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POWER
The power sector is high on
India's priority as it offers tremendous potential
for investing companies based on the sheer size
of the market and the returns available on investment
capital. In the past few years, there has been
considerable growth in power plants based on renewable
sources of energy.
The Government of India has an
ambitious mission of ‘POWER FOR ALL BY 2012’.
This mission would require that our installed
generation capacity should be at least 2,00,000
MW by 2012. In order to ensure that the generated
power reaches the entire country, an expansion
of the regional transmission network and inter
regional capacity to transmit power would be essential.
Overview of Power Sector
Generation
The total electricity generation in the country increased from 704.5 Billion Unit (BU) during 2007-08, beginning of the 11 th Five Year Plan to 771.6 BU in 2009-10. The power generation was 597.6 BU in the financial year 2010-11 up to December 2010.
Year |
Generation (BU) |
Growth (%) |
2007-08 |
704.5 |
6.3 |
2008-09 |
723.8 |
2.7 |
2009-10 |
771.6 |
6.6 |
2009-10 (till December 2009) |
571.6 |
- |
2010-11 (till December 2010) |
597.6 |
4.5* |
Source: Annual Report 2010-11, Ministry of Power, Government of India
*- Calculated with 2009-10 (till December 2009) generation as initial generated power. Power Supply Position
The power supply position of the country over
the years is as follows:
Energy
Year |
Energy Requirements (Mu) |
Energy Availibility (Mu) |
Energy Shortage (Mu) |
Energy Shortage (%) |
2007-08 |
737052 |
664660 |
72392 |
9.8 |
2008-09 |
777039 |
691038 |
86001 |
11.1 |
2009-10 |
830594 |
746644 |
83950 |
10.1 |
2009-10 (till December 2009) |
617907 |
557308 |
60599 |
9.8 |
2010-11 (till December 2010) |
638067 |
582163 |
55904 |
8.8 |
Source: Annual Report 2010-11, Ministry of Power, Government of India
Peak Demand
The growth in availability of power during the current year has surpassed the growth in requirement of power. Consequently, the peak shortage in the country in the current year reduced to 10.2% from 12.6% in April-December 2009.
Year |
Peak Demand (Mw) |
Peak Met (Mw) |
Peak Shortage (Mw) |
Peak Shortage (%) |
2007-08 |
108866 |
90793 |
18073 |
16.6 |
2008-09 |
109809 |
96785 |
13024 |
11.9 |
2009-10 |
119166 |
104009 |
15157 |
12.7 |
2009-10 (till December 2009) |
116281 |
101609 |
14672 |
12.6 |
2010-11 (till December 2010) |
119437 |
107286 |
12151 |
10.2 |
Source: Annual Report 2010-11, Ministry of Power, Government of India
Plant Load Factor (PLF) The Plant Load Factor (PLF) of Thermal Power Stations (TPSs) in the country has been steadily increasing over the years, representing higher utilization of installed capacity. The average PLF of RPSs of power Utilities during April-December 2010-11 was 72.88% mainly due to substantial addition of coal based capacity and delay in stabilization of some of the new units. The sector-wise and overall PLF is as under:
Year |
Central (%) |
State (%) |
Private (%) |
Overall (%) |
2007-08 |
86.7 |
71.9 |
90.8 |
78.8 |
2008-09 |
84.3 |
71.2 |
91 |
77.2 |
2009-10 (till December 2009) |
85.49 |
70.9 |
82.41 |
77.53 |
2010-11 (till December 2010) |
83.13 |
63.93 |
79.7 |
72.88 |
Source: Annual Report 2010-11, Ministry of Power, Government of India
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