 litres of water,” said Cruz.

Power cuts bring Gurgaon to halt - Indian Express

There's a massive power shortage in India. No denial about it. Only in Mumbai, there's power 24x7 power in metros and in my area as well. But most of the country faces acute power shortage because of government's corruption and myopic thinking.

The 16 nuke plants should have been there now but only now we started it. At least 20 more nuke plants are needed on top of this 16-plant batch, if we have to overcome power shortage.

But until Congress' and its bunch of anti-national slaves dominate our political system, this will continue.

 

[RiazHaq]

Per Capita power consumption and economic output are directly related.
India's share of world GDP has been essentially flat in the last decade. The biggest increase has been in China's share of world GDP....because China has done a great job on the energy front.

Haq's Musings: Global Power Shift Since Industrial Revolution

 

[ramu]

Per Capita power consumption and economic output are directly related.
India's share of world GDP has been essentially flat in the last decade. The biggest increase has been in China's share of world GDP....because China has done a great job on the energy front.

Haq's Musings: Global Power Shift Since Industrial Revolution

The share of Japan has reduced in the last decade and so has the share of Russia and Germany. If you look carefully, Indian share is expanding but at a much slower rate when compared to China.

 

[cloud_9]

Not quite yet!

To improve transmission of power across the country, India plans to connect all regional grids into a national grid by 2014.

Of the five regional grids in the country—northern, southern, eastern, north-eastern and western—all except the southern one are interconnected.

“By 2013-14, all the grids will be interconnected for synchronous operations,” said power secretary P. Uma Shankar.

This will enable the transfer of huge amounts of electricity from one part of the country to another as required.

“A national grid will help in meeting power demands across the country by seamless transmission of power,” said another government official, requesting anonymity.

National power grid to be ready by 2014 - Economy and Politics - livemint.com

Of the five regional grids in the country—northern, southern, eastern, north-eastern and western—all except the southern one are interconnected.

Blah! Blah!

The share of Japan has reduced in the last decade and so has the share of Russia and Germany. If you look carefully, Indian share is expanding but at a much slower rate when compared to China.

Why not click that blog link...instead of arguing

 

[ramu]

India to add 41 GW nuclear capacity over 2 decades: US

India will be a significant contributor as nuclear capacity in the non-OECD region to more than quadruple over the next two decades.

This is the prognosis of the US Energy Information Administration.

The agency notes that "Significant expansion of nuclear power is projected to continue in the non-OECD region as a whole, with total nuclear capacity more than quadrupling. From 2010 to 2035, nuclear power capacity increases by a net 109 gigawatts in China, 41 gigawatts in India, and 28 gigawatts in Russia".

With India's primary fuel source, coal already short in supply, there is a need to find more reliable, and diverse sources of energy. Protests not withstanding, there is little choice but to diversify and adopt more unconventional sources of energy that do not exhibit large environment externalities or land constraints.

"These are developing nations, and the energy demand will only grow over the coming few years," says the EIA.

EIA takes this into account and also notes that concerns about security of energy supplies and the environmental impacts of fossil fuel use encourage will further encourage development of nuclear power in countries that are not members of the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development.

China and India, the agency predicts will account for nearly half the growth in world energy use by 2035.

"Energy consumption in non-OECD Asia, led by China and India, shows the most robust growth among the non-OECD regions, rising by 91 percent from 2010 to 2035."

 

[RiazHaq]

India to add 41 GW nuclear capacity over 2 decades: US

China and India, the agency predicts will account for nearly half the growth in world energy use by 2035.

"Energy consumption in non-OECD Asia, led by China and India, shows the most robust growth among the non-OECD regions, rising by 91 percent from 2010 to 2035."

Even with 91% increase in energy consumption, India will still be about 35 million BTUs per capita (even assuming flat population--which we know it will not be), half of today's world average of 70 million BTUs per capita where China is already...OECD nations are all 200 BTUs per capita or higher.

Haq's Musings: Global Power Shift Since Industrial Revolution

 

[Jade]

Per Capita power consumption and economic output are directly related.
India's share of world GDP has been essentially flat in the last decade. The biggest increase has been in China's share of world GDP....because China has done a great job on the energy front.

Haq's Musings: Global Power Shift Since Industrial Revolution

You have become old. I am sure you need glasses. How come India's share of world GDP has been essentially flat in the last decade. See the figure again.