Revolutionary Concept of Power management

For a clean and green planet…

With NO energy shortage…

 Can India be energy surplus in two
years – remember the green
revolution?

Yes
Our strategies and focus can help India to:
1. Become an energy surplus state within
two years with zero additional
generation.
2. Earn a very large number of Carbon
Points
 India 2006 – The Power scenario

 Power Shortage is a major problem for India -

leads to compounded problems with Low
frequency, tripping of generators and Load
shedding in nearly all parts of the country.

 Poor power factor, a feature of poor quality

equipment, leads to low voltage. Use of
equipments to correct voltage further
compounds the problem.
 India 2006 – The Power scenario,
contd.
 Power shortage/quality thus leads to large scale
use of Voltage Stabilisers, Inverters, Generators,
UPS Systems, etc.
 Such Electrical Equipments, which require
unwanted investments, in turn not only lead to
enhanced shortage in the overall situation but
also cause air and soil pollution by burning of
coal, diesel, etc.
 Widespread use of lead-acid batteries in these
equipments further causes pollution of soil and
water.
 What is the effect of
Stabilisers?

 Voltage Stabilisers don’t have efficiencies better than

80%. While a 1.5 Tr AC consumes 2 units; its stabiliser
consumes 0.4 units; it even consumes power if left ON
when AC is OFF.

 Assuming we have 10 Million ACs in India; on account

of stabilisers for ACs alone we lose around 4 million
units, even during peak hours, which is double the
power generated by many large generating stations.

 Assuming an AC runs for 5 hours in a day, this means a

loss of 20 million units per day.
What is the effect of Inverters?

 The average efficiency of the domestic inverters is

50% and unlike fuel-based generators, inverters
don’t generate power.
 There is an estimated 50 million inverters being
used for domestic purposes each consuming say
250W/day or 0.25 units. The power drain by
inverters is thus to the tune of 12.5 million units.
 Further, inverters use lead-acid batteries which
severely pollute the environment.
Other equipments-how they
affect
 UPS systems being like inverters
cause power wastage and pollution
by use of lead-acid batteries.

 Diesel/Kerosene gensets not only

cause pollution but also deplete
scarce natural resources.
Power Generation in India

 The total installed capacity in the

country is 1,26,000 MW.

 Assuming a plant load factor of 0.7,

the generation is 2,116.8 million
units/day.
Power loss – Pumps & Motors

 Pumps/Motors consume roughly 20% of total

electricity in India. An estimated 75% of this is
consumed by the pumps for agricultural sector
mainly for water/irrigation. The balance is for other
motor applications.
 Most Indian pumps operate at 33% efficiency while
motors have an average efficiency of 40%. These
cause heavy loss of electrical energy.
 Taking usage of 4 units at 4 hours/day, the
consumption in this category is over 250 million
units/day and the estimated loss is 160 million
units/day.
Power Generated – How does it
flow? Where does it go?
Generating Station

100 units
Transmission System –
4% losses

96 units
Unavoidable Distribution Billed to consumer –
Losses - 15% 53 units

82 units 20% loss

Pilferage -35% losses Energy usefully consumed –
29 units 42 units (max.)
Pilferage

 Pilferage (Power theft) in India is

responsible for the disappearance of
29% of electricity generated.

 In energy terms this amounts to

613.87 million units/day.
Simple Mathematics –
No rocket science

Power Generation capacity: 1,26,000 MW

Power available/day: 2116.80 MU
Power consumed/day -
Transmission line: 84.67 MU
Unavoidable distribution losses: 296.35 MU
Pilferage: 613.87 MU
Used by consumer (max.): 889.06 MU
Wasted by consumer (min.): 232.85 MU
MU – Million units/day
Power Loss Summary Table

Equipment Power Inst. Base Loss Million Loss

Loss Units/day (Cr. Rs./year)

Stabiliser 20% 10 Million 20.00 2,190.00

Inverter/UPS 50% 50 Million 12.50 1,368.75

Pumps 66% 11 Million 116.16 12,719.52

Motors 60% 5 Million 48.00 5,256.00

Others - - 36.19 3,962.81

Pilferage 29% - 613.87 67,218.77

Total=> 846.72 92,715.85

Investment at consumer and
national level
Each element of this loss means additional
equipment leading to mind-boggling capital
expenses by the Nation & the Consumer

PLUS

Higher energy costs and use of scarce fuel

resources.
Impact of wastage

At the national level all this wastage adds up

to 850 Million units/day against a capacity of
2,116.8 Million Units/day.

The cost of setting up a 1000 MW power

plant entails a capital cost of approx 5000 Cr.
Considering a plant load factor of 0.7, it
generates about 16.8 Million Units/day .
Transmission cost is another about 3000 Cr.
Cost of wastage
Wastage of 16.8 Million Units/day,
requires a capital outlay to the tune
of Rs. 8,000 Cr.
Wastage of 850 Million Units/day implies a
wasteful capital blockage of over Rs.
4,00,000 Crores with a recurring daily loss
of over Rs. 250 Cr. and an annual loss of
over Rs. 90,000 Cr !
 Delhi’s Power shortage woes

 Delhi’s peak power requirement is 3268

MW. A mere shortage of 160 MW has
created havoc during July first week with
heavy load shedding in the city.
 Further requirement stated is an additional
2000 MW to be added by 2010.
 Hindustan Times in its article on 11.7.06
declares that Delhi’s problem can’t be
solved before 2010 in any case. Not true!
Are Delhi’s power problems big?
 Delhi’s power requirements look
small in comparison to what we waste
by mismanagement of power.

 Adding generation is slow and long

term as compared to power saving
which can be done fast.
 National Level Statistics-T&D
 India has the reputation of having the
highest distribution losses in the world
with a figure of nearly 47%, ranking
above Burma with 36 % losses and
Bangladesh at 33 %.

 How do we bring these losses down

and become an energy surplus Nation?
 National Level Statistics-Generation

 All India Peak Load requirement for 2006~07 is 1,30,944

MW. Installed capacity is 1,26,000 MW.
 For the 10th Five year plan the capacity is to be
enhanced by 34,000 MW.
 Powerful energy management ideas can thus yield
saving of over 40,000 MW (1MU/day translates to around
60MW) placing us years ahead in our march to energy
availability, sufficiency and increased efficiency of
natural resource management plus lower pollutions.
 We can thus very comfortably realize the governments
declared goal of total self sufficiency of power by year
2012, much earlier.
Detrimental Environmental/
Financial effects
 Unwanted increase in emissions of smoke and
gas from burning of coal.
 Increased lead pollution from use of lead-acid
batteries in Inverters and UPS systems.
 Increased emission of smoke and gas from
gensets on account of burning of diesel/
kerosene to take care of power shortages.
 Rapid depletion of resources like petroleum and
coal.
 Besides the higher tariffs which the consumer
pays, the country also loses valuable foreign
exchange.
Is there a solution to all this wastage and chaos?

YES !

We have the solution….

 Our Commitment
Whereas we are capable of achieving
savings of over 20,000 MW, we can help
save 5,000 MW in the first instance,
provided a commitment is made to:
1. Implement the solutions nation-wide
2. Take care of our interests, commensurate
with the gains.