Sunday, June 10, 2012

More Rapid fire on Power Sector


  • Who regulates hydrocarnons in India? Ans)Petroleum and Natural Gas Regulatory Board (PNGRB) is the regulator for hydrocarbon sector.
  • Who is implementing REC in India? Ans)NLDC is the agency for implementing REC mechanism in India.
  • What is CIL coal production? Ans)CIL production of about 500 mt falls short of 100 mt. ( 267 billion tones reserves) .
  • What is NVVN? Ans) NVVN is the power trading arm of NTPC.
  • What are "regional Postage Stamps" and "Point of Connection"? Ans) they are CERC mechanisms for open access.
  • How meuch electricty is produced in India in a month? Ans) around 80 billion units.
  • What are 3 methods of PoC ( point of connection) type transmission pricing? Ans) Marginal participation, Avg participation and Zone to zone. 
  • How much natural gas India produces? Ans) About 40 billion cubic meters (BCM). about 15 bcm is imported in a year.
  • How much MNRE spends in year ? Ans ) Rs 13 Billion
  • What are direct tax benefits for renewable? Ans) Under section 80-IA tax holiday , Surcharge reduction of corporate tax.
  • What are Indirect Tax benefits ? Ans) reduced customs duty and excise duty.
  • Who supplies 1.5 MW gearless Wind Energy converters PM generator? Ans ) ReGen. ( 85 m tall V70, V77 models manufactured at Tada, AP)


Some advancements in Power Sector


  • Flexisheet solar panels have come. up. M/S Power Film of Iowa is one such manufacturer. Imagine the immense possibilities !
  • We need to help the coal linkages and CIL production to keep running thermal power plants in India. Renewables have capacity contribution of 10% but generation contribution of just 3%. ( capacity utlisation only 30 %).
  • Gujrat has the pride of India's largest IPP: Torrent. already generating 600 MW , some 1000 MW works are in pipeline.
  • Reliance(Sasan), JSW ( Ratnagiri) and GMR(Orissa) are upcoming UMPPs.
  • Other than NTPC and NHPC central sector power producers  are: NPC, Neyveli, DVC, BBMB,NEEPCO