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From the President’s Desk Dear Friends, The Capital Goods sector is a critical element to boost manufacturing activity by providing critical inputs, that is, machinery and equipment. The sector also provides direct employment to 1.4 million people, the sector provides indirect employment to 7 million people and impacts users of capital goods estimated to be 50 times of the direct employment. Capital goods is a large sector with a market size of `282,000 Cr and total production of `230,000 Cr in 2014–15. Heavy Electrical Equipment is the largest sub-sector with market size of `157,522 Cr. The sector has been struggling over last 3 years with negative growth rate of 5.8% p.a. Production in 2014-15 at `136,953 Cr had increased by only 0.3% p.a. Import constituted 36% of total demand; and 26% of total production was exported. However in the year 2015-16, we observe positive growth in the electrical sector. Thanks to some central government funded projects in the power sector. Many IEEMA divisions have shown positive growth trend in the domestic market. In a turbulent global market this is good news for the Indian electrical industry. I am cautiously optimistic. The key to our sustained growth is how the states implement the projects and reduce their financial losses. The National Capital Goods Policy has been approved by the cabinet recently, it has taken and accepted significant number of IEEMA recommendations. Please see the details at http://www.dhi.nic.in/writereaddata/UploadFile/ NATIONAL%20CG%20POLICY.pdf. Page numbers 13-17, 19-20, 35-38, 46-47, 76-80, provide details directly relevant to electrical industry. The National Capital Goods Policy is expected to provide much needed impetus to the domestic industry. We live in a turbulent world, outcome of major events will impact all economies around the world. However we have reasonable fundamentals which will be strengthened by a good monsoon and low oil prices. IEEMA’s engagement with central and state government policy makers continues. I was delighted to participate in an IEEMA secretariat team building exercise recently. The enthusiasm and creativity was infectious. All of us came back charged along with some key activity plan to make the association more effective for all stakeholders. Together we can. Babu Babel 6 July 2016
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From the President’s Desk
Dear Friends,
The Capital Goods sector is a critical element to boost manufacturing activity by providing critical inputs, that is, machinery and equipment. The sector also provides direct employment to 1.4 million people, the sector provides indirect employment to 7 million people and impacts users of capital goods estimated to be 50 times of the direct employment. Capital goods is a large sector with a market size of `282,000 Cr and total production of `230,000 Cr in 2014–15.
Heavy Electrical Equipment is the largest sub-sector with market size of `157,522 Cr. The sector has been struggling over last 3 years with negative growth rate of 5.8% p.a. Production in 2014-15 at `136,953 Cr had increased by only 0.3% p.a. Import constituted 36% of total demand; and 26% of total production was exported.
However in the year 2015-16, we observe positive growth in the electrical sector. Thanks to some central government funded projects in the power sector. Many IEEMA divisions have shown positive growth trend in the domestic market. In a turbulent global market this is good news for the Indian electrical industry. I am cautiously optimistic. The key to our sustained growth is how the states implement the projects and reduce their financial losses.
The National Capital Goods Policy has been approved by the cabinet recently, it has taken and accepted significant number of IEEMA recommendations. Please see the details at http://www.dhi.nic.in/writereaddata/UploadFile/NATIONAL%20CG%20POLICY.pdf.
Page numbers 13-17, 19-20, 35-38, 46-47, 76-80, provide details directly relevant to electrical industry.
The National Capital Goods Policy is expected to provide much needed impetus to the domestic industry. We live in a turbulent world, outcome of major events will impact all economies around the world. However we have reasonable fundamentals which will be strengthened by a good monsoon and low oil prices.
IEEMA’s engagement with central and state government policy makers continues.
I was delighted to participate in an IEEMA secretariat team building exercise recently. The enthusiasm and creativity was infectious. All of us came back charged along with some key activity plan to make the association more effective for all stakeholders.
Together we can.
Babu Babel
6 July 2016
Samvaad...
Dear members
The month of June brought good news to the electrical equipment industry.
We welcome the National Capital Goods Policy of the Department of Heavy Industry, which is a major step to unleash the potential of this promising sector and is envisaged to contribute significantly to achieving the overall vision for manufacturing and “Make in India”. I am glad to share that the National Capital Goods Policy inherits many favourable aspects for creating conducing climate for the Indian electrical industry, which were part of recommendations of Mission Plan; the four point agenda by IEEMA accepted by the Government during the first meeting of “Make in India” chaired by the Prime Minister on 25th September 2014 and consistent policy advocacy by IEEMA in various forums of the Government.
The key recommendations of the National Capital Goods Policy includes, procurement of electrical equipment under local competitive bidding and not under Internationally Competitive Bidding in domestically funded projects under Ministry of Power, Ministry of Steel and Ministry of Non-Conventional Energy, CPSUs and in projects funded by Power Finance Corporation and Rural Electrification Corporation.
The policy also mandates testing of foreign equipment in Indian laboratories, like Central Power Research Institute and Electrical Research & Development Association, wherever test certificate is a prerequisite. The policy also emphasizes on directing REC/PFC to ensure that utilities follow a transparent two-part bidding process/e-tendering in procurement in central schemes and in projects funded by REC/ PFC. Also to foster collaborative R&D with application across the sector backed by the government or a government owned agency or by partly financing a consortium of companies. To extend Phased Manufacturing Programme for another 3 years beyond current validity of October 2015 for all State and Central Power Projects and to cover higher percentage of incentives to electrical and mechanical power generation equipment under Merchandise Exports from India Scheme.
I am sure the Policy would bear its fruit in bringing further growth and development of the domestic electrical equipment industry.
Sunil Misra
7July 2016
Contents
10 July 2016
Volume 7 Issue No. 11 July 2016 CIN U99999MH970GAP014629
Official Organ of Indian Electrical & Electronics Manufacturers’ Association Member: Audit Bureau of Circulation & The Indian Newspaper Society
the leading electrical & electronics monthly
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From the President’s Desk
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Samvaad
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Appointments
This new space in the IEEMA Journal will incorporate recent important appointments in the power and related sectors.
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Interview We are quite bullish about the developments in the Indian market:
Dr Herald Griem
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Cover story Growth review of Indian T&D Electrical Equipment Industry and trade scenarioThe Electrical equipments and Industrial Electronics industry is one of the most critical components of economic growth. Power sector in India is one of the most diversified and dynamic. Electricity demand in the country has increased rapidly over the years, and is expected to rise further in the years to come. In order to meet the increasing demand for electricity in the country, very significant addition to the installed generation capacity is required. And therefore, demand of equipments shall increase substantially in coming years.
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IEEMA EventAwareness Workshop on the Electrical transformer Quality Control OrderIEEMA Distribution Transformer Division organised a one day Awareness Workshop in Delhi with the support of the Department of Heavy Industries and the Ministry of Power on 30th May 2016 in New Delhi under the leadership of Mr. Pawan Jain, Chairman IEEMA DT Division and Mr. Alok Agarwal, Vice Chairman IEEMA DT Division. The Convenor of the workshop was Mr. Ajay Sanghi from Shree Krsna Urja. The workshop was also supported by Bureau of Indian Standards and Central Electricity Authority.
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InsightChallenges and Opportunities in large scale integration of wind energy into grid in emerging countries
India is the world’s third largest producer of electricity and achieved an electricity production of 1052 Twh in 2015. But despite being the world’s third largest producer of electricity, the per capita electricity consumption at 950 kwh is just about 30% of global average. The production / consumption is also characterized by regional imbalances, peak shortage and energy deficits.
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In focusNew Tariff Policy will Encourage Investment in Power Industries
The National Electricity Policy has set the goal of adding new generation capacity and enhancing per capita availability of electricity per year and to not only eliminate energy and peaking shortages but to also have a spinning reserve as specified by the Central Electricity Authority. Section 3 (1) of the Electricity Act, 2003 empowers the Central Government to formulate the tariff policy.
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Expert SpeakNeed of new Regulatory approach for Transmission Pricing
The electricity supply industry in many parts of the world transforming from regulated to deregulated structure. The main aim behind this transformation is to bring competition and efficiency in electricity market, which reduce the cost of power generation, transmission and distribution. In this deregulated power system various technical as well as economical issues are raised.
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Policy WatchNational Capital Goods Policy 2016 (NCGP 2016) and its impact on the Power / Electrical and Electronics Industry
After the reinvigorating the “Policy paralysis” nation and addressing the issues of key demand sectors (Power in this case), NCGP 2016 is an important, a much awaited and a sector specific boost for the Capital Goods Sector in India
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Guest articleElectricity Demand forecasting with Stochastic Time Series techniqueLoad forecast plays a crucial role in all aspects of planning, operation, and control of an electric power system. It is an essential function for operating a power network reliably and economically. According to the time horizon, load forecast can be classified as short term, midterm, and long term. . Three principal time factors affect the load pattern. These are seasonal effects, weekly/daily cycle, and legal/religious holidays, which play an important role in load patterns
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SME TalkOur aim is to provide smart,eco-friendly and hi-value-added products : Mr DPK UdasMr DPK Udas, Vice President, Goldstone Infratech Ltd speaks to IEEMA Journal about his company’s aim to become one stop shop for Power Transmission & Distribution Elements & Equipments. Excerpts from his interview.
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Tech Space Single Ended Fault Location Method for Transmission System Based on Travelling Wave Principle
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Tech Space Gearing Up for Accelerated Development of Nuclear Power
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Power ScenarioGlobal ScenarioIndian Scenario
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International News Siemens to merge wind power business with Gamesa
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National News IEEMA welcomes CEA decision
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Corporate News MNRE launches scheme for 1,000 MW wind projects
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Index to Advertisers
Awareness Workshop on Electrical Transformer Quality Control OrderFrom left to right: (Mr. Ajay Sanghi, Convenor of the Program; Mr. Pawan Jain, Chairman, IEEMA DT Division; Mr. Sunil Misra, DG, IEEMA, Dr. A.K.Verma, Joint Secretary, MoP; Mr. R.K.Singh, Jt. Secretary, DHI ; Mr. Varghese Joy, DDG, BIS; Mr. Alok Agarwal, Vice Chairman, IEEMA DT Division)
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Mr Vivekanand appointed Director (Finance), ONGC OVLMr Vivekanand has been appointed as Director (Finance), ONGC Videsh Limited. Earlier he was the GGM, ONGC, Videsh Limited.
Mr MK Mittal selected Director (Finance), NHPC Mr Mahesh Kumar Mittal, Director (Finance), DFCCIL, has been selected for the post of Director (Finance), National Hydro-Electric Power Corporation Limited at a Public Enterprises Selection Board meeting held on June 20, 2016. As many as 14 persons were interviewed for the same.
Mr DK Verma appointed CVO, DVCMr Devendra Kumar Verma, IFS (KL:86), has been appointed as Chief Vigilance Officer of the Damodar Valley Corporation.
Five Department of Heavy Industry PSUs get 7 Independent DirectorsThe Government has appointed Non-official Independent Directors in five PSUs under the Department of Heavy Industry. Those appointed are Krishna Kumar Singh in HEC, Sudhir Jhunjhunwala and Dr Dhanpat Ram Agarwal in AYCL, Raj Kumar Fulwaria in HMTMTL, Mahender Gupta in CCI and Yogesh Gautam and Ram Naresh Singh in ILK.
Mr S Chander appointed non-official Independent Director, NTPCThe Appointments Committee of the Cabinet has approved the proposal of the Ministry of Power for appointment of Seethapathy Chander as the Non-official Independent Director on the Board of NTPC Ltd.His appointment is for a period of three years or until further orders, whichever is earlier.
Mr Franz Cerwinka appointed Chairman, Hitachi HomeHitachi Home and Life Solutions (India) Limited has appointed Franz Cerwinka as a Chairman of the company. He will replace Shinichi lizuka who has resigned as Chairman as well as Director of the company.
Mr Suresh Chandra appointed as Union Law SecretarySenior legal service officer Suresh Chandra was appointed as Union Law Secretary. Chandra is currently Additional Secretary in the department. G Narayana Raju,
Legislative Secretary, was holding additional charge of the post of Secretary, Legal Affairs.
Mr Bipin R Patel appointed as President of Gujarat Chamber of Commerce and IndustryMr Bipin R Patel has been appointed as the President of Gujarat Chamber of Commerce and Industry (GCCI) for the term 2016-17. He succeeds Rohit J Patel. The decision in this regard was taken during the annual general meeting (AGM) of the GCCI. In another development, Shailesh Patwari was appointed as the Senior Vice-President of the chamber.
Dr Rajkumar Khatri appointed BDA commissionerDr. Rajkumar Khatri has been posted as the new commissioner of the Bangalore Development Authority
Mr Jag Mohan Singh Raju appointed CMD, TEDAMr Jag Mohan Singh Raju, Additional Chief Secretary, Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSME) Department has been appointed as CMD, Tamil Nadu Energy Development Corporation (TEDA).
Mr Deepak Mhaisekar appointed Chairman, National Institute of Technology, NagpurDeepak Mhaisekar, has been posted as chairman of the National Institute of Technology, Nagpur.
VACANCIESPowergrid Corporation of India Ltd Post: Director (Projects)The Public Enterprises Selection Board (PESB) is seeking qualified candidates for the post of DIRECTOR (PROJECTS), PGCIL. It is requested that names of candidates seniority-wise who are eligible as per job description for the said post alongwith their up-to-date bio-data (in the prescribed form) duly endorsed may kindly be forwarded to PESB by 21 July 2016.
Engineers India Ltd Post: Director (Projects)The Public Enterprises Selection Board (PESB) is seeking qualified candidates for the post of DIRECTOR (PROJECT), ENGINEERS INDIA LIMITED(EIL), a schedule “A” CPSE. It is requested that names of candidates seniority-wise who are eligible as per job description for the said post alongwith their up-to-date bio-data (in the prescribed form) duly endorsed may kindly be forwarded to PESB by 11th August 2016.
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APPOINTMENTS
Mr SS Roy appointed Directort (Technical-LWR), NPCILDistinguished Scientist S Singha Roy has been appointed as Director (Technical-LWR) of the Nuclear Power Corporation of India Limited. He will be holding the post till the date of his superannuation, or until further orders.
Mr SK Jha appointed Director (P & M), MIDHANIThe Appointments Committee of the Cabinet (ACC) has approved the proposal of the Department of Defence Production for appointment of Mr S K Jha to the post of Director (Production & Marketing) in Mishra Dhatu Nigam Limited (MIDHANI), Hyderabad for a period of five years.
Mr UC Muktibodh appointed Director (Technical), NPCILDistinguished Scientist UC Muktibodh has been appointed as Director (Technical) of the Nuclear Power Corporation of India Limited.
Mr Chinmoy Gangopadhyay selected as Director (Project), PFCChinmoy Gangopadhyay has been selected for the post of Director (Project) in the Power Finance Corporation Limited (PFC) by the Public Enterprises Selection Board (PESB).
Arno Harris joins Azure Power’s Board of DirectorsAzure Power, India’s leading solar power company, announced the appointment of Arno Harris, Former Founder, CEO and Chairman of Recurrent Energy, one of North America’s leading utility-scale solar project developers, as an independent director.
Govt. announces several Additional Secretary-level appointmentsThe Appointments Committee of the Cabinet (ACC) has approved several Additional Secretary-level appointments, including that of Ms. Shalini Prasad as Additional Secretary, Ministry of Power.
Ms. Prasad, an Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officer of the 1985 batch (Uttar Pradesh cadre), presently in her cadre, will succeed Mr. Badri Narain Sharma, IAS (RJ:1985) on his appointment as Additional Secretary, Department of Revenue, Ministry of Finance.
An official press release said that Ms. Madhulika P Sukul, IDAS (1982), presently in her cadre, has been appointed as Additional Secretary, Department of
Consumer Affairs, Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution vice Mr. G. Gurucharan, IAS (KN:1982) on his appointment as Secretary (Performance Management), Cabinet Secretariat.
Mr. Rajani Ranjan Rashmi, IAS (MN:1983), Additional Secretary, Department of Commerce, Ministry of Commerce and Industry has been appointed as Additional Secretary, Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change vice Mr. Hem Kumar Pande, IAS (WB:1982) on his appointment as Secretary, Department of Official Language, Ministry of Home Affairs.
Mr. Girish Chandra Murmu, IAS (GJ:1985), Additional Secretary, Department of Expenditure, Ministry of Finance has been appointed as Additional Secretary, Department of Financial Services, Ministry of Finance vice Ms. Snehlata Shrivastava, IAS (MP:1982) on her appointment as Secretary, Department of Justice, Ministry of Law and Justice.
Ms. Amita Prasad, IAS (KN:1985), Joint Secretary, Ministry of Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation has been appointed as Additional Secretary, Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change vice Mr. Susheel Kumar, IAS (UP:1982) on his appointment as Secretary (Border Management), Ministry of Home Affairs.
Mr. Nikhilesh Jha, IAS (MN:1984), Additional Secretary, Ministry of Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation has been appointed as Additional Secretary and Financial Adviser, Department of Food and Public Distribution, Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution vice Mr. Prabhas Kumar Jha, IAS (UP:1982) on his appointment as Secretary, Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs.
Mr. U P Singh, IAS (OR:1985), Additional Secretary, Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas as Additional Secretary, Ministry of Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation vice Mr. Nikhilesh Jha.
VACANCIESBureau of Energy EfficiencyPost: SecretaryBureau of Energy Efficiency (BEE) is a statutory body under the Ministry of Power has invited applications from the officers of Central or State Governments holding a post not below the rank of Deputy Secretary to the Government of India in the parent cadre for the post of Secretary in Bureau of Energy Efficiency on deputation basis
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Interview
18 July 2016
In Oct 2015, Dr Griem moved to India as head of Energy management Division. The Division is the
largest in Siemens Ltd with 11 state of the art factories, enjoying market leadership in most products in the area of Electrification, Automation and Digitalisation. Talking about the challenges in the Indian power sector he said, “There is a very high demand and need for electrification. India is currently the seventh-largest market in the world in terms of Transmission and Distribution with one of the highest growth rates of 7% per annum, which gives us a lot of things to do. We are happy to be able to provide a wide range of High Voltage to Low Voltage products made in India. We have localized many products which cater to the India-specific requirements. Now that the Government has put more mechanisms in place, especially on the renewable generation, we think that it will further stimulate the T&D investments. The UDAY scheme which is helping the Discoms on the financial side should also release more investments. We are quite bullish about the developments in the Indian market.”
Sharing his thoughts on the quantum of T&D losses in India he states, “Today, they stand above 25%, both technical and non-technical. We believe that the key to reducing losses is the Smart Grid. You start with the network analysis to look at where you have the losses occur. Putting sensors in the right locations improve your knowledge about where/which type of losses. Then comes the analysis phase with our PSS Tools for Transmission and SINCAL for distribution, how the grid architecture is coping with the load and loss issues.
Out of this analysis come a set of recommendations on intelligent hardware such as Ring Main Units and Medium Voltage Switchgear that can use local data and communicate it to the load dispatch and grid control centre. So once you connect the electric hardware through automation you then start making your grid smart. This, we believe will be the main push to reduce the losses from the technical side.”
He added, “And then of course you have got the commercial avenues which several of the innovative Discoms are pursuing, whom we are working with. Their business models basically increase their revenue base by creating more metering points through customer engagement.”
We are quite bullish about the developments in the Indian market: Dr Harald Griem
On renewable energy opportunities in India, Dr. Griem said, “I personally think that India is taking some very bold steps with 160 GW of renewables over the next few years. We have already collected good experiences in some of the grids, mainly in Europe, with very high influx of renewable generation. As an example, in Germany on a windy summer day 50 percent of the generation comes from wind and solar. And the grid there has been able to cope with it. There has not been any significant amount of disturbances in the grid caused by that high renewable portion.”
“The key is having the right grid control software in place to monitor the load and demand very well. This also ensures that you can especially cope with short term fluctuations that
are typical for solar and wind. At the NRLDC (Northern Region Load Dispatch Center), we have installed the SPEKTRUM® 7 Software solution, which
enables POSOCO to monitor and control the grids in seven states of Northern India,” said Dr. Griem.
Dr Harald Griem, Head - Energy Management Division, Siemens Ltd. speaks to IEEMA Journal about the challenges and the opportunities that he sees in the Indian power sector
CoverStory
22 July 2016
The Electrical equipment’s and Industrial Electronics
industry is one of the most crit ical components of economic growth. Power sector in India is one of the most diversified and dynamic. Electricity demand in the country has increased rapidly over the years, and is expected to rise further in the years to come. In order to meet the increasing demand for electricity in the country, very significant addition to the installed generation capacity
Current Installed Capacity (as on 31st March 2016)
(MW)
Ownership/ Sector State Private Central Total
Coal 64321 69462 51390 185173
Gas 6975 9978 7555 24509
Diesel 439 555 0 994
Sub Total 71734 79995 58945 210675
Nuclear 0 0 5780 5780
Hydro 28092 3120 11571 42783
RES (MNRE) 1964 40886 0 42849
Total 101790 124001 76297 302088
Source: Central Electricity Authority
is required. And therefore, demand of equipment’s shall increase substantially in coming years. But how much of this demand would be available to Indian Industry in current global trade environment depends upon reforms in domestic and international policies.
The growth in electrical equipments and electronics industry does not show a similar trend in its sales due to imports. Imports over the years have taken significant
share of country’s total demand. Growth in domestic sales of electrical equipments and industrial electronics items remained low, albeit growth in power sector; 4th Quarter of 2015-16 showed just 4.85% growth over same period of previous year. Industry witnessed as increase in imports of 9% and decline of 3% in exports. Albeit decline, exports remained high reaching 42% of total T&D goods trade from 39% last year; increase in exports could be seen in Transformers, Cables, Conductors, MCBs, Meters, Insulators, etc.
Mr Babu Babel President, IEEMA says, “Liquidity in the system seems to be increasing, resulting in release of orders; however there is need to further boost funding as large number of projects in transmission need to materialize. The decline in order book position of Transformers indicate this. The Industry still is cautiously optimistic for next at least 2 quarters based on the enquiries generated. Industry is also eager for mergers & acquisitions for technology, upgradation and to evolve a differentiating factor in the fierce competition. “
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Growth in Installed Capacity since 6th Five Year Plan
(MW)
Plan Coal Gas Diesel Nuclear Hydro RES Total
End of 6th Plan 26311 542 177 1095 14460 0 42585
End of 7th Plan 41237 2343 165 1565 18308 18 63636
End of 8th Plan 54154 6562 294 2225 21658 902 85795
End of 9th Plan 62131 11163 1135 2720 26269 1628 105046
End of 10th Plan 71121 13692 1202 3900 34654 7761 132329
End of 11th Plan 112022 18381 1200 4780 38990 24503 199877
End of March 2016 185173 24509 994 5780 42783 38822 298060
Source: Central Electricity Authority
Quarterly Growth Index of 2015-16
Product Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4
LT Motors -3.7 1.8 -5.5 -9
HT Motors 24.1 1.5 23.4 30.6
Alternators 0.5 9.8 -1.2 4
FHP Motors 4.5 13.8 8.5 -18.6
Rotating Machines 3.9 6.4 2.8 -2
Power Contactors -7.7 -0.8 -2.2 8.1
LT Circuit Breakers 3 1.3 -4.6 11.7
MCB 34.2 40 -8.4 13.5
S/F & F/S Units -5.8 11.8 32.1 7.2
LV Switchgear 10.7 14 -3.9 11.3
HV Switchgear -5.3 7.8 -0.5 1.7
Switchgear 7.1 12.6 -3.2 9.4
Power Cables: PVC 11.3 0.6 18.9 1.6
Control Cables & other Special Purpose Cables
36.2 0.9 12.8 -8.9
Cables 19.7 0.7 17 -1.6
Power Transformers 6.4 12.3 38.9 24.8
Distribution Transformers 27.1 -3.1 -1.2 2.6
Transformers 19.2 2.8 15.9 12
HT Capacitors 8.1 35.4 1.4 -24.9
LT Capacitors -18 -4.6 17.5 24.7
Capacitors -10.5 6.8 12.1 8.1
Energy Meters 37.8 2.7 8.6 5.9
Energy Meters 37.8 2.7 8.6 5.9
T.L.T. -25.6 -13.1 1.2 5.2
Conductors 47.3 24.3 0.7 8.3
Transmission Lines 12.9 6.7 1 6.5
Total 14.8 5.22 7.64 4.84
Industry Updates (2015- 16)
Addition to Power Generation during Apr-Mar FY16: 23,977 MW (excl. New Renewable Energy)
Total Addition till Mar 2016 during 12th plan: 84,991 MW (Achievement of 95% against 12th Plan Target) (excl. New Renewable Energy)
Total installed Capacity at the end of March 2016 : 2,98,060 MW the clean energy sector achieved capacity addition of 6,938 MW in FY 16 led by Solar (4.4 GW)
Clean energy addition till Mar 2016 during 12th plan : 17,813 MW
Majority of electrical equipments and industrial electronics goods started receiving Merchandise Exports from India Scheme (MEIS) under country’s Foreign Trade Policy (FTP 2015- 2020) from April 2015 post announcement of FTP on 1st April 2015. Reward under MEIS bolstered exports of the industry to some extent. Further, Indian Industry’s own efforts with support from the Govt. in exploring new export markets like Gulf, branding, etc., could give rise to total exports from the country.
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Certain products which seemed to be under threat of injury due to imports were Motors and Polymer Insulators. Imports from China and Korea continued to take away share of those products in Indian Market. Further, China, as always remained one of the biggest threat due to a different economics of its pricing system, which includes low wages for high quality work, privacy & counterfeiting, minimal worker health & safety regulations, lax environment regulations and enforcement, export subsidies, industrial network clustering, FDI and undervalued currency. Moreover, certain operational trade agreements like India- Japan CEPA, India- Korea CEPA and India- ASEAN FTA, which influenced the
overall dynamics of trade, continued to have had adverse effect on the Indian Industry. Indian Electrical Equipment industry has been significantly affected adversely by India- Korea CEPA and India- Japan CEPA. Efforts should have been made to decrease that trade deficit by signing the agreements; however, trade deficit infact increased significantly. Trade agreements under negotiation pose additional threat; however, informed decision by the Govt. based on inputs from the industry should minimize any adverse impact.
Govt. has come up with certain schemes and announcements in 2015- 16, which helped and shall help Indian Industry in facing fierce competition. Introduction of various schemes for MSME sector, including
Addition to Power Generation during Apr-Mar FY16: 23,977 MW (excl. New Renewable Energy)
Total Addition till Mar 2016 during 12th plan: 84,991 MW (Achievement of 95% against 12th Plan Target) (excl. New Renewable Energy)
Total installed Capacity at the end of March 2016 : 2,98,060 MW the clean energy sector achieved capacity addition of 6,938 MW in FY 16 led by Solar (4.4 GW)
Clean energy addition till Mar 2016 during 12th plan : 17,813 MW
TransmissionAddition in ‘CKM’ during 12
th
Sub-station Addition in MVA/ MW during 12
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400 KV Transmission & Sub-Station completion is over achieved in 4 years of 12th
Plan only HVDC and 765kV will be the key focus area 1200 KV transmission is reportedly started thru National Test station @ Bina (MP) in May 16
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400 KV Transmission & Sub-Station completion is over achieved in 4 years of 12th Plan only HVDC and 765kV will be the key focus area 1200 KV transmission is reportedly started thru National Test station @ Bina (MP) in May 16
Trade Agreements under NegotiationsTrade Agreement Countries Status
India EU BTIA India and EU- 28 Negotiations re- started
India Srilanka CEPA India and Srilanka Unlikely to be signed
India Thailand CEPA India and Thailand About to be signed
India Mauritius CEPA India and Mauritius -
India EFTA BTIA India, Iceland, Norway, Liechtenstein and Switzerland -
India New Zealand India and New Zealand -
India Israel FTA India and Israel -
India SACU PTA India, South Africa, Botswana, Lesotho, Swaziland and Namibia -
BIMSTEC CECA India, Bangladesh, Myanmar, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Bhutan and Nepal -
India GCC India, Saudi Arabia, Oman, Kuwait, Bahrain, Qatar and Yemen -
India Canada CEPA India and Canada Govt. taking inputs
India Indonesia CECA India and Indonesia -
India Australia CEPA India and Australia Govt. taking inputs
RCEP India, ASEAN States, China, Japan, South Korea, Australia and New Zealand Govt. taking inputs
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Technology Acquisition Development Fund (TADF) shall encourage already eager industry for mergers & acquisitions. In Union Budget it was announced to 100% electrify rural areas and provide support to agriculture sector- both of which shall create demand for certain electrical equipments. Industry should aim to capture such opportunities well in time, given that imports are already capturing significant share in Indian Market, and have the potential to tap such opportunities available in Indian Market. Also, Govt. announced increase in
basic customs duty from 7.5% to 10% on many tariff lines pertaining to electrical equipments and industrial electronics. Further, Department of Heavy Industries announced “National Capital Goods Policy”, which aims at increasing the share of capital goods contribution from present 12% to 20% of total manufacturing activity by 2025. Active participation of the industry to help early execution of capital goods policy is expected in this regard.
Growth in renewable and innovative energy is fast picking, thereby creating opportunities for domestic manufacturers. National Wind Mission (NWM) as expected is to set a target of reaching wind power generation to 60,000 MW by 2022 with an investment of Rs 1000000 crore. This sets the industry an ambitious
EU’s Import Market and India’s Presence
Product EU Market (Rs.
Crores) India’s Share
Cables 74904 1%
Industrial Electronics 51240 1%
LT Switchgears 36180 3%
Turbines 33402 1%Rotating Machines Motors 29466 2%
Custom Built Products 26646 1%Measuring and Indicating Instruments 12066 2%
Transformers 11544 4%
Capacitors 10470 2%
Rotating Machines Parts 10416 4%
Electric Lamps 8088 2%
Conductors 6540 2%Rotating Machines Generating Sets 4308 3%
HT Switchgears 3642 2%
Insulators & Fittings 3498 4%Rotating Machines A.C. Generators 2946 3%
Winding Wires 2184 3%
Boilers 2082 2%Transmission Line Towers 1158 0%
BIS ~ Number of Standards PublishedSector Standards Published
Chemicals 1650
Civil Engineering 1738
Electro Technical 1511
Electronics, Telecommunication and IT 1489
Food and Agriculture 1927
Management Systems 277
Mechanical Engineering 1155
Medical Equipments 1144
Metallurgy 1655
Petroleum, Coal 1347
Production and General Engineering 2082
Textiles 1160
Transport Engineering 1124
Water Resources 434
Mr Sunil Misra, Director General, IEEMA is of the view that “ Q4 results disappoint the industry with just 4.85% growth over same period in the previous year. The Growth can be seen in sectors like Conductor, Transformer, Meters etc while there is moderate growth in Switchgear, RM, Cable etc.While the government’s initiatives can result into some positive growth in recent times. The central theme is about transforming India into a manufacturing hub with world class technology. IEEMA being one of the proud partners of the ‘Make in India’ campaign has been vigorously pursuing with the policy makers to promote made in India products with state-of-the-art technology.”
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annual target of approx. 5000 MW/ year up to 2022. Also, it aims to add further capacity through a mix of fiscal incentives to encourage adoption of new technologies and flow of global investments. Though there is significant opportunity available to domestic industry, chances of substitution by foreign players especially China cannot be undermined. China’s capital goods industry has large number of subsidy schemes available to them. Together with domestic reforms and industry efforts, it is important for industry to utilize certain trade defence tools like anti- subsidy duty in order to protect its rights and remain competitive. China has about 50+ subsidy programs which are countervaliable. Two anti- subsidy investigations have been initiated so far by India. First case was initiated on 14th Jan 2009 concerning imports of Sodium Nitrite from China. The initiation was terminated on 12th Jan 2010 upon withdrawal of petition by the petitioner. The second case initiated on 29th May 2014 concerning imports of Castings for Wind
Number of Technical Barriers to Trade (TBTs) for India under Chapter 85
Country TBTs Country TBTs
United States of America 224 Colombia 9
Saudi Arabia, Kingdom of 181 Japan 9
Israel 149 Kuwait, the State of 7
Ecuador 137 Turkey 7
China 102 New Zealand 6
Brazil 43 Pakistan 6
Chinese Taipei 37 Qatar 5
Thailand 36 Korea, Republic of 4
Canada 33 Cuba 3
Australia 32 Georgia 3
South Africa 25 Trinidad and Tobago 3
Jordan 24 Ukraine 3
Kenya 22 Chile 2
Uganda 21 Costa Rica 2
Bahrain, Kingdom of 17 Dominican Republic 2
Mexico 17 Gabon 2
Rwanda 16 Philippines 2
United Arab Emirates 16 Viet Nam 2
Malaysia 15 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 1
Peru 14 European Union 1
Singapore 13 Ghana 1
Indonesia 12 Hong Kong, China 1
Botswana 9 Switzerland 1
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Operated Electricity Generator from China. The second case investigations were concluded on 27th November 2015, thereby, India successfully imposed anti- subsidy duty on imports of Castings for Wind Operated Electricity Generator from China. Out of 45 schemes considered by the authority, 23 schemes were determined to be countervaliable. Based on quantification of those 23 schemes, anti- subsidy duty recommended by the authority was 8.78 - 13.44%.
Further, given that 5- 6 years down the line tariff rates shall becomes almost 0% globally owing to large number of trade agreements including three mega trade agreements viz. Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP), Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) and Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP), industry needs to explore new export markets, introduce Non Tariff Measures (NTMs), including Technical Barriers to Trade (TBTs) and create standards like developed countries to keep itself protected along with sustained growth. At present industry’s export presence is negligible. If this untapped market is captured, industry would be able to utilize its idle capacities also.
Non-Tariff Measures (NTMs) are for trade protection – NTMs on imports restrict imports and NTMs on exports are impediment to exports. However, India as on date is facing higher number of NTMs than what it has imposed on partner countries.
BIS has formulated about 18693 standards by now; however, there are no or limited standards from Capital
Goods. Industry needs to make efforts and get introduced BIS standards which are then recognized globally.
Overall, in 2015-16, majority of industry’s growth was driven by domestic demand although there were increase in exports for Transformers, Cables, Conductors, MCBs, Meters, insulators etc. Further, among T&D, distribution segment seemed to be getting pushed by Central Electricity Authority (CEA) through Integrated Power Development (IPDs) & Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Jyoti Yojana (DDUGJY) funding by Ministry of Power (MoP) with over 40 thousand crores of work in pipeline. Liquidity in the system increased resulting in release of orders; however further boost to the funding would materialize a large number of projects in transmission segment. Industry is therefore cautiously optimistic for at least next 2 quarters of 2016-17.
Upto ` 3000 crore per annum have been allocated to facilitate investments
` 8500 crores for Deendyal Upadhyaya Gram Jyoti Yojana and Integrated Power Development Scheme (IPDS)
` 5036 crores to Ministry of New and Renewable Energy
` 246246 crores to infrastructure & energy sector
` 1804 crores for investment promotion and amended technology upgradation fund scheme
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Operated Electricity Generator from China. The second case investigations were concluded on 27th November 2015, thereby, India successfully imposed anti- subsidy duty on imports of Castings for Wind Operated Electricity Generator from China. Out of 45 schemes considered by the authority, 23 schemes were determined to be countervaliable. Based on quantification of those 23 schemes, anti- subsidy duty recommended by the authority was 8.78 - 13.44%.
Further, given that 5- 6 years down the line tariff rates shall becomes almost 0% globally owing to large number of trade agreements including three mega trade agreements viz. Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP), Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) and Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP), industry needs to explore new export markets, introduce Non Tariff Measures (NTMs), including Technical Barriers to Trade (TBTs) and create standards like developed countries to keep itself protected along with sustained growth. At present industry’s export presence is negligible. If this untapped market is captured, industry would be able to utilize its idle capacities also.
Non-Tariff Measures (NTMs) are for trade protection – NTMs on imports restrict imports and NTMs on exports are impediment to exports. However, India as on date is facing higher number of NTMs than what it has imposed on partner countries.
BIS has formulated about 18693 standards by now; however, there are no or limited standards from Capital
Goods. Industry needs to make efforts and get introduced BIS standards which are then recognized globally.
Overall, in 2015-16, majority of industry’s growth was driven by domestic demand although there were increase in exports for Transformers, Cables, Conductors, MCBs, Meters, insulators etc. Further, among T&D, distribution segment seemed to be getting pushed by Central Electricity Authority (CEA) through Integrated Power Development (IPDs) & Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Jyoti Yojana (DDUGJY) funding by Ministry of Power (MoP) with over 40 thousand crores of work in pipeline. Liquidity in the system increased resulting in release of orders; however further boost to the funding would materialize a large number of projects in transmission segment. Industry is therefore cautiously optimistic for at least next 2 quarters of 2016-17.
Upto ` 3000 crore per annum have been allocated to facilitate investments
` 8500 crores for Deendyal Upadhyaya Gram Jyoti Yojana and Integrated Power Development Scheme (IPDS)
` 5036 crores to Ministry of New and Renewable Energy
` 246246 crores to infrastructure & energy sector
` 1804 crores for investment promotion and amended technology upgradation fund scheme
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Awareness Workshop on Electrical Transformer Quality Control Order
Background: Department of Heavy Industries (DHI) had issued Electrical Transformer (Quality Control) Order 2015, which has already come into force. With this Order, it is mandatory to manufacture, and also to procure, Distribution Transformers up to 2.5 MVA in line with IS 1180(Part-1):2014 with standard ISI mark. Utilities in the country are generally not following this Order seriously, and many utilities are still floating tenders with non-standard ratings and non- BIS certified transformers. Apart from non-adherence by the purchaser to the provisions of the Order, there are serious issues pertaining to sampling, testing, BIS Guidelines, old contracts where deliveries are still pending and so on. Most of these issues have come up due to lack of awareness amongst the stakeholders.
To create awareness among all stakeholders including State and Private distribution utilities, CPSUs, EPC Contractors, Inspecting Agencies, Manufacturers, Standardising Agencies, and Testing Laboratories etc. this workshop was conducted.
IEEMA Distribution Transformer Division organised a one day Awareness Workshop in Delhi with
the support of Department of Heavy Industries and Ministry of Power on 30th May 2016 in New Delhi under the leadership of Mr. Pawan Jain, Chairman IEEMA DT Division and Mr. Alok Agarwal, Vice Chairman IEEMA DT Division. The Convenor of the workshop was Mr. Ajay Sanghi from Shree Krsna Urja. The workshop was supported by Bureau of Indian Standards and Central Electricity Authority.Mr. R.K.Singh, Joint Secretary, DHI was the Chief Guest for the Workshop. Dr. A.K.Verma, Joint Secretary, Ministry of Power was the guest of honour.
The workshop was attended by more than 200 participants among them 73 officials were from 42 State Power Distribution Companies from 23 states. More than 40 officials were from different Govt. /Semi Govt. sectors from MoP, CEA, BIS, BEE, CPRI, NTPC, REC, PFC, ERDA etc.
From left to right: (Mr. Ajay Sanghi, Convenor of the Program; Mr. Pawan Jain, Chairman, IEEMA DT Division; Mr. Sunil Misra, DG, IEEMA, Dr. A.K.Verma, Joint Secretary, MoP; Mr. R.K.Singh, Jt. Secretary, DHI ; Mr. Varghese Joy, DDG, BIS; Mr. Alok Agarwal, Vice Chairman, IEEMA DT Division)
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Mr. Sunil Misra, Director General, IEEMA thanked members of IEEMA/Non-Members and guests who came from various state utilities and central organisations of Government of India for participating in this workshop. DG, IEEMA said that “Quality has come probably because the consumer had demanded it. The consumer had demanded it because one was not buying 99 percent of the production through public procurement or L1. But it was being paid for by an individual who would demand quality and if you don’t produce quality, probably you are not going to be there in the market. Market forces will make you exit. Public procurement has its own limitations. There is the condition of L1. He said that today we do not have the consideration of lifecycle cost. One thing which we are struggling with and we would like to see in future is; public procurement taking into consideration lifecycle cost and not purely L1 as a consideration to buy. Quality also has implications on efficiency, life of the product and also safety.”
Mr Pawan Jain, Chairman of IEEMA Distribution Transformer Division
Mr. Pawan Jain in his opening remarks informed that it is very important for all of us to understand the new Quality Control Order which has come and this has to be followed 100 percent in totality.
He requested Joint Secretary, DHI, Mr. R.K.Singh to have a co-ordination/Monitoring Committee for the next 6 months consisting of BIS, CPRI, ERDA, DHI so that any confusion lying with the stakeholders would be nicely addressed and resolved. He said that if this is followed for the
next six months, everything will be in line and everything will be systematic. He informed utilities that this change has been brought after a lot of hard work done by the team and it took them more than six month’s time to make the amendments happen. Lot of things has been
changed in IS 1180. He requested the utilities to be open to accept all these changes and requested them to change their specifications in line with that.
Mr Varghese Joy, Deputy Director General, Bureau of Indian StandardsMr. Joy Varghese during his address informed the participants that Transformer certification is a little complex, issue, the reason being that transformer itself is a unique product for certification. It is not available off the shelf, it is not available in the market to buy a market sample and it is not a mass produced item. Testing is costly, transportation is difficult and most of the tests cannot be carried out in the factory. Testing takes time. Technically also, it is slightly complex compared to many other products. Because of this reason, the certification itself has to be looked into in a different way compared to the normal product.
He further said that, Bureau of Indian Standard main certification procedures have been aligned with ISO Grade 17067 Type 4. Under the type 4 of 17067, there are requirements like factory visit, preliminary inspection factory samples review, market surveillance, market sample, feedback. All these are part of the Type 4 scheme. The transformer certification fits into this and because of this, our procedures, our guidelines would be aligned with this. As on today, we are satisfying more than 947 products and transformer is one among them. More than 30000 licences are operated by the Bureau of Indian Standards in this product certification alone and these certifications are given through the branches located in India. BIS have more than 33 branches all over India and practically every state has got an office and every region has got a regional office supervising the activities of the branches also. It is, therefore, easier for any manufacturer to approach the branches and then take the guidance as well as the certification services.
He also informed the participants that when they started the certification of the transformer in BIS, we understood that like other products, we have the scheme of testing and inspection for each product. For transformer also, we have got the scheme of testing and inspection. We understood that actually STA alone will not make it homogeneous or simpler to do the certification and hence we brought out these guidelines. These guidelines have been revised twice and the latest guideline is dated 30th November 2015. These guidelines are formed by Bureau of Indian Standards not just like that. It is
Shri Sunil Misra, Director General, IEEMA addressing the participants during the Workshop
Mr. Varghese Joy, Deputy Director General of Bureau of Indian Standards during his address
Mr. Pawan Jain, Chairman IEEMA Distribution Transformer Division addressing the audience during the Awareness Workshop
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actually formulated by the BIS after wide consultations with the manufacturers, associations, technical experts in the committee, laboratory members. He informed that the these guidelines, they have also solved many of the issues which emerged in the past like bringing homogeneity in certification like counter samples are not required, redefining of the load, marking fee clarifications, technical declaration required during the certification, priority in giving the certifications, the requirements not covered in the test report and how to deal with that and so on.
He lastly said that one of the benefits of this mandatory certification of transformer is the country is getting the benefit of standardization.
Inaugural Address by Mr RK Singh, Joint Secretary, DHI
Mr. RK Singh during his inaugural address welcomed all the Power Distribution Companies from different states and acknowledges their problem of old orders/running contracts. He informed the participants that Quality Control Orders (QCO) should be followed by due diligence by all stakeholders including the manufacturers. Mr. Singh informed participants that many state utilities had written to DHI for an extension of
the QCO, however he denied for an further extension stating that the orders should be applicable from 1st of February 2016 to all new tenders/contracts however, confirmed purchase orders which are issued prior to 1st of February 2016 may be exempted from the purview of Quality Control Order and assured that DHI will grant the relaxation.
Mr. Singh informed that his address would be limited to two phases: pre QCO that first came into being in 2014 and subsequently in 2015 and then subsequent developments that has led us to being here in this workshop. Every country has a growth map, a development map and after independence, India also had a growth map. First of all, agriculture received too much of attention if is seen the first and second Five-Year Plans but subsequently, service sector also received attention but this time, when we are in 2016 to be precise, the industrial growth is considered to be panacea to all the ills plaguing our economy and of late, manufacturing sector of industry is getting too
much of attention. Now if we talk of manufacturing sector, capital goods is a very important sector and the manufacturing of transformer falls within the category of that. He said that by looking at the working report of Planning Commission that was prepared for 12th Five-Year Plan that started in 2012 terminating in 2017, the working report on industry in particular, two things are being talked about this manufacturing sector. One is the cost competitiveness because we are not cost competitive. He further said that if we look at the global products, global standards, its benchmark prices, in terms of cost competitiveness we were not very close to the best ones. And the second was dearth of technology. In other words, we can say that India lagged behind in technological performance of any product compared to the best ones in the world. These two were considered to be the focus areas.
When we talk about cost competitiveness, you can look at Chinese products. They are very cost-competitive but in terms of quality, the least said the better. In terms of quality, if you look at German products and maybe, Japanese products, they are considered to be the best ones but in terms of cost, maybe, they would be notching a bit higher prices. So the 12th Five Year Plan talked about a decent blend of these two and that should have been the roadmap for us when it came to these sectors and certainly, we have adopted that.
Now when we talk of technological dearth, quality control becomes a very essential component and that’s how the genesis of this Quality Control Order came. Now, there was a meeting held way back in 2013 in January in National Manufacturing Competitiveness Council and after too much of deliberations, it was decided that we should have a Quality Control Order in respect of distribution transformers. That is how it started. There were three broad objectives because the experience showed that the failure rate of distribution transformer was way too high. The first objective was to reduce the failure of distribution transformers and the second, of course, was the improvement in the quality of the distribution transformer and the third objective that emanated from this was restricting the manufacturing and sale of substandard distribution transformers. Based on these three objectives and detailed deliberations, interactions between various stakeholders and IEEMA has been a part and parcel of that all along.
Mr. Singh further said that at the very outset that this Quality Control Order is there for all of us for the betterment
of this country, for the betterment of society, for the betterment of the ultimate consumer, that is, an individual person who is availing power from various discoms.
In the end Mr. Singh thanked IEEMA for organising this Workshop and welcomed the suggestion of Mr. Pawan Jain for formulation of a co-ordination/monitoring committee to
Mr. R.K.Singh, Jt. Secretary, DHI during his inaugural address of the Awareness Workshop
When we talk about cost competitiveness, you can look at Chinese products. They are very cost-competitive but in terms of quality, the least said the better. In terms of quality, if you look at German products and maybe, Japanese products, they are considered to be the best ones but in terms of cost,
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going to improve and their failure is going to reduce. There cannot be more emphasis than this that for adequate reliable supply in the country which is going to be the motto of the electricity distribution in this country, if ‘power for all 24x7’ is our objective, then we cannot afford to have low quality or substandard equipment’s in our system. And then the quality control not only of the transformer but all the materials that we are using is of very high importance particularly transformer being a very crucial apparatus and instrument in the system, we have to be much careful about it.
At the end Dr. Verma said that whether a manufacturer or a repair agency or a utility to be ready to use the transformer of only specified standards, also to have a manufacturing capacity like that, also to have a repairing capacity like that and be the part of a good system, a quality system and that is what we all aspire for.
Vote of Thanks by Mr Alok Agarwal, Vice Chairman, IEEMA DT Division
Mr. Alok Agarwal , Vice Chairman propose the vote of thanks on behalf of IEEMA DT division at the end of the inaugural session of the workshop. He conveyed his special thanks to Shri R K Singh. You have been a source of inspiration for us, always encouraging us to organise such workshops with the participation of all stakeholders. Your guidance and advice has eventually resulted in such a large participation today. I would just like to share a piece of
information that we have more than 75 officials from 42 discoms from 23 states amongst us today. He also acknowledge his thanks to Dr A K Verma for his guidance and assistance in organising this workshop. Our thanks to Shri Varghese Joy who has always been helpful in understanding our issues in respect to the certification. Our special thanks to senior officials from DHI, MoP, CEA, BIS, CPRI and ERDA for the guidance and assistance provided from time to time in making
this workshop happen. My special thanks to participants from utilities who have taken pains to travel to Delhi from all parts of country for participating in this workshop. I also thank my industry colleagues who have wholeheartedly participated in this workshop. Thanks are also due to the management and staff of India Habitat Centre and IEEMA Secretariat for their services and cooperation in
review the activities related to the implementation of the Quality Control Order.
Address by Dr. A K Verma, Joint Secretary, Ministry of Power
Dr. A.K.Verma, Joint Secretary, MoP during his address to the participants emphasized on buying quality transformers by Discoms and also informed that there is need to improve the installation and maintenance practices. Dr. Verma further informed that there is no doubt about it that whatever we do, we have to have proper quality and particularly, in the electric utility, particularly in the electric infrastructure, when the countries is poised for
a big leap you can say, where the prime minister has already given a call to connect all the villages within 1000 days from August 2015. We are also moving in that direction very fast and we have already crossed almost 7900 mark. Not only the village connections but even all the households are supposed to have access by 2022 and our minister and the Prime Minister and everybody is now squeezing this time target also to 2019.
He apprised the participants about the UDAY Yojana, (Ujjwal Discom Assurance Yojana) which the government came out in November 2015 has been received very strongly and very well by the states. Almost 10 states have already signed and 18 states have opined their willingness to join the scheme.
He further informed about the two very big flexible schemes that Government of India is implementing in the power sector. One is known as the Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Gram Jyoti Yojana and other is the Integrated Power Development Scheme. One is for the rural area and one for the urban area. Obviously, large-scale systems’ strengthening is going on, connectivity is expanding. Obviously, what we need in the connectivity and system strengthening is that transformer is certainly very important and crucial instrument in that. He also informed participants that large number of transformers need to be repaired at the time of crisis and if we do not maintain the quality, then obviously, this kind of vicious circle will always be there because if the quality is the quality of transformer manufacturing is improving, if the quality of transformer repairing is improving, if they are meeting certain standards specified by the country, then obviously, their performance is
Dr. A.K.Verma, Joint Secretary, Ministry of Power during his address to participants on Awareness Workshop
Mr. Alok Agarwal, Vice Chairman, IEEMA DT Division during his vote of thanks address to participants during the Awareness Workshop
Quality Control Order is there for all of us for the betterment of this country, for the betterment of society, for the betterment of the ultimate consumer, that is, an individual person who is availing power from various discoms.
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has come in the CRGO level.
He also emphasized that all discoms and utilities are now required to purchase BIS certified transformers only. Align their ratings with BIS. Accept the test reports from more NABL and recognized test centres. We don’t know how many are there. There are many in the list of BIS but I am not very clear as to whether they are capable of testing these transformers or not. With the announcement made about the extension of the date, this extension is only against on confirmed purchase orders. Don’t be under any confusion. Mr. Tiwari also confirmed the participants that there is no cut-off date for execution of the confirmed orders which are placed prior to 1st of February 2016, however proof of confirmed purchase orders shall be required to be given to the authority to ensure the sanctity of the relaxation.
Address by Mr Ajay Sanghi (Manufacturers Perspective) Mr. Ajay Sanghi Convener of the program, presented the Distribution Transformer Industry Overview. He shared the list of countries where Indian Distribution Transformers are exported. He further said that manufacturers welcomes the DHI’s Electrical Transformer Quality Control Order, however he expressed that manufacturers are not to be blamed every time for the failure of DTs. He informed that the cause of failure of the
transformers are mainly because of heavy overloading, Theft, Protection by passed, Poor Installations, Earthing Problems, Unbalanced loads etc. and the reasons are well known to Discoms.
holding this workshop. Last but not the least, I thank the sponsors, ERDA, Kirloskar Electric, Kryfs Transformers and CPRI for their contribution towards organizing this workshop.
Address by Mr K K Tiwari, Industrial Adviser, Department of Heavy Industry.Mr. K.K.Tiwari explained the background of the Quality Control Order. He informed that earlier, a Quality Control Order was issued by Ministry of Steel in which unfortunately our CRGO which is used in the transformers was included. There were many representations from the manufacturers that this CRGO should be removed from the Quality Control Order
issued by the Ministry of Steel. And we find it very hard to negotiate with Ministry of Steel which remained adamant and they did not remove that CRGO from the Quality Control Order which they were insisting on. This CRGO was used in the transformer and many reasons were put up before us that the transformer is failing because of AB Series and poor quality of CRGO was one of them. We came to understand that it was the losses which increased but not the major failures. Major failure may be poor maintenance, insulation or whatever it may be, coils, but CRGO remained under the Quality Control Order of Ministry of Steel. I think we had a lot of fighting but today we are happy that quality is coming into the transformers because the import of defective CRGO is somehow restricted. Now we are getting at least a good quality of core of the transformer. Though there are no manufacturers of this material in India from the basic raw material, some companies are making some heat processing and then selling it. But some improvement
Panel discussion session and dignitaries on the dais (From left: Mr. Ajay Sanghi, Member IEEMA, Convener of Program; Mr. Surya Prakash (APEPDCL); Mr. S.K. Das(CPRI), Mr. K.K.Tiwari(DHI); Mr. Pawan Jain(Chairman IEEMA DT Division); Mr. Saif Qureishi(Chairman, IEEMA Lamination Division); Mr. Varghese Joy( BIS); Mr. H.K.Mishra(ERDA); Mr. Purushottam Prasad( NBPDCL)
Mr. K.K.Tiwari, Industrial Advisor, DHI giving his presentation during the Workshop
Mr. Ajay Sanghi, Convener of the program while giving presentation on the manufacturer’s perspective
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standard IS 1180(Part-1):2014. However to include this, a Panel has been formed to incorporate the requirement. He further said that these transformers are equipped with a self-protection and disconnection device to protect the environment, property and people and prevent any disturbance of the high-voltage networks from the consequences of an internal transformer fault.
Presentation by Ms. Priti Bhatnagar, Scientist-E, Bhopal Branch Office, BIS
Ms. Priti Bhatnagar from BIS Bhopal office branch gave presentation on certification aspect of the Transformers. She deliberated to the audience that certification process are two types, i.e. Product Certification and System Certification. The Product Certification Scheme of BIS aims at providing Third Party Guarantee of quality, safety and reliability of products to the customer. Presence of ISI certification mark, known as Standard Mark, on a product is
an assurance of conformity to the specifications. The conformity is ensured by regular surveillance of the licensee’s performance by surprise inspections and testing of samples, drawn both from the market and factory. The manufacturer is permitted to self-certify the licensed products after ascertaining its conformity to the Standard. Through its surveillance operations, the Bureau maintains a close vigil on the quality of certified goods.
She further informed that Product Certification are basically voluntary in nature. The Government of India, on considerations of public health and safety, security, infrastructure requirements and mass consumption has enforced mandatory certification on various products through Orders issued from time to time under various Acts. While BIS continues to grant licenses on application, the enforcement of compulsory certification is done by the notified authorities. Ms. Bhatnagar shared the procedures of grant of license with the details which should be provided with the application for grant of license.
Address by Mr. Swaraj Kumar Das, Joint Director, CPRI Mr. Das from CPRI shared a presentation on the available test facilities with CPRI as per IS1180(Part-1):2014. He also informed all the audience regarding the time taken for testing of the product from receipt till issuance of the certificate. Mr. Das also informed that as of now they are not having any waiting period and shared the reasons for delay which are because of the clients.
He also requested BIS that clarification on BIS Guidelines are urgently required and also to ensure effective Scheme of Testing and Inspection should be in place. He said that Discoms purchase Transformers through L-1 tendering however something differently needs to be done to maintain the quality of the transformers i.e. specifications should be aligned with PGCIL specifications. Concept of Total owning cost should be brought in, procurement processes should be upgraded and through these effective implementation of the Quality Control Order should be done.
He informed that manufacturers should not be forced to repair transformers that fails for reasons other than the manufacturing defects.
Address by Mr. Debdas Goswami, Head Electrotechnical, BIS
Mr. Goswami informed members that Bureau of Indian Standards is a National Standardizing Body constituted under the act of Parliament. He informed the participants that the new BIS Act 2016 has been notified and Indian Standards are developed by BIS through technical committees involving all stakeholders. He also informed that ET-16 is the technical committee on Transformers and anybody can contribute in addition to the members of
the committee. Mr. Goswami informed that the main objective in formulation of IS1180 Part 1 was to bring uniformity in technical specifications of DTs by various stakeholders in power industry, keeping the minimum level of performance standards of DTs mutually agreed by manufacturers and utilities across the nation.
IS1180 is a National Standard formulated by BIS, taking into account needs of Stakeholders and various guidelines issued by Ministry of Power, Ministry of Heavy Industries, Ministry of Commerce, CEA, REC, BEE and various Electricity Boards/Discoms.
All the stakeholders must respect the standard unless there is a serious objection which is impractical to achieve or implement. He further informed members that based on representation from various organization/Discoms the standard is being amended and a Comprehensive Amendment No 1 proposal is under process to take care of issues related to implementation of the standard. The Document is under public comments and last date for comments 26 June 2016.
Mr. Goswami also informed that the requirement of Internal Circuit Breaker (ICB) was not there in the
D.Goswami, Head Electrotechnical, BIS giving his presentation
Ms. Priti Bhatnagar giving presentation on certification aspects of Transformers
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Mr. Das also informed that CPRI has reduced the test charges by 60% on the test tariff for Testing of outdoor type oil immersed Distribution Transformers for BIS licensing as per IS 1180 (Part 1): 2014. This order has come into effect from 25th of June 2015.
In addition to the above, 10% SSI discount which is already prevailing as per current CPRI tariff is also applicable for the above scope.
Mr. Das shared and discussed the problems
in BIS sealed samples and requested BIS to kindly review this.
Address by Mr H.K.Mishra, Head (Power Equipment Testing and Evaluation), ERDAMr. H.K.Mishra informed the participants that ERDA is carrying out transformer testing since last 40 years and their testing facilities are accredited by NABL, BIS and BEE. Mr. Mishra informed that total summary of testing from 2014 to 2016 as per IS 1180(Part-1):2014 is 174 Nos. of various ratings, where 157 reports has been issued and 17 Nos. of samples are under progress. Mr. Mishra also informed the audience about the factors which are attributing to the delay in testing.
Mr. Ajay Sanghi, Shree Krshna Urja, Member IEEMA was the convener of the Panel Discussion. He informed all the participants that matter of common concern of the workshop is that we are in agreement to the Quality Control Order which has been promulgated by DHI, has to be implemented. He informed the audience that Quality Control Order has to be implemented as quickly as possible and all co-ordination problems which are there has to be sorted out. He further said that the problem is that tenders are not going forward in certain
states and certain states where they are going forward; tenders are not coming.
Mr. Sanghi informed that DHI has given a big relief that all order which are prior to 1st February 2016 can be executed and hence everything has to comply with the Quality Control Order. He also requested fellow manufacturers to apply for the BIS license. Mr. Sanghi during his deliberations also requested CPRI to reduce the charges on no –BIS samples so that MSME and SSI units may get some relief out of it.
Mr. Surya Prakash (APEPDCL) requested that as DHI has considered to give relaxation to confirmed Purchase Orders prior to 1st of February 2016, so whether this relaxation is applicable after 1st of February 2016 also. In reply to this, Mr. Tiwari from DHI said this is last extension which is being granted and no further extension shall be applicable in this context.
Mr. Sanghi also informed that tenders which are invited by Utilities/Discoms after 1st of February may be re-tendered or scrapped or amended.
Mr. Sanghi during the deliberations requested Mr. Saif Qureishi to inform the audience that why CRGO quality Control Order was not implemented? Mr. Saif Qureshi informed that CRGO has been under mandatory certification for almost about 2 years and still lot of secondary materials are coming through various channels. He informed the audience that CRGO is the core material of the Transformers and these used materials /defective materials which had been coming to India as a dumping ground and this creates a substandard Transformers. He said that this
Mr. H.K.Mishra (ERDA) giving presentation on the day of Workshop
Participants interacting with the Panelist during the question and answers session
Mr. S.K. Das giving presentation during the Awareness Workshop
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is the reason that why BIS notification was promulgated and still material is coming in India through Kolkata Port as scrap. Secondly, coils are coming in with fake mill test certificates. He informed that people who are having laminations factories are processing secondary/defective material in India, as they would set up factories in tax free zones Dubai, Thailand, Bangladesh etc. They import the secondary material over there, they cut laminations and supply over here. That laminations comes under 8504 through Chennai port.
Mr. Sanghi informed that whether BIS is equipped to stop the unfair practices, or whether there is any legislation for this.
Mr. Varghese (BIS) said there is nothing which prohibits BIS from taking actions. Under 8504, importers are legally permitted to bring in that material. Only way to stop that is through IS: 1180. BIS says that state authorities should take legal action for those who do not apply for the license and BIS will take action with the license holders, if they use a sub-standard material.
Mr. Ajay Sanghi informed the participants that effectiveness of all these schemes should be tightly monitored and all BIS license holders should not be put as disadvantage of taking license.
Concluding Remarks by Mr. Pawan Jain, Chairman IEEMA Distribution Transformer DivisionMr. Jain in his concluding remarks requested all state Discoms to follow the Electrical Transformer Quality Control Order in line with the standard IS1180(Part-1):2014. He requested the utilities to procure transformers of level 2 or level 3 instead of going for level 1. He further added saying that many utilities has a fear
to choose Amorphous Transformers and he assured that the manufacturers from IEEMA side can play the role of facilitators thereby imparting training to the local repairers. He talked about Prime Minister Vision of skill India where through IEEMA platform skill of the individuals could be enhanced benefiting the industry and also utilities in longer run.
He requested all the fellow manufacturers to use Prime CRGO and discard using the
seconds. He suggested utilities to use level 2 or level 3 Transformers, as losses can only be achieved by using prime core only. Mr. Jain further requested BIS to expedite the pending things which are held in BIS offices at various stages as this will help the industry a lot. He also requested CPRI for giving 60% discount because large number of manufacturers are small scale Industries. He requested the participants to share their problems with IEEMA Distribution Transformers and assured his commitment to help the industry.
At the end Chairman thanked all the sponsors i.e. ERDA, Kirloskar, Kryfs Transformers and CPRI for their financial support in organising this workshop.
Mr. Pawan Jain sharing the concluding remarks and the takeaway with the participants
Hall packed with participants at the awareness workshop
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The electricity supply industry in many parts of the world
transforming from regulated to deregulated structure. The main aim behind this transformation is to bring competition and efficiency in electricity market, which reduce the cost of power generation, transmission and distribution. In this deregulated power system various technical as well as economical issues are raised. One of the most critical is unbiased open access of transmission system which involves important economies of scale. With non-discriminatory open access transmission system issues like transmission usage, loss allocation, reliability margin and pricing are of great importance. Many times the nature of these problems is conflicting which makes our system more and more complex. In restructured power sector the transmission sector of vertically regulated market is converted into Transmission Company which owns the whole transmission network. It provides the path for both Gencos and Discoms to sell and buy their energy and demand respectively. For this facility Transmission Company levy the transmission tariff on various entities. It also provides open access by making transmission network available to all participants.
From the transmission sector point of view, restructuring consists of various new aspects such as transmission usage cost allocation, loss allocation, congestion management etc. These crucial issues raise problems and challenges in front of transmission utilities because it is quite hard to introduce competition in the transmission sector due to its monopolistic nature. So cost allocation among the different market agents frequently at the heart of deregulation problems as it is complex in nature.
Efficient pricing of transmission means that price should equal marginal costs, which consist of marginal line losses plus in the event of a transmission constraint, congestion rents. Efficient transmission pricing is necessary to assure economic dispatch of existing generation capacity delivery of power to consumers at its minimum cost, including both generation & transmission costs. If transmission price is below its marginal cost, it becomes profitable to import power from distant generation sources, even though less-distant sources might entail a lower social cost. But transmission price is too high; the geographic power-market is artificially narrowed, which limits the importation of low-cost power-generation & its
market competitiveness in general. If transmission prices do not accurately reflect the transmission costs, including transmission constraints, participants in the market will not be able to correctly determine whether those constraints are best addressed through expansion of transmission capacity or the installation of new generation capacity closer to the load.
The characteristic features required for any good transmission pricing system are:-
i. EconomicEfficiency:-Economic Efficiency in use of existing network (O&M optimal), in location of new generation units & consumers, plus in investing in the existing network & expansion.
ii. Non-discrimination:- All in pricing customers buying at same place and in same time–prices may be a function of time or place to ensure non-discrimination.
iii. Transparency: Transparency of pricing for both transmission system & ancillary services – an efficient metering system will be required to ensure this.
iv. Cost Coverage: for all the assets & services provided by the operator such as transport lines & reactive power reserves
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Point of Connection Charges is the transmission charge pricing methodology introduced for sharing of Inter State Transmission Systems charges & losses among the Designated ISTS Customers depending on their location & sensitive to their distances from load centers & generation plus the direction of the node in the grid.
A transmission tariff structure based on the point of connection methodology was adopted by the Central Commission on 1st July, 2011. This mechanism not only enables the sharing of transmission cost among users in a rational and judicious manner but also sends out the correct signals for network augmentation. It is aimed at developing a uniform transmission charge sharing system among grid constituents and avoiding pancaking of transmission charges across regions. To effectively implement this distance, direction and quantum sensitive, yet highly complex pricing mechanism. In order to make it easy and implementable, the Central Electricity Regulatory Commission issued several amendments the existing POC Regulations.
In this method the implementing agency have to segregate PoC charges for geographically and electrically consumers groups nodes on the ISTS to create zones within the state boundary and arrive at a uniform zonal rate. Also an inter-state generating station directly connected to the 400 kv ISTS will be treated as a separate zone and not clubbed with other generator nodes.
The POC framework lay down the methodology for sharing of transmission charges for the use of Inter-State Transmission System (ISTS) and transmission losses in the ISTS, in accordance with the National Electricity Policy and Tariff Policy. These framework do not deal with the determination of Approved Transmission Charges of the transmission licensees and mechanisms for computation of overall losses. Determination of ATC and methodology of computation of overall losses shall be as per the regulations of the respective Commission from time to time.
In this method the usage of network is basically depends upon:
hh Point of injection and drawal,
hh Amount of MW’s transacted and duration of transaction
hh Direction of flow
Statutory ProvisionsWith regard to framework for sharing of transmission charges and losses, the National Electricity Policy mandates that the national tariff framework implemented should be sensitive to distance, direction and related to quantum of power flow.
The first Tariff Policy was notified on 6th January, 2006. Tariff Policy requires that the transmission charges of the transmission system users to share in proportion to their respective utilization of the transmission system. On the allocation of losses, Tariff Policy further requires that transactions should be charged on the basis of average losses arrived at after appropriately considering the distance and directional sensitivity on the transmission system.
The Govt. of India has now notified new tariff policy on 28th January, 2016. The new tariff policy also provides that the SERC’s are required to notify framework for intra-state transmission pricing based on distance, direction and quantum of flow on lines based on the framework evolved by the Central Commission. SERC’s are also required to prescribe methodology for loss allocation in intra-state transmission system.
Need of Poc Transmission PricingPrior to point of connection method, the sharing of transmission charges and transmission losses were done on the basis of Regional Postage Stamp Method, i.e. all States in the Region were sharing the transmission charges and transmission losses on a Regional pooled basis, in the ratio of the quantum of power drawn through the Inter-State transmission system. The quantum of power drawn was calculated as the sum of entitlements (firm share plus share from unallocated quota of power in the Central Generating Stations) from Central Generating Stations and long-term contracts between
sellers and buyers. Therefore, a State in Southern Region buying power from a State in Eastern Region would have to pay for the pooled transmission charges and transmission losses of Eastern Region and Southern Region. Further, many new IPPs are coming and expected to come up in the near future and with bulk consumers also being allowed to purchase power through open access from anywhere in India, even across Regions. However, with the integration of the regional grids, and the objective of the policy and regulatory framework to provide access to sellers and buyers, a appropriate change in the pricing mechanism was required.
Under the Postage Stamp Method, transfer of power from any state requires the transacting parties to pay a sum of transmission charges in both these regions this is known as “pancaking” of charges. This makes such transactions artificially expensive and hence less competitive and non-reflective of the network utilization. Further, an ideal transmission pricing mechanism should allow the power plant developers and customers to decide the optimal location of the power plant by comparing the costs of fuel transportation and the cost of electricity transmission. The transmission pricing mechanism based on ‘regional postage stamp’ was required to be revised to suit the needs of the changes in the market structure and the policy framework.
The CERC after due consideration of the alternative methodologies for allocation of transmission charges has come up with implementation of the Point of Connection (PoC) methodology based on a hybrid method, which brings together the strengths of both the Marginal Participation and the Average Participation Method. Under this framework, any generator node is required to pay a single charge based on its location in the grid to gain access to any demand customer located anywhere in the country. Similarly, any demand node will also be required to pay just one charge and get access to any generator in the grid. This is based on load flow studies conducted for each node, one at a time. The same principle holds for transmission
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losses that a generator node or demand node has to bear.
The benefit of a separate transmission system is that large efficient power plants can be built far from where the power is used and the transmission system can deliver power from those plants to many customers over a broad area at a relatively low cost. This capability was one of the reasons that utilities built large centralized generating plants, which now provide most of the Nation's power generation capacity. Another benefit of today's transmission system is that it provides wholesale power consumers an opportunity to purchase less expensive power from alternative suppliers such as power marketers or IPPs. This opportunity is the foundation for creating competitive wholesale power markets.
The need for this method was triggered due to the problems confronted in the application of the present Regional Postage Stamp Method which implied that all the users of a system in a region pay same price/MW of allotted transmission capacity. But due to increasing short term transactions over the grid, allotment of power generation capacities of one region to the beneficiaries in the other regions, etc the grid & it’s usage is getting more & more complex.
Advantage of Point of Connection MethodThe Point of connection based transmission pricing mechanism will benefit the transmission network development and the DICs of the transmission system in the following ways:
i. At present the transmission investments are faced with the uncertainty in generation and also the cumbersome process of getting the Bulk Power Transmission Agreements (BPTAs) signed by all the expected beneficiaries of the transmission system. Under the new proposed mechanism all the Designated ISTS Customers (DICs) are default signatories to the Connection and Use of System Agreement (CUSA), which also requires these DICs
to pay the point of connection charge, which covers the revenue of transmission licensees. This commercial arrangement would also facilitate financial closure of transmission investments.
ii. The proposed mechanism would facilitate integration of electricity markets and enhance open access and competition by obviating the need for pancaking of transmission charges.
iii. The National Electricity Policy requires the transmission charges to reflect network utilization. The Point of Connection tariffs are based on load flow analysis and capture utilization of each network element by the customers.
iv. The distinction between generation and demand customers would provide siting signals to the DICs, through accurate transmission charges. The current decision of generators is based on just the fuel transportation costs. With the implementation of the new transmission pricing mechanism – where transmission charges are locationally differentiated – the generators will have to take a view both on transmission costs of electricity and transportation costs of fuel.
v. The proposed framework will greatly facilitate fair and transparent competition for case-1 bids. Under the current methodology, the case-1 bid processes are severely distorted because of pancaking, and this result in pit head / hydro plants not being competitive for inter-regional bids. The impact of pancaking is further amplified in such bid processes because of application of escalation factors to transmission charges over a 25 year period. The proposed methodology will remove such difficulty.
vi. The regulations facilitate solar based generation by allowing zero transmission access charge for use of ISTS and allocating no transmission loss to solar based generation. Solar power generators shall be benefited in event of use of the ISTS. Since
such generation would normally be connected at 33 kV, the power generated by such generators would most likely be absorbed locally. This would cause no / minimal use of 400 kV ISTS network and might also lead to reduction of losses in the 400 kV network by obviating the need for power from distant generators. Further, this is also aligned with the objectives of the Jawaharlal Nehru National Solar Mission. The POC framework encourages solar based generation.
vii. In this pricing mechanism both generator and loads share the costs of transaction. It creates locational signals so as to provide incentives for generation investments in deficit areas and incentives for load growth in surplus areas.
ConclusionThe PoC method is depends on the forecast of loads and generation for different seasons in the transmission network it is not represents actual loads. At central level the point of connection method has been adopted long back but at state level it is yet to be adopted due to several implementation issues. There are lack of required infrastructure and technology, adequate skill with state transmission utilities and respective load dispatch centers. In the state level there are three stages of voltage level and the software needs to be modified and developed for the state for three voltage system. Moreover, in case of inter-state system, the tariff determined Asset-wise, therefore the cost of every line is available. In state level, the tariff is on network basis therefore, the cost allocation to a particular line or sub-station may have to be done on certain normative basis. Lack of separate transmission charges for separate lines /assets are the major issues. The focus is required to implement this method at state level to fulfil the statutory obligation of the tariff policy.
Ashok UpadhyayBE (Electrical), M Tech. Hon. (Ind. Engg.)
M. Phil (Renewable Energy), PHD Scholar
Dy. Director (Generation)M.P. Electricity Regulatory Commission
Bhopal (M.P.)
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Pre 2014, the Indian Electrical and Electronics Industry was suffering from multiple issues which could be
broadly classified under 3 key heads, namely:
hh Policy paralysis in the country impacting the overall economy and demand sectors and infrastructure spending had come to a near halt
hh Power sector one of the major demand sector for the Electrical and Electronics industry was in shambles
hh The Electrical and Electronics industry in itself being dependent on other demand segments was stagnating and many domestic players were facing problems.
The last 2 years of this Government was spent in addressing the first 2 key problem areas and everyone is aware of how things stand today. There is an overall buoyancy in the economy, spending on infrastructure has never been so good. The Power sector reforms were one of the key initiatives and every segment of the ‘Power Value Chain’ has been diagnosed and remedial measures has been initiated.
The only piece missing in this story was the Capital Goods Sector (in which the Heavy Electrical Equipment accounts for nearly 55% of the Sector) specific issues which needed to be sorted out. The launch of the National Capital Goods Policy 2016 is a step in that direction and the earnest implementation of this Policy will see the Indian manufacturing landscape change to a great extent.
The PolicyThe Policy, which was introduced recently was after a lot of debate and participation from the Industry and seems
to be one of the policies which has taken into account the voices of most sectors involved. This policy seems to be very different and a well scripted one due to the following reasons:
1. In a long time, the due importance of a crucial manufacturing sector such as Capital Goods is recognized and is involved in a mainframe policy making structure.a) The Vision which this Policy has is
commendable – it strives to the increase the contribution of this sector to 20% from current 12% of total manufacturing activity by 2025. The share of domestic production in India’s total demand would be raised from 60% to 80%, and exports are targeted to go up from the current 27% to 40% of production to make India a net exporter of capital goods.
2. The policy seems to be a very comprehensive one, covering all aspects of the 10 sub-sectors and aims to address the industry issues at an overall (Capital Goods) aspect and as well as a sub-sector level.
3. The nature of issues which it aims to resolve or streamline is impressive and covers almost all the key pain points such as:a. Inadequate growth of domestic market for
capital goodsb. Low exports and lack of exports guidance
and route to marketc. Skewed tax and duty structure
After the reinvigorating the “Policy paralysis” nation and addressing the issues of key demand sectors (Power in this case), NCGP 2016 is an important, a much awaited and a sector specific boost for the Capital Goods Sector in India
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d. Low technology depth
e. Uneconomical and fragmented nature of the value chain (SME related)
f. Low level of skill development and non-availability of long term finance to the sector
4 Most importantly, unlike many other National Policies, this Policy has a clear action points and has set out some very ambitious actions cutting across various ministries. The key features of this policy are:
Policy actions Details
Creating an ecosystem for globally competitive Capital Goods sector
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To devise long term, stable and rationalized tax and duty structureTo create a “Start-up Center for Capital Goods Sector shared by DHI and the CG IndustryTo set up at least 5 incubation centers across the country in PPP mode for cross fertilization of ideas and mentorshipTo allow ECB under automatic route for all Capital Goods
Creation and Expansion of Market for Capital Goods Sector
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To simplify terms in General Conditions of Contract and Special Conditions of Contract in procurement contracts including public procurementTo amend key qualification criteria in public procurement contractsTo introduce special provisions in contracts to promote indigenously manufactured productIn case of a tie between bidders, to give successive preference to goods manufactured in IndiaTo regulate second hand imports by specifying terms & conditionsTo eliminate “Zero Duty” clause for capital goods under Project Imports in Taxation Policy, except if the goods are not manufactured in IndiaTo formulate G2G2B coordination groups with end users to debottleneck and speed up projects in user industries
Promotion of Exports
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To initiate trade agreements with countries where India has good export potential such as SE Asian countries, Africa, Middle East, CIS, Central and Latin American CountriesTo facilitate improved access to focus export markets by providing for market access data and showrooms and also to fund for Compliance/Testing costs - ‘Heavy Industry Export & Market Development Assistance Scheme (HIEMDA)’To support availability of short and long term financing through various initiatives like:Ensuring Line of Credit for firms with EXIM for key export marketsProviding sovereign guarantees for IPP’s with 51% Indian ownership in these countriesProviding cheaper working capital loans to big exports (3/4/5 Star) in CG sectorAnd several other initiatives
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To introduce ‘Technology Transfer’ requirement and specify “Minimum Domestic Value Addition” threshold for high value and high-end technology imports – Power equipment part of this offset policy!Incentivize FDI on a long term basis in high technology manufacturingRefine fiscal incentives to promote R&D and technology development with sub-sector specific initiatives (CRGO for Transformers)Promote technology development and acquisition support especially to SME’s through “Technology Acquisition Fund”To streamline the mechanism of patentsPromote development through indigenous sourcesAnd many other initiatives
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Introduction of Mandatory Standards
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To evolve a standards policy ensuring that standards are at par with global benchmarks and based on performanceTo enhance capacity and capability for world class standard creationAnd many other initiatives
Focus on SME development
To develop and promote supplier clusters, common manufacturing clusters for SME’s around large manufacturers and to provide sub-sector specific schemes for cluster developmentPromote Modernization of SMEs through interest subvention scheme like TUFS and concessional rate of interest of 2-4%To incorporate all sub-sectors under Credit Linked Capital Subsidy Scheme (CLCSS) and enhance usage to SMEs by expanding geographical regionsTo consider elimination of requirements such as Bank Guarantees or Standard LCs or money deposits for MSMEsTo provide MSME Tax Allowance to Corporate and PSU’s to purchase certain percentage from MSME firms and act as anchor industries And many more
Impact on Power / Electrical and Electronics industryThe Heavy Electrical equipment sub sector accounting for nearly 55% of the CG industry will be the most impacted sub-sector in a positive way. Implementation of the above steps/actions in its true spirit will pave way for a new wave in Indian manufacturing.
3 key development from all the above steps, namely –
hh a level playing for Domestic Manufacturers vis-a-vis Imports
hh better access to technology
hh and better help in Exports
will go a long way in improving the Heavy Electrical Industry from its current state of stagnation along with the reforms in the Power sector and the overall improvement in the demand. While, all other initiatives will help in the making of a world class Heavy Electrical Equipment Industry in India.
A M DevendranathAssociate Vice President,
Energy Vertical, Feedback Consulting
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India is the world’s third largest producer of electricity and achieved an electric ity production of 1052 Twh
in 2015. But despite being the world’s third largest producer of electricity, the per capita electricity consumption at 950 kwh is just about 30% of global average. The production / consumption is also characterized by regional imbalances, peak shortage and energy deficits.
Some of the salient aspects of Indian power and energy scenario include:
Installed capacity 263 GW #1 (2014-15)
Electricity production 1,052 Twh #2 (2014-15)
Per capita consumption 950 kWh
Per capita energy consumption ≈ 30% of global average
Estimated demand by 2032 900 GW
Electricity penetration≈ 70% (79 million households yet to be electrified)
Pertinent to the context of grid integration of RE, especially wind power, it is important to understand the salient aspects of Indian power grid, grid codes and their evolution. Starting with five regional grids (pre 1990) with five different frequencies, over a period of 15 years, the five regional grids have been synchronized to create one national grid operating at one frequency. The grid is supposed to be of “constant voltage – constant frequency” type. Electricity is a concurrent subject and has a federal structure with each state having
to balance its own generation and demand and also have independence to formulate policies, but aligned to central rules and act. This apart there is a central generation and transmission organization and caters to interstate requirements. The transmission voltages are 230 kV, 420 kV, 765 kV, (1200 kV recently commissioned) and HVDC links. Sub-transmission voltages are 66 kV and 132 kV. Some of the framework include IEGC, ABT, IE act 2003 etc.
The growth of Indian wind power has been characterized by many ups and downs and has been predominantly policy driven and starting from less than 100 MW of installed capacity in 1993-94 has grown to more than 23000 MW in 2014-15 and has been punctuated by many policy interventions such as policy announcement by central government, policy announcements by state governments, electricity act 2003, tariff policy, RPO, GBI, CERC regulations, FIT, AD benefits and its withdrawl etc. spanning nearly 2 decades.
The growth of wind power in recent past is of importance and is illustrated in figure 1.
Figure 1: Recent growth in installed capacity of wind power in India.
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Though there has been a significant development, the growth in WE installations have been concentrated in a few states (based on natural resource availability of wind and land!) and this geographical concentration in the absence of intra state balancing power / loads and strong interstate grids for power evacuation is a major limiting factor of RE penetration.
Going forward, the growth in RE, especially wind and solar is expected to be high considering the government focus and commitment to develop a low carbon economy in light of growing concerns related to use of fossil fuel and global warming.
Some of the salient policies supporting RE include,
1 NAPP – National Action Plan for climate change
• NAPCC target of 5% for RE procurement in 2010
• Target to increase by 1% each year to reach 15% by 2020
• Estimations show that this enquires a wind installed capacity of 40 – 45 GW by 2020 to meet the NAPCC targets.
2 Draft National Wind Mission
• Targets cumulative wind capacity of 60 GW by 2022 to be achieved in phases:
Phase I (2015-17, 12th plan): Addition of 6,5000 MW
Phase 2(2017-2022, 13th plan): Addition of 30,000 MW
3 RE Invest
• Targets 175 GW of total RE installed capacity by 2022
• Includes 60 GW from wind, 100 GW for solar and 15 GW from other renewables.
The estimated state wise installed capacity by 2022 is depicted in figure 2.
Figure 2: Estimated installed capacity of WE in 2022
This illustrates that even going forward; WE production would be concentrated in a few states and thus could aggravate issues with wind power evaluating in the absence of local / regional loads, balancing power and strong inter regional power lines.
While even in the current context of just 5% RE penetration, there are issues in power evacuation and managing the variability of wind energy and this implies that unless immediate and concrete actions are implemented, RE power evacuation and grid management (operation) would be a major challenge and could be the main deterrent in achieving India’s vision for low carbon economy and sustainable and equitable development. The magnitude of challenge can be understood from the estimated / aspired growth in RE capacity and energy penetrations as depicted in figures 3 and 4.
#1:
Thermal (MW) Nuclear (MW)
Renewable (MW) Total (MW)Coal Gas Diesel Sub-Tot
Thermal
Hydel Other RE @
Sub-tot RE
158,496 22,971 1,200 182,667 5,780 40,867 34,351 75,218 263,665
Small Hydro Wind Biomass / Co-gen
Waste to power Solar @
Tot other RE4,025 22,644 4,183 115 3,383 34,351
#2:
Electricity produc-tion (Twh)
% coal % natural gas
% oil % Hydro % other RE % Nuclear
1,052 67.9 10.3 1.2 12.4 5 3.2
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Figure 3: Estimated growth in RE energy and capacity penetration and contribution of various RE sources.
Figure 4: Estimated growth in RE energy and capacity penetration in two phases
Understanding the current issues with WE integration is expected to better understand potential problems of future and take necessary actions. Some of the current issues with WE include:
hh Long transmission lines between load centers and WE generation Low voltage during high wind season (High reactive power requirement)
hh Over voltages during low wind season
hh Harmonic generation (both by type 1 as well as type 4 WEG’s)
hh Multiple startups and its impact on power quality
hh Low PLF / CUF
hh Underutilization of some transmission assets during low wind season
hh Variations and over loading of transmission system
hh Must Run status & Merit Order Dispatch
• Frequent ramp up and ramp down of conventional plants
• Need to operate at or below technical minimum
• Need to schedule costly power or back down cheaper power
hh Wind variability and need for real time balancing
• No adequate state level balancing power
• Issues with balancing with conventional power
– Coal – response time, wear and tear, poor heat rate below technical minimum
– Gas – violates merit order when kept on bar
– Hydro – linked to irrigation projects, depends on monsoon and water reserve
hh Forecasting & Scheduling
• UI & DSM (150 MW or +/- 12% of schedule, whichever is lower)
hh Mismatch between demand peak and generation peak
hh Short gestation periods (leads infrastructure development!)
The challenges are multiplied in light of the evolving grid codes which places more emphasis on quality of power and more stringent norms for operation and control, especially scheduling. Some of the salient features of the evolving grid code include:
hh Harmonic injection shall not exceed limits specified in IEEE 519
hh Flicker shall not be more than limits specified in IEC 61000
hh Dynamic VAR support to maintain power factor in the range of -0.95 to + 0.95
hh Capability to operate in frequency range of 47.5 to 52 Hz and deliver rated output in the frequency range of 49.5 to 50.5 Hz
hh LVRT and ability to supply reactive power for 300 ms or till recovery of voltage (PCC > 66 kV)
hh Real power injection control for generating stations (@ PCC> 66 kV)
hh Scheduling, UI and DSM (for WF > 10 MW and connected at > 33 kV bus)
• For intra state: +/- 30% of scheduled
• For inter state:+/- 12% of scheduled values
In the current and future context, the challenge would be to initiate and implement appropriate actions to enable large scale integrating of RE power characterized by power fluctuations / variability and certain other power quality aspects. The actions could be easily understood in the context of the classical 2 x 2 control system matrix used to depict process variables based on their observability and controllability. Parameters / variables can be classified in four quadrants: These that can be observed and controlled, those that can be observed but cannot be controller, and those that cannot be observed but can be controlled and those that can neither be observed not controlled.
In the context of wind energy the observability could be analogous to measurability / predictability / forecasting of wind (wind velocity and wind power) and controllability could be analogous to scheduling of wind power. The actions would be improve either or both of the aspects and enhance the observability / predictability / forecast(ing accuracy) of wind and also improve the controllability /
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schedule ability of wind power. (Moving from Lo to Hi on both axis)
Figure 5. Classical 2 x 2 control system matrix
The efforts to increase observability and controllability are multi-pronged and tightly inter-linked and some of the actions are depicted in the figure below:
Some of the aspects related to the actions include:
hh Energy storage: This would be a key / essential element in facilitating large scale integration of fluctuating / variable RE into electrical grid.
While the benefits of energy storage is well understood and mature storage technologies are available, one of the reasons for lack of large scale commercial deployment is the long payback period associated with such utility scale energy storage projects. This poor economic attractiveness can be circumvented if one considers all benefits arising out of deployment of such storage elements. Some of the drivers for ES include
• Peak demand management / Time shift
• Ancillary services
• Defer / reduce need for new generation capacity
• Defer / reduce need for transmission upgrades
• RE integration
• Solar roof top
• Micro grids
• Electric mobility
The cost benefit analysis for any ES deployment should consider multiple benefits of such a deployment and not just focus on only RE integration. This would not only make the ES more attractive / economically viable, will force solutions that are truly multipurpose.
Some of the technologies that can be considered for large scale deployment in near future include:
hh Battery ES
• Size of 1 to 40 MW,……1 to 20 MWh
• Application: Primary power balance (< 30s), EV, solar roof top, mid / large scale WE integration, Improve ride through capabilities, Micro grids
• Types: Lithium Ion, Advanced Lead acid, Sodium Nickel Chloride / Alkaline / Flow batteries
• Estimated potential: 28 GW
hh Compressed Air ES
• Size of 2 to 20 MW,……2 to 20 MWh
• Application: Secondary power balance (30s – 5 min), WE integration
hh Pumped storage Hydro ES
• Size of 50 to 500 MW
• Application: Minute reserve (15 min to 4 hours)
• Estimated potential: 95 GW
Some of new / emerging concepts for ES include:
hh Integration with Electric Mobility (V2G)
• National Electric Mobility Mission (NEMM) of GOI envisages 4 million two wheelers and 2 million four wheelers of EV / EV on road by 2020.
• Each EV is a potential energy storage device and can be used for demand response management
hh Integration with smart cites / smart grids
• Development of medium sized micro grids (stand alone and grid interactive)
• Development of distributed generation using roof top SPV and small windFigure 6. LS grid integration initiatives
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• Creation of EV charging infrastructure
hh Integration with commercial and residential UPS / inverters
• India has a proliferation of distributed home inverters / UPS deployed in residential, commercial and industrial environment. This is already a sunk cost and most of the UPS may not be fully utilized (not good for batteries) and such UPS can be used as distributed storage devices and as flexible devices. While new UPS can have grid interactive and remote control features, such features can be added to some of the existing UPS.
hh Hybrid Energy Storage systems: Though a well-established / proven concept, this has not become popular due to many technological and institutional barriers. A focused approach could help increase penetration of not just wind, but many other renewables.
Wind-Solar Hybrid is a natural choice due to the complementary nature of the two energy sources and policies should be aimed at developing both simultaneously rather than creating a perception of bias of one over the other. Such Wind-solar hybrids apart from reducing the variability due to the complementary nature of the energy sources, also helps effective use of resources (transformers, power electronics, power lines, land, sub-station / switch yard…) and also reduces O & M costs (as compared to stand alone solar)
Some of the key drivers would be policies for energy accounting mechanism, grid integration norms etc.
Another potential application for hybrids are for telecom towers (with an estimated savings of $ 1.t bn in fuel costs every year and the associated carbon foot print) and this could be designed using local needs and could involve elements such as small wind, SPV, grid, Hydrogen fuel cell etc.
Figure 7. Complementary nature of wind and solar
hh Flexible loads / Demand response: Is a key element of future power grids, especially with large scale embedded RE sources.
hh There is a need to formulate regulations to promote demand response / DSM. Some of the flexible loads include:
• Off shore water De-salination plants (stand alone and grid connected)
• Mobile energy storage systems (seasonal application)
• I industrial parks close to RE generation centers, especially seasonal industries
• Specific manufacturing industries (construction material, industrial gases..)
• Rural electrification / energy services
- Standalone wind, wind hybrid, - Energy services (wind water pumping, solar
thermal, ) instead of electrificationhh Green corridors would be the most critical and
a backbone of large scale RE / EWE integration. Green corridors consists of hardware (physical infrastructure) as well as software (policies and regulations)
Some of the aspects of Green Corridors include:
• Dedicated transmission lines for RE power evacuation
• Facilitate inter-state RE transmission including third party sale.
• Development of industrial corridors along green corridors, especially seasonal and energy intensive industries
• Creation of international links (Bhutan, Nepal, Srilanka, Bangladesh)
• RE to be considered not just a natural resource, but a national resource and hence make RE part of ISGS and allow ISTS transaction and balancing with ISGS. Carve out control area and manage RE at regional / national level as ISGS.
• Replace ACSR conductors with HTLS conductors
• Assign dynamic rating for transmission assets and allow overloading based on ambient climatic conditions.
hh Create balancing power in every state endowed with RE source. Creating balancing power both at interstate as well as intra state levels. Such balancing power could also use installed standby generators by various industries and IPP’s.
One of the key aspects of creating this balancing power is to integrate RE into power system planning. Most of the operational issues could be avoided if properly handled at the planning stage. One of the starting points for this planning exercise and integrating RE into PS planning includes assigning capacity credits for RE and some of the factor to be considered include:
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• Amount of spinning reserve – consider Energy storage as a spinning reserve
• Voltage level at which connected (increasing from 11 kV to present 230 kV)
• Proximity to load centers – Could add credit by creating dedicated load centers along green corridor
• Size of power system / control area – expand control area / balancing area
• Variability of generator – Reduce by hybrid systems and local energy storage
• Correlation between generation and demand peaks – Create more flexible loads
• PLF – Increase through re-powering, intercropping and deployment of type 4 WEG’s (variable speed)
hh Create virtual power plants by widening the control area and operating the windfarms as VPP’s. Some of the elements of VPP would include wider control area, power conditioning devices, dynamic VAR compensators, energy storage elements and going forward could involve integration with EV (V2G), grid connected micro grids and smart cities
hh Improve forecasting / prediction accuracy. In terms of observability factor, this would be the single most critical factor. Forecasting wind power is not only more important than forecasting wind (speed) but brings with it additional variables / externalities to add to the uncertainties in wind speed prediction. While wind (speed) prediction accuracies are being improved using advanced forecasting techniques (Physical, statistical and ANN models), the other variables (such as machine and grid availability, O & M practices, ..) should be controlled and their effect minimized. Forecasting should be done by both the generator as well as RLDC.
While forecasting wind and wind power is important, this would not make crate the necessary impact, if this is not supplemented with load forecasting, after all the basic objective of such an exercise is to match demand to supply!
hh Create dedicated REMC’s (renewable Energy management Centers) Considering WE as not just a natural resource, but a national resource, National regional and state level REMC’s are created with the framework of:
• Renewable Energy Management Centre (REMC) is the “hub” for all information regarding RE Power generation in its area of responsibility and are equipped with advanced forecasting tools.
• REMC’s carry out real time monitoring of RE generation and closely interact with respective XLDC’s for sharing of real time data for forecasting, scheduling and balancing.
SummaryAchieving RE penetration of 15% to20% on energy terms is not just a vision, but a need for developing economy like India and is a necessity to provide sustainable, equitable and cost effective energy to all. Such penetration levels are difficult, but not impossible. Large scale integration of WE requires not just technical solutions, but economic and regulatory interventions. Some of the elements to enhance the observability and controllability of wind power include WEG with advanced control and protection features, Energy Storage system, Green corridors and REMC, wider control and balancing areas, innovative flexible loads and demand response techniques, Hybrid energy systems, robust load and wind forecasting techniques tightly integrated with scheduling methods.
Dr. Venkatesh Raghavan President, Power Quality Solutions, EPCOS India Pvt. Ltd and Member,
National Council of Indian Wind Power Association. This article is prepared based on the presentation at the 2nd Annual Meeting of Innovation for Cool Earth Forum (ICEF). The article is reprinted with permission from
Indian Wind Power association. The views expressed are those of the author and not that of the IEEMA or EPCOS India Pvt. Ltd
Figure 8. Schematic of a typical virtual power plant
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The National Electricity Policy has set the goal of adding new generation capacity and enhancing
per capita availability of electricity per year and to not only eliminate energy and peaking shortages but to also have a spinning reserve as specified by the Central Electricity Authority. Section 3(1) of the Electricity Act, 2003 empowers the Central Government to formulate the tariff policy. Section 3(3) of the Act further enables the Central Government to review or revise the tariff policy from time to time. The Govt. of India has notified new tariff policy on 28th January, 2016. With the notification of the amendments to tariff policy, the government has succeeded in meeting the industry’s expectations. For the first time a holistic view of the power sector has been taken and comprehensive amendments have been made in the Tariff Policy. The tariff policy is only guidance and the real test will be how the states fall in line with the changes. Central Electricity Regulatory Commission (CERC) and State Electricity Regulatory Commissions (SERCs) shall be guided by the tariff policy in discharging their functions including framing the regulations.
The amendments in tariff policy are aimed at achieving the objectives of UDAY (Ujwal Discom Assurance Yojana) with a focus on Electricity for all, Efficiency to ensure affordable tariffs, Environment for a sustainable future and Ease of doing business to attract investments and ensure financial viability. The Policy makes a strong pitch for the promotion of clean energy. It will also support Swachh Bharat programme, better regulations and encourage faster roll out of investments in the sector. The automatic tariff hike has allowed in the new tariff policy. As per the policy, the private power producers can pass the increased cost due to change in domestic duties, levies and taxes in competitive bid projects. Further they will be allowed to pass the increased in the cost of fuel, if Coal India fails to supply agreed quantity of coal and the generator opts for imported coal or coal from other
resources. Simultaneously, the policy allows developer to expand their plants by up to 100% of their capacity through the automatic route.
Due to this amendment of automatic pass through provision it will remove ambiguity and uncertainty for competitive bid projects but the common consumers which are already reeling under the quarterly enhancement of fuel charges will have to bear the burden of increase in cost of power generation by the private producers. The tariff policy also allows power plants to sell the surplus electricity through power exchange, if the beneficiary does not give prior notice two days ahead. Most of the provisions in new tariff policy aimed at to benefit the power industries which will have impact on tariff for consumers. It will encourage ease of doing business to attract investments and ensure financial viability. The new tariff policy also specifies norms for ancillary services. The central commission has been given the right to introduce the norms and framework for ancillary service necessary to support the power system or grid operation for maintaining power quality, reliability and security of the grid, including the method of sharing the charges.
The new tariff policy will give a big push to electricity generated from renewable energy sources and address concerns related to the environment. The government has included significant amendments to the ‘Tariff Policy’, including increasing the Renewable Purchase Obligation (RPO) to 8% for solar energy by March 2022. India’s distribution companies (Discoms) are mandated to purchase a certain amount of their energy from renewable sources under the RPO. Then, the amendment on having eight per cent of the total electricity consumption from solar energy by March 2022 will remain a mere goal unless it is enforced by the States. While the existing Electricity Act to mandates renewable energy purchase obligations, it is up to the respective SERCs to decide
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on the quantum and also whether or not they should be legally binding. Similarly, implementation of periodic tariff revisions as mentioned under the new Tariff Policy is dependent on SERCs introducing orders to such effect. Raising the RPO is a necessity, and the single most important regulatory and policy mechanism of government of India to drive solar. Under another part of the policy, new coal or lignite-based thermal plants will also have to establish, procure or purchase renewable capacity as part of the Renewable Generation Obligation (RGO).
The new power Tariff Policy incorporates changes that would well for the power sector in the long run. While some are intended at improving power supply, others aim at helping power companies recover their costs. Then, there are amendments that are targeted at promoting renewable energy. But, while the changes are positive, they are not legally binding as the policy serves largely as a guiding force. Moreover, the actual implementation has to be undertaken by the State governments and the respective State electricity regulatory commissions (SERCs). “Electricity for all practical purposes is a State subject. The entire success depends on the extent to which the State governments adopt the changes and follow them. In fact, some amendments such as those relating to competitive bidding for inter-State transmission projects and renewable energy purchase obligations (RPOs) are not completely new. The implementation record on these has however been patchy. The provision in the new Tariff Policy on procurement of power from smaller plants that use poor-quality coal (coal rejects generated from washeries) should aid power supply in the areas located close to the mines. Allowing private power producers to expand their capacity by up to 100 per cent at their existing sites too is a good move. This should help them better utilise the available land and do away with acquiring additional land, to a certain extent.
Amendment in tariff policy provides creation of microgrids, that fulfill the purpose of distribution of power in the remote villages. This will provide a fillip to distributed capacities off-grid plants, mainly renewable energy and also encourage rooftop generation. When the conventional grid reaches full capacity, excess power can be sold to the grid through net metering. State electricity regulatory commissions responsible for developing a specific trajectory for the 24 hours supply of adequate and uninterrupted power for all consumers by 2021-22 or earlier. This will help in the unbiased assessment of the required quantum and its tie-ups, there by provides enhanced opportunities for power sale, which is currently suppressed by discoms for various reasons. The trajectory of 24x7 will also complements the measurs taken under the Ujwal Discom Assurance Yojana and address the issue of idling generation capacities.
Objectives of the tariff policyDevelopment of the power sector has also to meet the challenge of providing access for affordable electricity to all households in next five years. It is therefore essential to attract adequate investments in the power sector by providing appropriate return on investment as budgetary resources of the Central and State Governments are
incapable of providing the requisite funds. It is equally necessary to ensure availability of electricity to different categories of consumers at reasonable rates for achieving the objectives of rapid economic development of the country and improvement in the living standards of the people. Balancing the requirement of attracting adequate investments to the sector and that of ensuring reasonability of user charges for the consumers is the critical challenge for the regulatory process. Accelerated development of the power sector and its ability to attract necessary investments required consistent regulatory approach across the country. The new tariff policy serves the following objectives:
a. Ensure availability of electricity to consumers at reasonable and competitive rates;
b. Ensure financial viability of the sector and attract investments;
c. Promote transparency, consistency and predictability in regulatory approaches across jurisdictions and minimise perceptions of regulatory risks;
d. Promote competition, efficiency in operations and improvement in quality of supply. Facilitate supply of adequate and uninterrupted power to all categories of consumers;
e. Promote generation of electricity from Renewable energy sources;
f. Promote Hydro Power generation including Pumped Storage to provide adequate peaking reserves, reliable grid operation and integration of variable renewable energy sources;
g. Evolve a dynamic and robust electricity infrastructure for better consumer services;
h. Ensure creation of adequate capacity including reserves in generation, transmission and distribution in advance, for reliability of supply of electricity to consumers.
The new tariff policy mainly serves the following purposes
i. Expansion of existing power plants owned by states permitted for optimum utilization of existing infrastructure. Expansion of private developer’s upto 100% from existing capacity.
ii. Setting up Coal washery rejects based projects on Cost plus basis by the PSUs,
iii. Renewable Energy Generation Obligation (RGO) on all future coal and lignite based thermal station to be set up.
iv. Renewable energy estimated to be 15% of total energy consumption by 2022.
v. Compulsorily procurement of power from “Waste to Energy”.
vi. Procured waste water to be used in thermal plants in the vicinity of towns & cities.
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vii. Regulatory Commission to devise a trajectory to ensure 24 hours supply of adequate and uninterrupted power to all categories of consumers.
Key benefits of new tariff policy to power industryThe new tariff policy aim to achieves the objective of providing power to all at affordable rates. It lay down a road map to ensure that power can reach the remote villages by regulating the grid and tariffs. The new policy also outline a strategy that dose not compromise on environmental issues, including measures to increase renewable power generation and use treated sewage water. The amendments in tariff policy are expected to bring benefit for the economy, the sector and the consumer. The key benefits of the new tariff policy are as follows:
1 In the transmission segment, the vision of creating capacities in advance well help ease congestion and enable power flow, eliminating regional power imbalance. Competiveness in intra-state transmission projects will help individual states develop or strengthen networks in conjection with generation and interstate transmission growth. There will be no interstate transmission charges for solar power. As the market for renewable energy develops, states with a larger renewable resources base will be able to sell electricity to power deficits states.
2 The increase in the percentage of RPOs, bundling of renewable power with conventional power, development of micro grids, exemption of interstate transmission charges and ancillary services for grid stabilization will help in the development of renewable energy especially solar projects. The government’s move to specify “renewable generation obligation” (RGO) for new coal and lignite based thermal power projects is another move in right direction.
3 For the hydro sector, the amendment in tariff policy provide welcome relief in terms of the extended times available to tie-up power under section 62 of the Electricity Act, 2003. Discoms can enter into 50-year power purchase agreements and generators are given incentive to explore the option of long term financing with the aim of reducing tariffs in initial years. The exemption of hydro projects from completive bidding till 2022 and the extension of PPA’s by 15 years will help even out tariffs over a longer period and save early tariff socks in hydro due to high costs and long gestation periods. This will also encourage states to sign hydro PPA’s and help optimise the energy mix.
4 Independent power producers are now permitted a one time extension of 100 percent instead of the earlier 50 percent. This will help in the optimal utilization of resources and open a window of opportunity for the quick ramp-up of thermal capacity without delays. Allowing Brownfield capacity addition up to 100 percent of the existing capacity under the regulated tariff route will help reduce the cost of power. This will optimize the use of land and other supporting infrastructure.
5 Providing affordable power to consumers near coal mines by procuring it from coal washery reject based plants. Power for remote unconnected villages through micro-grids, with a provision for grid power purchase as and when connectivity is established.
6 Regulatory clarity in composite schemes and the allowing automatic pass-through of changes in duties, levies and cess will remove a lot of ambiguity and uncertainty for competitively bid projects. Monthly or quarterly revisions of tariffs reflecting variations in fuel prices or power purchase costs, will help reduce the burden on discoms. Allowing cost pass through for imported coal/e-auctioned coal for meeting deficit coal supplies from Coal India Limited will help reduce litigations as cases pertaining to the above issues are pending before the appropriate commissions.
7 Enabling time-of-day metering will help demand management and lead to energy conservation. SERC’s to mandate smart meters for all industrial and commercial consumers. Faster installation of smart meters to enable ToD metering, reduce theft and allow net metering.
8 Power plants with un-requisitioned capacity can now sell power in the open market, which will improve plant load factor and efficiencies. The generator
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will have the option of selling the contracted power not offtaken by discoms in the merchant market. However, 50 percent of the profit of such transaction will have to be shared with the state utility.
9 Because of the demand slowdown, discoms are resorting to the back-down of base capacities (not offtaken the contracted power under long term PPAs) allowing base load stations to sale undrawn power in the merchant market will:
• Enable power generation to run plants at higher and optimal capacity, thereby providing better cash flows and returns.
• Higher availability of merchant power in the market.
• Lower merchant tariff (since the cost of power will be marginally less)
• Shairing profit with discoms will enable them to earn revenue and profit so that discom health can be improved.
Bottleneck of new tariff policyThe amendments in tariff policy do not adequately address the challenges. It is only a guidelines and reflects the central government’s good intent. The real test will be how the states fall in line with the changes. Some of the bottlenecks of new tariff policy are as follows:
1 Unless their current issues are addressed and the performance of the discoms improves. Since almost all discoms are state owned and regulatory commissions work as per the wishes of respective state governments, the new policy might not bring the desired outcomes. Co-ordination is required between the central and state governments to ensure the efficient implementation of the policy. Since the electricity is for all practical purposes a state subject, the absence of states good intent will not give good result.
2 The sector is currently facing number of challenges on various front like PPAs, availability of coal, railways, finance and environmental issues. The tariff policy alone can not provide every solution. However, a genuine effort has been made by the government to resolve these issues.
3 Policy provides that any changes in domestic duties, levies and cess or taxes impose by the central and state government will be treated as a change in law and pass through in subject to the approval of the commission. This leaves open a window for further delays and disputes. The best way would have been to allow these charges to be included in the tariff immediately upon the imposition of levies/duties/taxes.
4 The unresolved issues pertain to power projects that have been stranded due to coal re-auctions. It
is necessary to provide some special dispensation in such cases, which cannot be achieved through the tariff policy.
5 Since it is only a product of the Electricity Act, it can not supersede the substantive provisions existing under the law. For instance, the issues face by Mundra’s imported coal projects will not be solved, they will require an amendment in the Act itself.
6 Installing smart meters will require capex, which will have to be incurred by the discoms. Unless the states gives grants or soft loans, it will be difficult for smart metering to take place. Other wise it will impose burden on the common consumers.
7 With the existing intra state transmission charges, quantum of energy dispatched by a solar plant with a capacity utilization of 18% will be very low as compared to a conventional power plant of similar MW capacity, but it will be required to pay the same transmission charges. Relaxation in these charges will help solve this problem. This will also results to the reduction of transmission cost which are calculated on a per MW basis.
8 It is not clear in new tariff policy how State Regulators will ensure electricity for all at affordable rates without any clearly defined road map. Without review of ongoing power policy of over dependency on private power producers, it is practically not possible to provide power to all at affordable rates. The Government should analyse and review the actual reasons mounting losses of discoms which are now more than about Rs. 4.3 Lac Crores and debt is about Rs. 3.8 Lac Crores.
9 The amendments in tariff policy attempt to remove the bottlenecks in the sector for the benefit of future projects but following other issues have been are unaddressed:
i. A resolution for untied generation capacities.
ii. The relaxation on norms to avail of mega power benefits and fuel supply agreements conditions with respect to PPA’s tie-ups.
iii. The enactment of hydro purchase obligations to create a demand pull for hydro projects and enable them to secure PPAs.
iv. The states and state utilities must resolve PPA disputes in the larger interest of the sector and all stake holders.
v. The critical issue regarding the delays in regulatory processes that need to be addressed.
Ashok UpadhyayBE (Electrical), M Tech. Hon. (Ind. Engg.)
M. Phil (Renewable Energy), PHD Scholar Dy. Director (Generation)
M.P. Electricity Regulatory Commission Bhopal (M.P.)
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Load forecast plays a crucial role in all aspects of planning, operation, and control of an electric power
system. It is an essential function for operating a power network reliably and economically. According to the time horizon, load forecast can be classified as short term, midterm, and long term. Three principal time factors affect the load pattern. These are seasonal effects, weekly/daily cycle, and legal/religious holidays, which play an important role in load patterns. Short - term load forecasting over an interval ranging from an hour to a week is important for different functions as unit commitment, economic dispatch, energy transfer scheduling, and real - time control. One of most important methods used for short - term forecasting fall in the realm of statistical techniques is Stochastic time series approach These algorithms are primarily based on applying autoregressive moving average (ARMA) or autoregressive integrated moving average (ARIMA) models to the historical data
IntroductionLoad forecasting helps an electric utility to make important decisions including decisions on purchasing and generating electric power, load switching, and infrastructure development. The subject of load forecasting has been in existence for decades to forecast the future demand. This involves the accurate prediction of both the magnitudes and geographical locations of electric load over the different periods of the planning horizon. This chapter covers Stochastic Time Series technique for load forecasting which provides methods that are based on the assumption that the data have an internal structure, such as autocorrelation, trend or seasonal variation. The first impetus of the approach is to accurately assemble a pattern matching available data and then obtain the forecasted value with respect to time using the established model.
Stochastic Time Series techniqueA time series is said to be stationary if there is no systematic change in the mean value and its variance. Examples of such models are the autoregressive (AR) model, the moving average (MA) model, and the ARMA model, which is obtained by combining together components of the first two types mentioned.
In the auto regression process, the current value of the time series y (t) is expressed linearly in terms of its previous values (y (t−1), y (t − 2), …) and a random noise a (t). The order of this process depends on the oldest previous value at which y (t) is regressed on. For an AR process of order p (i.e., AR (p)), time series can be written as:
y(t) = a(t) +φ1y(t − 1) +φ2y(t − 2) +…+φpy(t-p), (1.1)
where φ1…, φp are the auto regression parameters. By introducing the back shift operator B that defines y(t−1) = By(t) and, consequently, y (t −m) = Bmy(t),
Equation 1.1 can now be written in the alternative form:
φ(B)y(t) = a(t), (1.2)
where φ (B)=1- φ1 B- φ2 B- …. - φpBp (1.3)
MA model assumes that the current value of the time series y (t) can be expressed linearly in terms of the current and previous values of a white noise series a (t), a (t−1), … . The noise series is constructed from the forecast errors or residuals when signal observations become available. The order of the process depends on the oldest noise value at which y (t) is regressed on. For an MA of order q, MA (q), the model can be expressed as:
y(t)= a(t) − θ1a(t−1) −θ2a(t−2) −…−θqa(t−q), (1.4)
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where θ1…, θq are the MA parameters. Similar application of the back shift operator on the white noise would allow Equation 1.4 to be written as:
y(t) =θ(B)a(t), (1.5)
where θ (B)=1- θ1 B- θ2 B-……… θqBq
The third model considered by the Box – Jenkins approach is a mixed model. It includes both the auto regression and MA terms in the model. This leads to a model described as:
y(t) = φ1y(t − 1) +…+φpy(t − p)+ a(t) −θ1a (t − 1) −…−θqa(t − q) (1.6)
The process defined by Equation 1.6 is called auto regression MA of order (p , q ), ARMA ( p , q ). The model can also be represented as:
φ(B)y(t) =θ(B)a(t) (1.7)
The basic theory behind AR, MA, and ARMA models applies to stationary data only. As mentioned before, this implies that the mean, the variance, and the auto covariance of the process are invariant under time translations. If the observed time series is non-stationary and does not vary about the fixed mean, then the series has to be differenced until a stationary situation is achieved. This model is called an “integrated” model because the stationary model, which is fitted to the differenced data, has to be summed, or integrated, to provide a model for the non-stationary data. The Box – Jenkins models for non-stationary time series auto regression integrated (ARI), moving average integrated (MAI), and ARIMA process.
The general form of the ARIMA, process of order (p, d, q) is:
φ(B)d y(t) =θ(B)a(t), (1.8)
where is the difference operator and d is the degree of differencing involved to reach a stationary stage.
As a result of daily, weekly, yearly, or other periodicities, many time series exhibit periodic behavior in response to one or more of these periodicities. Therefore, different classes of models, which have this property, are designated as seasonal processes. Seasonal time series could be modeled as an AR, MA, ARMA or an ARI, MAI, and ARIMA seasonal process similar to the no seasonal time series discussed before. The general multiplicative model ( p , d , q ) × ( P , D , Q ) s for a time series model can be written as:
φ(B) Φ (Bs) 1 sD y(t) =θ(B) Θ (Bs) a(t), (1.9)
where d, φ(B), and θ (B) have been defined previously. Similar definitions of s,D , Φ (Bs ), and Θ (Bs )
are given in the following relationships:
s = (y(t)- y(t -s))D =(1- Bs )D y(t), (1.10)
Φ (Bs )= Φ1 Bs -Φ2B 2 s -….Φp BPs, (1.11)
Θ (Bs)=1- Θ1 Bs -Θ2 B2s -ΘQ BQs. (1.12)
An example demonstrating the seasonal time series modelling is the model for an hourly data with a daily cycle. Such a model can be expressed using the model of Equation 1.8 with s = 24.
The procedure for Box – Jenkins techniques depends first, on the identification of the model, which is determined by analysing the raw load data. This analysis includes the plot of autocorrelation and partial autocorrelation functions. The use of these tools leads to the initial estimation of the required data transformation and the degree of differencing to obtain a stationary process. Second, an estimation of the parameter of the identified load -forecasting model is usually achieved through the use of efficient estimation methods such as maximum likelihood and unconditional least squares. Finally, the model is checked by testing whether the residual series is a white noise. If the residual is not white noise, the inadequacy of the model has to be corrected in view of the autocorrelation and partial autocorrelation functions of the residual.
ExampleAccording to www.OST.al the dates of consumption per hour of electric energy in Albania from 01/02/2016
to 07/02/2016 are given as following figure. It is required to forecast the electric load with 1-h lead using ARIMA model.
The load behaviour for weekdays has the same pattern but with small random variations. In such cases one has to run autoarima from forecast package in R to determine which ARIMA model is the best for this dataset. The results show that the most suitable ARIMA model is ARIMA (1,1,1). Next, the hourly consumption will be forecasted and compared with the actual pattern based on the mean absolute percentage error (MAPE) and the root mean squared error (RMSE). First I make datasets for each of the weekdays.
The following table contains the MAPE and RMSE values for forecasting the patterns for each weekday. The average MAPE is 4.85, while the average RMSE is 51.69.
TABLE. Average MAPE and RMSE of hourly energy consumption over 1 week.
Day MAPE RMSE
Monday 5.22 52.45
Tuesday 5.67 59.23
Wednesday 5.04 57.85
Thursday 4.88 53.95
Friday 3.77 40.61
Saturday 4.03 42.77
Sunday 5.35 54.98
AVERAGE 4.85 51.69
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Hourly consumption forecast over 1 week using ARIMA models that we found above can be seen in the following figure:
The black line with circles represent the actual consumption while the red line represents the forecasted consumption.
ConclusionsStochastic time series has the ease of understanding and implementation and the accuracy of its results.
Time series methods are based on the assumption that the data have an internal structure, such as autocorrelation, trend. The first impetus of the approach is to accurately assemble a pattern matching available data and then obtain the forecasted value with respect to time using the established model. Auto-Regressive (AR) model can be used to model the load profile, If the load is assumed to be a linear combination of previous loads
Autoregressive Moving-Average (ARMA) Model represents the current value of the time series linearly in terms of its values at previous periods & in terms of previous values of a white noise but Autoregressive Integrated Moving-Average (ARIMA) is used If the process is dynamic/non-stationary.
REFERENCES
[1] Electric Distribution Systems (Forecasting Methodology) Abdelhay A. Sallam, O. P. Malik
[2] Time Series Analysis and Its applications Robert H.Shumway David S.Stoffer
[3] An Overview of Electricity Demand Forecasting Techniques. Arunesh Kumar Singh*, Ibraheem, S. Khatoon, Md. Muazzam
Miranda HaliliDepartment of Electrical Engineering,
University of Vlora “Ismail Qemali”,
E-mail:[email protected] and
Nasiba ZokirovapeopleForecast GmbH,
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Please brief us on the T&D sector activities of your organization
The group “Goldstone” has contributed immensely to development of “Transmission & Distribution “in India. We were the first ones to bring silicon rubber insulators in India. These insulators have advantage that it is light in weight , does not break and gives good performance under polluted conditions.
They were first used on distribution lines of 11 kv and 33 kV rating. After its success company also developed silicon rubber composite insulators for transmission lines.
Initially insulators of 132 kV and 220 kV rating were developed. They were found to be useful in coastal and polluted areas of Gujarat, Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh etc. The continuous orders kept company machines occupied forcing it to add more every year.
Goldstone developed 400kV insulator for PGCIL. This was time when northern side of India was facing flashover problems due to severe pollution and fog conditions in winter. This product proved to be very useful and reliable to ensure continuous power supply.
Later encouraged by PGCIL response the company also developed 765 kV rating insulators. PGCIL decided to put 800 kV HVDC lines for bulk power supply. Goldstone took challenge and developed import substituition product. We are pleased to inform you that Goldstone successfully developed, tested and installed these insulators on Champa-Kurukshetra line. The company has also developed insulators up to 420 kN strength for FSC platforms.
Please share the details on Goldstone’s foray into Transformer field
The sister concern of Goldstone Insulators is Trinity Transformers. They are making distribution transformers up to 500 kVa rating. They have necessary BEE and BIS certification. Transformers are manufactured up to 5 star rating. They also have capacity to make 3-D Transformers.
Again PGCIL have approved this make and it is being supplied for various projects. The product is also approved by state discoms of Telangana, Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Gujarat and Maharashtra.
What is the main aim of Goldstone in the coming years?
The main aim is to be world market leader by way of one stop shop for Power Transmission & Distribution
Our aim is to provide smart, hi-value-added and eco-friendly products: Mr DPK UdasMr DPK Udas, Vice President, Goldstone Infratech Ltd speaks to IEEMA Journal about his company’s aim to become one stop shop for Power Transmission & Distribution Elements & Equipments.
Elements & Equipments. To Provide SMART, eco-friendly and hi-value-added products and services
Tell us something about Trinity Smart 3D wound core transformers
Unlike conventional stacked core or wound core transformers, Trinity SMART 3D wound Core construction the CRGO foils or amorphous ribbons are wound by continuously wrapping it on the mandrel in rectangular shape forming a Wound core Ring. These Rectangular core rings are then tightly joined in such a manner that they form an equilateral triangle (from inside & top). These results in a symmetrical magnetic structure which has following Technological Advantages:-
Reduced no load losses: The symmetrical 3D construction ensures that there are no unwanted air gaps, which results in low no load losses.
Reduced Stray loss: The unique construction of 3d core reduces stray losses.
Reduced stray magnetic fields.
Improved Harmonic behaviour: 3D core transformers experience a reduction in the third harmonic that persists through multiple excitation levels, and that
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of nominal excitation levels experience a further reduction in harmonic behaviour.
Reduced CO2 emissions: The technology has extremely low CO2 emissions as compared to the conventional transformer.
Why Triangular SMART Wound Core Distribution Transformers?
The unique feature of Distribution transformer built in SMART 3D core is that it does not have a single disadvantage, be it mechanical construction or Electrical parameters or the operational aspect when compared with the conventional planar core construction. Owing to the reduced losses which are achieved along-with reduced raw material and reduced weights and Dimensions, there is a huge amount of savings it brings in terms of “Total Owning Cost” to the user. SMART Wound core construction ensures use of Prime core Material. The efficiency is high.
The transformer is best suited when the load is Inductive as the AC component in the electromagnetic circuit is fairly symmetrical. It also offers flexibility for use of CRGO and Amorphous as Core material. Similarly there is a flexibility
of use of Aluminium or Copper either in round wire/ strip or foil. The IS 1180 (2014) losses for level 2 and level 3 could be achieved easily with less material cost. The installation is also easy as it is compact and maintenance is much easier as the structure is simple.
The active part is firmly held inside which makes it almost Theft proof. 3D Core construction is the best suited design in DT as it offers the ideal technical solution for Indian needs at a highly competitive cost than planar core and that too with very low losses.
Q5 Which are Best Suited Applications for this product ?
Ideal for installation sites where low operating sound levels are required.
Ideal for installation sites with sensitive instruments /equipment (e.g. data centers) where low harmonic effects are required or for use as an isolating transformer
Ideal for reducing electricity costs in high electricity consumption installation sites (eg. cold storage warehouses that operate 24 hours a day, 365 days a year)
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The rapid growth of electric power system observed over the last several years has resulted in large
number of growth in electric distribution system as well as transmission system. The transmission system experiences the different types of fault .i.e. line to ground, double line to ground, three phase fault etc. There are two types of fault location method in transmission system, that is impedance based method and travelling wave method.
In this paper, the travelling wave method based on single ended measurement is used for both overhead line and underground cable. When fault occur in the system, it generates transient waves, using same transient wave the exact fault location is measured in transmission system[1].This paper present fault location method for overhead line and underground cable.
This method is more advantageous compare to double ended method. Because,no need to use GPS for time synchronisation and no need to use communication system also[2]-[4].
Fig 1:- Fault in transmission system
Fig.1 show the fault in overhead transmission line. In this paper the three phase values of voltage are transformed into the modal decomposition using Clarke’s method.
Proposed MethodModal transform is used to transfer the three phase value of voltage i.e. av
, bv& cv into the alpha,
beta and zero i.e. 0v, αv
& βv . After getting the modal components, then used db4 wavelet transformed for identification of first, second and third inception of travelling wave.
Fig 2:-Bewley lattice diagram for fault in underground cable.
Fig. 2 show the fault occurs in the underground cable section. Generates first, second and third inception of travelling wave. To determine the fault section ,it is necessary to identify the polarity of three inception waves[5]-[7].
If the polarity of first inception wave and incident wave are opposite then fault in the underground cable section. If
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the polarity of first inception wave and incident wave are same then fault is in overhead line section. After identify the fault section then exact fault location is measured [8,9].
Simulation and ResultsFault in overhead line section Fig.3 show the model of overhead transmission system with fault of single line to ground fault.
Fault in cable sectionFig.6 show the fault generated waveform in underground cable,and from this wave form determined the location of fault.
Fig.8 shows the detail polarity of inception wave for fault in cable section and based on that polarity the fault section is determined.
The polarity of first inception and incident wave are reverse as shown in above fig. From this signal of wavelet transform, easily identified the fault in cable section.
After determined the fault section the exact location of fault is measured using following formula:
D *v≈ 2)( 13 tt −
Below Table 1 Show the result of calculated distance for different types of fault
Fig 3: Block diagram of simulated system for single line to ground fault in the overhead line section.
Fig 4:Three phase voltage waveform for single line to ground fault in overhead line section.
Fig 5: Block diagram of simulated system for three phase fault in the underground cable section.
Fig 6:- Three phase voltage waveform for three phase fault in cable section.
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Fault type Actual fault distance
Calculated distance
Single phase to ground fault
400 km
320 km
400.013
319.89
Double phase to ground
400 km
320 km
400.87
318.75
Three phase to ground
400 km
320 km
399.87
319.55
Table 1 :-Result table of different fault type in cable section and accuracy for fault location.
ConclusionThe single ended travelling wave method is used to determine the accurate location of fault using fault generated transient wave for transmission system and simulated on MATLAB software using SimPower toolbox.
The proposed method is used for overhead line as well as underground cable transmission system. The paper present the two different model for fault in cable section and fault in overhead line section and their results.
This method is applicable for various types of fault that occur in the distribution system as well as transmission system, such a faults are:
Three phase faultSingle line to ground faultDouble line to ground faultThree phase to ground faultThis method is more accurate, simple and time saving than double ended method and from result table the proposed method is not affected due to different types of fault.
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1 W.P.Thomas, J. O. Carvalho & T.Pereira,”Fault location in distribution system based on traveling waves”, IEEE 2003.
2 G.Krzysztof, R.Kowalik, D.Rasolomampionona & S.An-war,”Traveling wave fault location in power transmission system: An overview”, electrical system, 2011.
3 Zhihan Xu,Tarlochan S.Sidhu,”Fault location method
based on single end measurements for underground cables”,IEEE.vol.26,oct 2011
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Madhuri S. Bhalgat, Prof.P.D.Bharadwaj
P.G.Student, M.Tech.[Electrical power system],B.V.D.U,Pune,India
Associate Prof.Electrical Engineering department, BVDU, Pune, India
Fig 7:- Incident wave for fault in cable section Fig 8:- First inception wave for fault in cable section.
Fig 9:- Second inception wave for fault in cable section.
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During the second half of the twentieth century it was becoming clear to the scientific community that the
average environmental temperature of the earth’s surface is increasing due to human activities, which emit certain gases like carbon-dioxide, nitrous-oxide, methane, etc., called the Greenhouse Gases (GHGs).
United Nation Environmental Programme (UNEP) took note of this and jointly with the World Meteorological Organisation (WMO) set up an organisation called Intergovernmental panel on Climate Change (IPCC) for the assessment of Climate Change.
Thousands of scientists from all over the world contribute to the work of the IPCC on a voluntary basis. IPCC brings out assessment reports after analysing these contributions and collecting information from various sources.
IPCC’s assessment report-5 (AR5), published last year, clearly shows that on the Climate Change front much more is needed than what has been done so far.
The Kyoto Protocol is an international agreement on Climate Change. The protocol binds its parties by setting internationally binding emission targets. The first commitment period was from 2008 to 2013 and the collective emission reduction target was 5.2% over 1990 levels. The second period is from 2014 to 2020, an extension targeting 18% GHG emission cuts over 1990 levels.
During the conceptual formulation period of the Kyoto Protocol, it was decided that for the first period, developed countries only need to reduce their emissions. The developing countries should do what best they could do and take part in Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) Projects [1]. The situation, however, would change in the next protocol, which would be worked out in Paris in December this year and would replace the Kyoto
Protocol. This would be much more ambitious protocol applicable for the period 2020 to 2030. It is expected that under this regime developing countries like China, India, South Africa and Brazil would have to commit substantial reduction of emissions.
As it is turning out, focusing only on renewable energy may not yield the desired results. It is essential for at least bigger developing countries to go for atomic energy option. Recognising this, Govt. of India has adopted an accelerated programme to develop Nuclear Power generation. The objective is to double the present installed capacity of 5820MW by 2018 and more than eleven times to 63,000 MW by 2031-2032.
Current ScenarioIn the recent past the following issues have settled in favour of nuclear power generation.
In 2008 US Congress passed a bill allowing civil nuclear trade with India. In the same year India entered into an agreement with France also for nuclear trade. The Obama-administration in 2009 had agreed that it would not be necessary for India to sign the non proliferation treaty for accessing nuclear technology for civilian purpose.
These agreements practically ended three decades of trade isolation in nuclear trade.
Though there is no short term nuclear fuel shortage, there would be shortage, if India adopts a fast path to nuclear power. India has already imported uranium from Russia, Kazakhstan and France. France, Mongolia and Canada have shown interest in supplying nuclear fuel, as and when needed.
The nuclear liability aspect has been a bottle neck for Indian nuclear plants for a long time. The idea was to
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create an Indian nuclear insurance pool (INIP) of fund, which started moving forward since January 2015, when ministry of foreign affairs declared creation of pool of Rs.750 crore. As it stood on June 2015, GIC Re has created a pool of Rs1500 crore with Indian and foreign insurers. GIC Re, which is the sole reinsurer in the country, is the fund manager.
Third party payment due to accidents etc, has to be made by the plant operators (like NPCIL), who have to have policies with insurers. New India Assurance, a pool member, would issue policies and manage coverage for operators and suppliers.
Some Japanese manufacturers were the sole suppliers of some critical reactor components to manufacturers of reactors all over the world. Govt. of Japan was not allowing export of these components to countries who had not signed the non proliferation treaty. These equipments needed sophisticated manufacturing facilities and a number of reactor suppliers were looking for suitable manufacturing facilities. Recently one of the French manufacturer’s representatives visited an Indian manufacturer’s facility and expressed their satisfaction.
Atomic power plants require huge amount of land. As it stands in May,2015, the ubiquitous land acquisition problem would be solved when the land acquisition bill is passed by the parliament in its current or modified form, in near future.
Classification of Plants
Figure-1
The early reactors were boiling water reactor (BWR)s, where coolant-moderator water is to become steam driving the turbine, as shown in Fig-1. This had the problem of radioactive contamination of components like turbine, condenser, pump etc.
The second generation reactors used water at high pressure which used to exchange the heat with the steam generating water in a separate loop using a heat exchanger, as shown in Figure-2.
Figure-2
In some of the reactors instead of ordinary water, heavy water (D2O) is used as coolant-moderator. When heavy water is used, fuel enrichment is of less importance and different types of fuels may be used.
One problem with both the types of reactors is accidental loss of coolant water in the unlikely case of reactor core shell cracking. As coolant water leaks out, the fission process stops, but the core elements receive enough energy from radio-activity causing meltdown of the core elements. When these molten materials splash on water, steam explosion takes place. This accident is called Loss of Coolant Accident (LOCA) and is a major concern for reactor designs.
Safety of reactor cores is of utmost importance. The early designs used active devices like sensors, control devices, actuators, etc. Later designs use more passive methodologies using gravity etc. directly.
Fast Breeder Reactors are reactors which can convert non-fissionable part of Uranium fuel to fissionable Plutonium as waste. This fissionable Plutonium along with radioactive elements like Thorium could be used in suitably designed reactors to generate more power. It may even be possible to utilise the waste (U-233) of this reactor, suitable concocted with Thorium in a third specially designed reactor to generate even more power. This is the basic idea, the brain child of Dr. H J Bhava, behind India’s 3-stage Thorium based power generation. It should be mentioned here that as far as India is concerned, long term availability of Thorium would be much better than that of Uranium. In Dr. Bhava’s own words:
“The total reserves of thorium in India amount to over 500,000 tons in the readily extractable form, while the known reserves of uranium are less than a tenth of this. The aim of long range atomic power programme in India must therefore be to base the nuclear power generation as soon as possible on thorium rather than uranium… The first generation of atomic power stations based on natural uranium can only be used to start off an atomic power programme… The plutonium produced by the first generation power stations can be used in a second generation of power stations designed to produce electric power and convert thorium into U-233, or depleted uranium into more plutonium with breeding gain… The second generation of power stations may be regarded as
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an intermediate step for the breeder power stations of the third generation all of which would produce more U-233 than they burn in the course of producing power.”[2]
A simplified schematic diagram of the proposed 3-stage methodology is shown in Fig-3.
Figure-3
Radioactive wastes are of major concern for any atomic power plant. The direct products of fission generate highly radioactive high-level wastes. The indirect products of fission, such as the reactor materials are much less radioactive and are called low level wastes. Containment and disposal of both types of wastes are major technological challenge to the scientific community.
Indian Plans & PerspectivesIndia has accumulated vast experience in operating Pressurised Heavy Water Reactors (PHWR), as could be seen from the table shown below (Table-1).
Table-1
Power Station
State Type Units MW
Capacity MW
Kaiga Karnataka PHWR 220X4 880
Kakrapar Gujarat PHWR 220X2 440
Narora UP PHWR 220X2 440
Madras Tamilnadu PHWR 220X2 440
Rajasthan (Kota)
Rajasthan PHWR 100X1 200X1 220X4
1180
Tarapur Maharastra BWR PHWR
160X2 540X2
1440
Kudankulam Tamilnadu VVER* 1000X1 1000
Total 5820
*VVER is a Russian acronym, which stands for Water (coolant) Water (moderator) Energy Reactor
Under construction plants are shown in Table-2
Table-2Power Station
State Type Unit MW
Capacity MW
Madras Tamilnadu PFBR 500X1 500Kakrapar Gujarat PHWR 700X2 1400Rajasthan Rajasthan PHWR 700x2 1400
Kudankulam Tamilnadu VVER 1000X1 1000Total 4300
India’s first prototype Fast Breeder Reactor (PFBR) is going to be ready for synchronisation in near future. VVER reactors are of Russian design which uses horizontal orientation of the steam generator module. As far as India’s 3-stage nuclear power generation programme is concerned, we are just at the beginning of the second stage.
As far as future plans are concerned, Govt. of India has agreed on principle for the following plants (Table-3):
Table-3 [3]
Power Station
StateUnit
Capacity MW
In co-opera-tion with
Gorakhpur Haryana 4X700 Indige-nous
Chutka MP 2X700 Do
Bhimpur MP 4X700 Do
Kaiga Karnataka 2X700 Do
Mahi Banswara
Rajasthan 4X700 Do
Kudankulam Tamilnadu 4X1000 Russia
Jaitapur Maharastra 6X1650 France
Mithi Virdi Gujarat 6X1000 USA
Kovvada AP 6X1000 USA
Haripur WB 6X1000 Russia
Manufacturing & Testing RequirementsTo gear up for rapid execution of plans of such magnitude needs a lot of ancillary activities parallel to the main activities like establishing fuel linkages, obtaining clearances from national and international regulatory bodies, land acquisition, etc. Though main plants and machinery would be supplied by internationally renowned bodies, a lot of balance of plant equipment would be supplied by common indigenous suppliers. Therefore, extensive new manufacturing and testing facilities should be created. Almost every component meant for a nuclear
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power plant needs special testing. A quick scan through standards developed by IEEE Standards
Facilities for special safety related testing like Seismic testing and LOCA (Loss of Coolant Accident).
Special site specific testing, over and above testing as per standards, may be needed sometimes. It is said that in the case of Fukushima accident, though the seismic activity was taken care of, the tsunami effect was not adequately considered. Generation of such site specific test specification and creation of pertinent test facilities are of utmost importance.
Safety AspectsInternationally, reactors are classified in to the following generations:
Generation-I: Designed & developed during 1950-60, using active safety features and boiling water directly driving turbines (Fig-1).
Generation-II: Currently running reactors, using pressurised water (light or heavy) as coolant-moderator (Fig-2).
Generation-III: Advanced Heavy Water Reactors using passive safety features, currently under construction.
Generation-IV: Currently under design & development, easy to operate smaller units using extensive passive safety methodology.
Safety aspects of Indian atomic power plants are under strict control of the Atomic Energy Regulatory Board (AERB). In the international level International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) is the chief custodian. Almost all the countries running atomic power plants are members of this body. In addition to this, all the nuclear power plants have an association of their own, called the World Association of Nuclear Operators (WANO).
Both WANO and IAEA offer peer review services to plant operators who approach them review of designs and installations. Through WANO, plant operators can share their experiences for same or similar type of plants.
IAEA through its Operational Safety Review Team (OSART) offers similar services. It has reviewed Rajasthan Atomic Power Plant’s Unit3 & Unit4.
IAEA has another more rigorous review system, called Integrated Regulatory Review Service (IRRS), under which the plant operator’s safety system has to comply with a written plant specific document, derived from International best practices. To the best of this author’s knowledge, India has not yet gone for this review for any of its plants.
India has to its credit over 400 reactor-years of safe operation and there has been no radioactivity release beyond stipulated limit set by AERB.
ConclusionTo highlight the dual role of nuclear power in socio-economic development and Climate Change mitigation, we may quote from IAEA’s publication, Climate Change and Nuclear Power 2014[4]:
“The twin challenge over the next 10–20 years will be to keep promoting socioeconomic development by providing safe, reliable and affordable energy while drastically reducing GHG emissions.
Nuclear power belongs to the set of energy sources and technologies available today that could help meet the climate–energy challenge. GHG emissions from nuclear power plants (NPPs) are negligible, and nuclear power, together with hydropower and wind based electricity, is among the lowest CO2 emitters when emissions over the entire life cycle are considered (less than 15 grams CO2-equivalent (g CO2-eq) per kW·h (kilowatt hour), median value of 60 reviewed sources).”
As mentioned earlier, under the new protocol, to be worked out in December this year, even developing countries would be legally bound to achieve negotiated and agreed emission reduction targets. It is expected that India’s accelerated nuclear programme along with other renewable energy programmes would enable India to meet the targets.
To succeed with such a major nuclear programme, the following issues are to be sorted out with expediency;
Scientists concerned must indicate how the radioactive waste problem is going to be managed in short term (of the order of 10 years) and long term (10,000 to 100,000 years).
Though peer reviews by WANO and IAEA – ORSAT teams have been carried out for a few plants; rigorous audits by IAEA’s Integrated Regulatory Review Service (IRRS) should be carried out, at least for a few typical plants.
Proper security system must be installed to prevent terrorist attacks and terrorists’ getting hold of radioactive wastes. A Nuclear Security Summit was held in Hague in March2014 to focus on this aspect. All the agreements must be implemented thoroughly.
The political leadership, irrespective of their political affiliation, must support the 3-stage programme whole heartedly on a long term basis.
REFERENCE:
1 DAS, M K; Clean Development Mechanism of Kyoto Protocol: Challenges and Opportunities, IEEMA Journal, April2008, pp57-63.
2 Venkataraman, Ganesan (1994), Bhabha and His Magnifi-cent Obsessions, Universities Press (India) Ltd.
3 The Times of India, Ahmedabad edition, dated 02-05-2015.4 Climate Change And Nuclear Power 2014, IAEA,
Summary, pp1.
M K DasDeputy Director (Retd.)
Electrical Research & Development Association, Vadodara
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IEEMA interactive session in Vadodara
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Indian Electrical and Electronics Manufacturers’ Association organized an interactive session in Vadodara on June 17, 2016. The session was chaired by Mr Babu Babel, President, IEEMA who introduced members to the need of creating zonal chapter and generating cohesiveness among industry
members in Gujarat region He emphasized on Gujarat region and its importance to IEEMA membership. Also present in the session were Mr Sanjeev Sardana, Vice President, IEEMA, Mr Sunil Misra, Director General, IEEMA and Mr Vipul Ray, Managing Director at Elmex Controls Pvt. Ltd
Fujitsu Delegation met IEEMA Director General
A delegation from Fujitsu led by Mr. Sasaki, Corporate Executive Office & Executive Advisor to President met IEEMA Director General, Mr. Sunil Misra at the New Delhi Office. The purpose of the visit was to have a deeper understanding about the business and investment prospects in India and IEEMA’s role in facilitating it in the Power sector. Among the delegates were, Mr. Andy Stevenson, Head of Middle East, Turkey and Managing Director of India, Mr. Takahiro, Ikawa, Director, Legal Division, Mr. Shuichi Tanaka, Senior Director and Mr. Mayank Panwar, GM North & East of Fujitsu India.
Meeting of Metering India-2017 Organizing Committee
The meeting of Metering India-2017 Organizing committee was held at IEEMA, Delhi Office Chaired by Mrs Manjushri Shah (Convener-Metering India-2017), Members were briefed about the activities done by committee so
and further course of action was decided, Meeting was attended by 8 representatives from 8 different organization including CEA and NSGM. Mr. J. Pande, Sr. Director and Mr. Akeel Khan, Executive Officer, represented IEEMA at the meeting.
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IEEMA SME Division Meeting
The first SME Division Meeting for the year 2016-17 was held on 29th April 2016 at IEEMA Mumbai. 13 members from 12 companies attended the meeting. Mr. Manas Kundu, International Copper Association India (ICAI) made a presentation on Power Quality and fruitful question answer session continued thereafter.
SME Division members decided to conduct a Conclave covering the topics of Finance, Marketing, Policies and Exports orientation in the month of July 2016.”
Interface with Government and agencies
On 26th May 2016, Shri Sunil Misra, Director General and Shri Sudeep Sarkar, Deputy Director, IEEMA had a follow-up meeting with Ministry of Power on the issue of non-acceptance of Central Power Research Institute (CPRI) test certificates in some foreign countries.
The meeting was chaired by Shri Raj Pal, Economic Advisor, Ministry of Power, Government of India. Representatives of CPRI and Department of Commerce were also present in the meeting. The deliberations included measures taken by CPRI to promote it abroad.
On 26th May 2016, Shri Sunil Misra, Director General, Shri Sudeep Sarkar, Deputy Director, and Shri Uttam
Kumar, Executive Officer, IEEMA had a meeting with Sri R K Singh, Joint Secretary, Department of Heavy Industry, Government of India, regarding awareness workshop on quality control order of electrical transformers.
On 27th May 2016, Shri Sudeep Sarkar, Deputy Director, IEEMA, participated in the meeting called by Shri Dammu Ravi, Joint Secretary, Department of Commerce, Government of India on Rules of Origin criteria under Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) agreement. Smt. Anice Joseph Chandra, Director, Department of Commerce and representative of other associations were also present in the meeting.
On 16th and 17th June 2016, Shri Sudeep Sarkar, Deputy Director, IEEMA, participated in the meeting of India-Thailand Joint Business Forum coinciding with the visit of Prime Minister of Thailand. Business Cooperation and investments in both the countries were discussed in the forum meeting.
IEEMA Representations
IEEMA submitted a representation to Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion, Government of India, on 15th June 2016, giving its suggestions on Ease of Doing Business.
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PowerStatistics
74 July 2016
Source - BP statistical review 2016
PowerStatistics
75July 2016
Quarterly % growth
Source –IEEMA database
-4.5
-7.1
-2.4
-11.4
1.4 -1.1
-8.7
5.2
3.9
6.4
3.6 0.0
FY14 Q1
FY14 Q2
FY14 Q3
FY14 Q4
FY15 Q1
FY15 Q2
FY15 Q3
FY15 Q4
FY16 Q1
FY16 Q2
FY16 Q3
FY16 Q4
Rotating Machines
5.4
23.3
1.2
8.0
28.7
32.6
23.8
41.9
19.7
0.7
16.8
-1.9
FY14 Q1
FY14Q2
FY14 Q3
FY14 Q4
FY15 Q1
FY15 Q2
FY15 Q3
FY15 Q4
FY16 Q1
FY16 Q2
FY16 Q3
FY16 Q4
Cables
20.8
51.7
69.2
33.9
14.7
-16.2 -14.1 -19.4 -10.5
6.8 12.9 10.5
FY14 Q1
FY14 Q2
FY14 Q3
FY14 Q4
FY15 Q1
FY15 Q2
FY15 Q3
FY15 Q4
FY16 Q1
FY16 Q2
FY16 Q3
FY16 Q4
Capacitors
-4.5
-7.1
-2.4
-11.4
1.4 -1.1
-8.7
5.2
3.9
6.4
3.6 0.0
FY14 Q1
FY14 Q2
FY14 Q3
FY14 Q4
FY15 Q1
FY15 Q2
FY15 Q3
FY15 Q4
FY16 Q1
FY16 Q2
FY16 Q3
FY16 Q4
Rotating Machines
5.4
23.3
1.2
8.0
28.7
32.6
23.8
41.9
19.7
0.7
16.8
-1.9
FY14 Q1
FY14Q2
FY14 Q3
FY14 Q4
FY15 Q1
FY15 Q2
FY15 Q3
FY15 Q4
FY16 Q1
FY16 Q2
FY16 Q3
FY16 Q4
Cables
20.8
51.7
69.2
33.9
14.7
-16.2 -14.1 -19.4 -10.5
6.8 12.9 10.5
FY14 Q1
FY14 Q2
FY14 Q3
FY14 Q4
FY15 Q1
FY15 Q2
FY15 Q3
FY15 Q4
FY16 Q1
FY16 Q2
FY16 Q3
FY16 Q4
Capacitors
-4.5
-7.1
-2.4
-11.4
1.4 -1.1
-8.7
5.2
3.9
6.4
3.6 0.0
FY14 Q1
FY14 Q2
FY14 Q3
FY14 Q4
FY15 Q1
FY15 Q2
FY15 Q3
FY15 Q4
FY16 Q1
FY16 Q2
FY16 Q3
FY16 Q4
Rotating Machines
5.4
23.3
1.2
8.0
28.7
32.6
23.8
41.9
19.7
0.7
16.8
-1.9
FY14 Q1
FY14Q2
FY14 Q3
FY14 Q4
FY15 Q1
FY15 Q2
FY15 Q3
FY15 Q4
FY16 Q1
FY16 Q2
FY16 Q3
FY16 Q4
Cables
20.8
51.7
69.2
33.9
14.7
-16.2 -14.1 -19.4 -10.5
6.8 12.9 10.5
FY14 Q1
FY14 Q2
FY14 Q3
FY14 Q4
FY15 Q1
FY15 Q2
FY15 Q3
FY15 Q4
FY16 Q1
FY16 Q2
FY16 Q3
FY16 Q4
Capacitors
8.6
1.8
-8.5
-2.9
4.1
-9.7
8.8
-2.5
12.9
6.7
0.9
6.9
FY14 Q1
FY14 Q2
FY14 Q3
FY14 Q4
FY15 Q1
FY15 Q2
FY15 Q3
FY15 Q4
FY16 Q1
FY16 Q2
FY16 Q3
FY16 Q4
Transmission Lines
-2.9 -5.8
4.4
27.7
-0.7
9.3 11.6
8.8
-10.0
-5.0
0.0
5.0
10.0
15.0
20.0
25.0
30.0
FY14 Q1
FY14 Q2
FY14 Q3
FY14 Q4
FY15 Q1
FY15 Q2
FY15 Q3
FY15 Q4
LV Switchgear
8.6
1.8
-8.5
-2.9
4.1
-9.7
8.8
-2.5
12.9
6.7
0.9
6.9
FY14 Q1
FY14 Q2
FY14 Q3
FY14 Q4
FY15 Q1
FY15 Q2
FY15 Q3
FY15 Q4
FY16 Q1
FY16 Q2
FY16 Q3
FY16 Q4
Transmission Lines
-2.9 -5.8
4.4
27.7
-0.7
9.3 11.6
8.8
-10.0
-5.0
0.0
5.0
10.0
15.0
20.0
25.0
30.0
FY14 Q1
FY14 Q2
FY14 Q3
FY14 Q4
FY15 Q1
FY15 Q2
FY15 Q3
FY15 Q4
LV Switchgear
-6.7 -2.6
5.8
22.2
0.6
9.2 10.3
7.2 7.1
12.6
-3.4
14.7
FY14 Q1
FY14 Q2
FY14 Q3
FY14 Q4
FY15 Q1
FY15 Q2
FY15 Q3
FY15 Q4
FY16 Q1
FY16 Q2
FY16 Q3
FY16 Q4
Switchgear
-4.5
18.8
8.7
-3.1
4.1
-5.0
3.2
-9.7
9.2
2.8
14.0
11.0
FY14 Q1
FY14 Q2
FY14 Q3
FY14 Q4
FY15 Q1
FY15 Q2
FY15 Q3
FY15 Q4
FY16 Q1
FY16 Q2
FY16 Q3
FY16 Q4
Transformers
14.6
24.1
5.7
-3.4
-16.8
6.6
28.2
51.0
37.8
2.7
8.6 5.9
FY14 Q1
FY14 Q2
FY14 Q3
FY14 Q4
FY15 Q1
FY15 Q2
FY15 Q3
FY15 Q4
FY16 Q1
FY16 Q2
FY16 Q3
FY16 Q4
Meters
-6.7 -2.6
5.8
22.2
0.6
9.2 10.3
7.2 7.1
12.6
-3.4
14.7
FY14 Q1
FY14 Q2
FY14 Q3
FY14 Q4
FY15 Q1
FY15 Q2
FY15 Q3
FY15 Q4
FY16 Q1
FY16 Q2
FY16 Q3
FY16 Q4
Switchgear
-4.5
18.8
8.7
-3.1
4.1
-5.0
3.2
-9.7
9.2
2.8
14.0
11.0
FY14 Q1
FY14 Q2
FY14 Q3
FY14 Q4
FY15 Q1
FY15 Q2
FY15 Q3
FY15 Q4
FY16 Q1
FY16 Q2
FY16 Q3
FY16 Q4
Transformers
14.6
24.1
5.7
-3.4
-16.8
6.6
28.2
51.0
37.8
2.7
8.6 5.9
FY14 Q1
FY14 Q2
FY14 Q3
FY14 Q4
FY15 Q1
FY15 Q2
FY15 Q3
FY15 Q4
FY16 Q1
FY16 Q2
FY16 Q3
FY16 Q4
Meters
-6.7 -2.6
5.8
22.2
0.6
9.2 10.3
7.2 7.1
12.6
-3.4
14.7
FY14 Q1
FY14 Q2
FY14 Q3
FY14 Q4
FY15 Q1
FY15 Q2
FY15 Q3
FY15 Q4
FY16 Q1
FY16 Q2
FY16 Q3
FY16 Q4
Switchgear
-4.5
18.8
8.7
-3.1
4.1
-5.0
3.2
-9.7
9.2
2.8
14.0
11.0
FY14 Q1
FY14 Q2
FY14 Q3
FY14 Q4
FY15 Q1
FY15 Q2
FY15 Q3
FY15 Q4
FY16 Q1
FY16 Q2
FY16 Q3
FY16 Q4
Transformers
14.6
24.1
5.7
-3.4
-16.8
6.6
28.2
51.0
37.8
2.7
8.6 5.9
FY14 Q1
FY14 Q2
FY14 Q3
FY14 Q4
FY15 Q1
FY15 Q2
FY15 Q3
FY15 Q4
FY16 Q1
FY16 Q2
FY16 Q3
FY16 Q4
Meters
2.2
9.8
0.9
3.1
9.3
7.2
11.5
13.0 14.8
5.2
7.4
5.5
FY14 Q1
FY14 Q2
FY14 Q3
FY14 Q4
FY15 Q1
FY15 Q2
FY15 Q3
FY15 Q4
FY16 Q1
FY16 Q2
FY16 Q3
FY16 Q4
Overall Electrical Equipment Industry Index
-13.6
3.1
8.4
12.3
5.6 9.0
5.2 1.0
-15.0
-10.0
-5.0
0.0
5.0
10.0
15.0
FY14 Q1
FY14 Q2
FY14 Q3
FY14 Q4
FY15 Q1
FY15 Q2
FY15 Q3
FY15 Q4
HV Switchgear
2.2
9.8
0.9
3.1
9.3
7.2
11.5
13.0 14.8
5.2
7.4
5.5
FY14 Q1
FY14 Q2
FY14 Q3
FY14 Q4
FY15 Q1
FY15 Q2
FY15 Q3
FY15 Q4
FY16 Q1
FY16 Q2
FY16 Q3
FY16 Q4
Overall Electrical Equipment Industry Index
-13.6
3.1
8.4
12.3
5.6 9.0
5.2 1.0
-15.0
-10.0
-5.0
0.0
5.0
10.0
15.0
FY14 Q1
FY14 Q2
FY14 Q3
FY14 Q4
FY15 Q1
FY15 Q2
FY15 Q3
FY15 Q4
HV Switchgear
Rs/MTBASIC PRICES AND INDEX NUMBERS
# Estimated, NA: Not available
The basic prices and indices are calculated on the basis of raw material prices, exclusive of excise/C.V. duty wherever manufactures are eligible to obtain MODVAT benefit.These basic prices and indices are for operation of IEEMA’s Price Variation Clauses for various products. Basic Price Variation Clauses, explanation of nomenclature can be obtained from IEEMA office.Every care has been taken to ensure correctness of reported prices and indices. However, no responsibility is assured for correctness. Authenticated prices and indices are separately circulated by IEEMA every month. We recommend using authenticated prices and indices only for claiming price variation.
IRON, STEEL & STEEL PRODUCTS
BLOOMS(SBL) 150mmX150mm
`/MT 25578
BILLETS(SBI) 100MM `/MT 25405
CRNGO Electrical Steel Sheets M-45, C-6 (Ex-Rsp)
`/MT54000
CRGO ELECTRICAL STEEL SHEETS
a) For Transformers of rating up to 10MVA and voltage up to 33 KV
`/MT245250
b) For Transformers of rating above 10MVA or voltage above 33 KV
`/MT314000
NON-FERROUS METALS
Electrolytic High Grade Zinc `/MT 141300
Lead (99.97%) `/MT 139900
Copper Wire Bars `/MT 350970
Copper Wire Rods `/MT 362116
Aluminium Ingots - EC Grade (IS 4026-1987)
`/MT 125457
Aluminuium Properzi Rods - EC Grade (IS5484 1978)
`/MT 131882
Aluminium Busbar (IS 5082 1998)
`/MT185300
OTHER RAW MATERIALS
Epoxy Resin CT - 5900 `/Kg 380
Phenolic Moulding Powder `/Kg 88
PVC Compound - Grade CW - 22
`/MT 126750
PVC Compound Grade HR - 11
`/MT 127750
Transformer Oil Base Stock (TOBS)
`/KLitre 49197
OTHER IEEMA INDEX NUMBERS
IN-BUSDUCTS (Base June 2000=100) for the month January 2016
203.78
IN - BTR - CHRG (Base June 2000=100) 275.91
IN - WT (Base June 2000=100 205.38
IN-INSLR (Base: Jan 2003 = 100) 217.91
Wholesale price index number for ‘Ferrous Metals (Base 2004-05 = 100) for the month January 2016
135.90
Wholesale price index number for’ Fuel & Power (Base 2004-05 = 100) for the month January 2016
168.40
All India Average Consumer Price Index Number for Industrial Workers (Base 2001=100) January 2016
267.00
Unit as on 01.04.16 Unit as on
01.04.16
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130000
135000
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-14
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`02
-15
`03
-15
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10
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02
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-16
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IEEMADatabase
76 July 2016
Name of ProductAccounting
Unit
Production
For the Month From Apr 15 to Highest Annual
March 2016 March 16 Production
Electric Motors*
AC Motors - LT 000' KW 911 9846 11217
AC Motors - HT 000' KW 450 3695 4647
DC Motors 000' KW 43 393 618
AC Generators 000' KVA 1007 11261 10676
Switchgears*
Contactors 000' Nos. 885 8476 8527
Motor Starters 000' Nos. 147 1634 1909
Switch Fuse & Fuse Switch Units Nos. 56921 602123 947878
Miniature Circuit Breakers 000' Poles 12536 136979 116151
Circuit Breakers - LT Nos. 171585 1897181 1825044
Circuit Breakers - HT Nos. 8579 72156 72155
Custom-Build Products Rs. Lakhs 3022 20083 265267
HRC Fuses & Overload Relays 000' Nos. 1180 14362 16875
Power Cables* KM 59113 50746 464826
Power Capacitors - LT & HT* 000' KVAR 4609 49847 53417
Transformers
Distribution Transformers 000' KVA 4845 46730 43346
Power Transformers 000' KVA 28486 174966 178782
Instrument Transformers
Current Transformers 000' Nos. 63 704 660
Voltage Transformers Nos. 11188 100973 114488
Energy Meters* 000' Nos. 3361 29317 26390
Transmission Line Towers* 000' MT 106 999 1250
* Weighted Production
IEEMADatabase
77July 2016
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PowerMinistryUpdates
July 2016
Piyush Goyal launches Ujala Scheme in Goa and Vidyut Pravah & Urja Mobile App Union Minister of State (IC) for Power, Coal and New and Renewable Energy Shri Piyush Goyal today launched ‘URJA’ - Urban Jyoti Abhiyaan Mobile app on the side-lines of ongoing two-day Conference of Power Ministers at Cansaulim in
All india 4 digit number ‘1912’ launched for consumer complaints for power The Union Minister for Power, Coal and Renewable Energy, Shri Piyush Goyal has said that all the states have resolved to provide 24x7 power for all by March 2019 or earlier in their respective states. Further all states, except LWE affected, have also resolved to electrify all remaining unelectrified villages by 31st December 2016 and states will award contracts in the next 30 days for this work. Announcing this at a press conference at the state Power Ministers Conference, Shri Goyal said that states also agreed for providing 100 percent power to all households in 18452 villages in the country in a mission mode by 1st May 2017.The participating states also resolved to ensure that operational and financial milestones in the MOU for UDAY would also be implemented. In a landmark decision all states resolved to procure henceforth only Smart Meters which are tamper proof and communication enabled. The Minister said the
cost of these smart meters has been brought down by 60 percent from Rs 8000 to Rs 3223 as a result of central procurement and the endeavor is to go for only such meters in the future for 25 crore consumers in the country.
The Minister also announced that one 4 digit all India number 1912 has been started for consumer complaints across the country. Sharing the outcome of the 2 day meeting, he said it was a successful fruitful dialogue over two days and everyone worked in service of the poor and farmers in a cooperative and collaborative manner demonstrating the strength of our democracy. Shri Goyal said the meeting disproved the notion that different political interests cannot bring about commonality of a purpose. The meeting also discussed Hydro power policy and sought to work out ways of reviving small (25 MW or less) stalled hydro projects with cooperation from the states to provide new thrust to the hydro sector. He said a committee for this has been set up which will submit its recommendations by 30th September 2016.
All states agree to provide power to all households in 18452 villages by May 2017 - Two-Day meeting
of State Power Ministers concludes in Goa
South Goa. The app is developed by Power Finance Corporation on behalf of Ministry of Power for Urban Power Distribution Sector to enhance consumer connect with the Urban Power Distribution sector by providing information of IT enabled towns on important parameters which concern the consumers like outage information, timely release of connections, addressing complaints, power reliability etc.
The app will work as manifestation of Prime Minister’s principle of good governance i.e. People focus, co-operative federalism.
The Union Minister also launched the Pradhan Mantri UJALA (Unnat Jyoti
by Affordable LED for all) Yojana in Goa with a target of replacing approximately 15 lakh LED bulbs, impacting nearly 5 lakh households. Under the scheme, consumers are entitled to 3 LED bulbs of 9W each at a subsidized rate of Rs.25/, as against a market price of Rs.300-350.
The Scheme launched in the distinguished presence of Goa Chief Minister Shri Laxmikant Parsekar will help save over 78 million kwh every year in the state and about Rs.850-1000 on annual electricity bills.
Besides, the Union Minister also launched “Vidyut Pravah” App at the event.
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Speaking on the occasion the Minister said the scope of “DEEP” (Discovery of Efficient Electricity Price) e-Bidding and e-Reverse Auction Portal has been further expanded by covering banking mechanism and the medium term procurement of Power. The Union Minister said the Government will soon start 100 percent smart metering to curb the menace of power theft. He said currently there is a loss around 24 to 26 percent due to theft of Power.
The two day conference is expected to deliberate on Coal related issues, Hydropower policy, transmission related issues behind other issues.
Uday, sufficient RE generation capacity & increased coal production - Keys to achieve One Nation One Grid One Price: Piyush Goyal Shri Piyush Goyal, Minister of State (IC) for Power, Coal and New & Renewable Energy said that our nation doesn’t have the luxury of time; our people cannot wait any longer. We have to deliver extraordinary results; we have to meet the aspirations of the people of India fast. While launching a energy & infrastructure sectors web portal at a media event, Shri Goyal said, “We have to take power to every home, to different hamlets. We have to ensure that a child in rural remote village gets 24 hour power . Power- which his family can afford in these trying times, Power- which encourages and allows him to compete with the rest of the world on equal terms. In some sense, energy gives him the power to get digitally connected to the world and to enjoy fruits of new technologies”.
On the feasibility of achieving One Nation One Grid One Price , Shri Goyal said that to make this happen there are three key elements namely UDAY enabling Discoms to increase volume of power purchase , planning sufficient Renewable Energy generating capacity in all regions and reducing coal imports by increasing coal production in the country . To strengthen the interstate
transmission lines, the government has initiated an ambitious programme , Shri Goyal added.
Talking about the present day journalism scenario, Shri Goyal said “I genuinely believe days and times calls for new breed of journalism and excellence in journalism which certainly is very hard hitting to stop wrong from happen but which also encourages to work .” The minister added that acknowledgment and encouragement sometimes goes a long way to encourage even better work done in years to come.
India & USA Signs MoU to Enhance Cooperation on Energy Security, Clean Energy & Climate Change A Memorandum of Understanding ( MoU) between the Government of India and the Government of the United States of America was signed here today to enhance cooperation on energy security, clean energy and climate change . Shri P.K. Pujari, Secretary, Ministry of Power, Government of India and Mr. Richard R Verma, US Ambassador to India, signed MoU on behalf of Government of India & USA respectively.
Speaking on the occasion, Shri P.K. Pujari said that USA and India are already working in some areas and this MoU will help in expanding our horizon. It will provide framework to work more closely not only for betterment of our own people but also for creating a positive environment for US companies working in India. Appreciating efforts of Indian Government, Mr. Richard R Verma said that this MoU will provide
momentum for cooperative work which needs to be done in fields of energy security, clean energy and climate change.
The objective of the MoU is to enhance cooperation on energy security, clean energy and climate change through increased bilateral engagement and further joint initiatives for promoting sustainable growth.
These activities are intended to increase incentives for innovation including research and development, and voluntary and mutually-agreed technology transfer, as well as the deployment of clean energy technologies in both countries; contribute to a global effort to curb the rise in greenhouse gas emissions; and enhance resilience to the impacts of climate change.
The Priority initiatives under the MoU would be:
a. US-India Energy smart Cities Partnership
b. Greening the Grid. c. Promoting Energy Access
through Clean Energy (PEACE) expansion
d. Energy Efficiency including space cooling
e. Renewable energy. f. Energy security. g. Clean energy financeh. U.S-India partnership for Climate
Resiliencei. Air qualityj. Forestry, Landscapes and REDD+k. Fellowshipsl. Accelerating innovation on clean
energy and climate change
InternationalNews
83July 2016
Access Power declares winners of US$7 mn financial facilityAccess Power, a developer, owner and operator of renewable power projects in emerging markets, announced the winners of the 2016 US$7 million Access Co-Development Facility (ACF), a financial support mechanism for renewable energy projects in Africa.
Three projects from Nigeria, Madagascar, and Sierra Leone, were selected from almost 100 entries to win a share of US$7million prize. The prize also includes a package of technical support designed to bring their renewable energy projects to life.
The winners are AGES PLC (25MW solar project in Sierra Leone), Mentach Energy (50 MW wind project in Nigeria), and Stucky Ltd (25MW Hydro & Solar project in Madagascar). Collectively, the projects will deliver 100 megawatts of electricity to 340,000 homes.
Winners were selected based on commercial, technical and environmental merits, as well as the local regulatory environment, and capability of the project team. Reda El Chaar, executive chairman of Access Power said, “There is still a massive, urgent need for electrification in Africa and we firmly believe that renewable energy will be a significant part of the solution. This year’s ACF competition introduced us to almost 100 projects, demonstrating the scale of entrepreneurialism and ambition across the African continent to meet the electrification challenge.”
L&T signs contract to build stadium in Qatar for 2022 FIFA World Cup Larsen & Toubro’s Construction arm, along with its JV partner in Qatar, Al Balagh Trading & Contracting, has signed a contract to build a 40,000 seater stadium, as part of the sports infrastructure being readied by the Emirate in preparation of the 2022 FIFA World Cup. The contract was announced by the Supreme Committee for Delivery & Legacy at a well-attended signing ceremony.
The contract for the project is for a combined value of USD 360 million for both JV partners and is slated to be completed by 2019. The scope for the stadium includes main works and construction of the site, following completion of the enabling works.
Speaking at the occasion, Dr. Jens Huckfeldt, Chief Executive, L&T Qatar, said, “It is a matter of immense pride for Larsen & Toubro along with its joint venture partner Al Balagh, to have been given the responsibility to design and build the Al Rayyan Stadium and Precinct in preparation of the historic first Middle Eastern FIFA World Cup in 2022. We are extremely mindful of the trust and confidence given by the Supreme Committee for constructing the stadium and we are committed to deliver a masterpiece.” He added that executing a project of this importance and magnitude would reinforce the relationship between all stakeholders and pave the way for a long and mutually beneficial association.
Inspired by the local patterns and dune-like structures, the Al Rayyan stadium and its precinct design will resemble the sand dunes that surround the traditional desert tents. A landmark in the making, the Al Rayyan stadium will be one of the most significant stadiums slated to host games up to the quarter-finals in the much awaited 2022 FIFA World Cup.
Siemens to merge wind power business with Gamesa German engineering giant Siemens said it will merge its wind power business with Gamesa and will hold the controlling stake of 59 percent in the new company. Gamesa will have 41 percent stake.
The new company, which will be consolidated in Siemens’ financial statements, is expected to have a 69 GW installed base, an order backlog of around €20 billion, revenue of €9.3 billion and an adjusted EBIT of €839 million for last 12 months as of March 2016.
The global headquarters of the wind power technology giant will be in Spain and will remain listed in Spain. The onshore headquarters will be located in Spain, while the offshore headquarters will reside in Hamburg, Germany, and Vejle, Denmark.
Siemens’ wind power business has a strong foothold in North America and Northern Europe, and Gamesa is well positioned in emerging markets, such as India and Latin America, and in Southern Europe.
“The combination of our wind business with Gamesa follows a clear and compelling industrial logic in an
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attractive growth industry, in which scale is a key to making renewable energy more cost-effective,” said Joe Kaeser, president and CEO of Siemens AG.
Siemens and Gamesa expect significant synergy potentials in a combined setup. In total, annual EBIT synergies of €230 million are expected in year four post closing.
Adani Group eyes SunEdison’s solar assets in India Adani Group is in talks to acquire SunEdison’s Indian solar assets, said Jayant Parimal, Adani Green Energy CEO, recently to reporters in India. SunEdison’s investment banks had approached the group to assess the company’s interest in buying the stakes, Parimal said.
The talks, in fact, had started in April this year, when the U.S-based solar developer sought partners to protect its business from bankruptcy. Back home, SunEdison was facing $12 billion debt and regulatory scrutiny; meanwhile, it was facing criticism from the industry after it bid for a record low tariff in a solar power auction in India last year.
Adani in India is in expansion spree, winning major power projects including solar. Earlier last year, Adani had reached a $4 billion agreement with SunEdison to build a factory to make solar cells and panels, but did not pursue the deal further.
SunEdison runs solar plants in India with capacities of about 450 MW. Additionally it has 800 MW of capacity under development, and has won a tender to build a 500 MW plant in Andhra Pradesh.
GE wins contract from Pakistan’s Largest Steam Power Plant GE has signed a contract with Hubco to provide its digital industrial solutions for the 1,292-megawatt (MW) Hubco power plant in Baluchistan, Pakistan. Commissioned in 1997, the plant operates four 323-MW generating units. Additionally, it’s the largest independent steam power plant in Pakistan and exports power to the national grid.
“GE’s digital solutions are a game changer for the energy sector, and we are happy to be working with them,” said Khalid Mansoor, CEO of Hubco. “Once implemented at the Hubco Power Plant, these solutions will help us to enhance the reliability of our operations.”
Powered by Predix, GE’s cloud-based operating system built exclusively for industry, GE’s Digital Power Plant includes a suite of software solutions that can enable Hubco’s power plant operators to analyze and monitor operations across all touch points in real time and help identify any maintenance issues ahead of time, leading to greater asset uptime and reduced unplanned downtime.
The Baluchistan Hubco power plant is equipped entirely with non-GE equipment, demonstrating the power of Predix to operate across different types of original
equipment manufacturers. “Energy is increasingly becoming digital, and we have been proud to support Pakistan’s energy sector for more than 50 years with both hardware and software solutions,” said Steve Bolze, president and CEO of GE Power.
Neoen, First Solar secure 47.5MWAC project in Zambia Neoen, a French renewable energy firm, and First Solar announced that they have successfully bid for a 47.5 megawatt (MW) AC utility-scale solar power project in Zambia. The project was awarded by Zambia’s Industrial Development Corporation (IDC) at a tariff of $0.06 per kilowatt-hour (kWh), the lowest seen in sub-Saharan Africa, to date, according to company officials.
The project – the first to be developed under the World Bank’s Scaling Solar program – is part of Zambia’s first utility-scale Independent Power Producers (IPP) scheme for solar energy. IDC will retain a 20 percent stake in the project.
The project is scheduled to be completed by mid-2017. The energy generated by the facility will be supplied to ZESCO, the state-owned utility company, under a 25-year Power Purchase Agreement (PPA).The plant will be powered by approximately 450,000 high performance First Solar modules, which offer up to six percent more energy in Zambia that conventional crystalline silicon PV panels thanks to the superior temperature coefficient and spectral response that allows them to generate more energy than conventional crystalline silicon panels, in humid conditions.
Siemens targets offshore wind power below 10 euro cents per kWh by 2020In line with the industry’s goals to reduce to the cost of wind energy, Siemens announced they are committed to lower the Levelized Cost of Energy (LCoE) for offshore wind power and are in position to generate offshore wind power below ten euro cents per kWh by 2020.
As part of the commitment, Siemens’ offshore wind projects from 2025 onward will be capable of generating electricity at an LCoE level below eight euro cents per kilowatt hour (kWh). This price will also include the costs for grid access to shore.
Thanks to technical improvements within wind turbines, installation processes, new grid connection technologies, maintenance strategies, and logistics, currently Siemens has achieved 72 percent of the targeted cost reduction.
“The offshore cost-out target for 2025 is an important milestone for us and the industry to enable offshore wind grid parity. At the same time, it combines climate protection and cost efficiency,” said Michael Hannibal CEO of Siemens Wind Power and Renewables Division. “We are confident that we will lower the LCoE to below eight euro cents per kWh by 2025.”
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IEEMA welcomes Central Electricity Authority decision to procure domestic equipment for government-funded power projectsMove to aid the underutilized domestic manufacturing facility
Indian Electrical & Electronics Manufacturers’ Association (IEEMA) welcomed the new domestic procurement norm by Central Electricity Authority, according to which, any equipment or material for Government-funded power projects will have to be procured locally through domestic competitive bidding.
IEEMA President, Mr. Babu Babel said,” We at IEEMA are delighted and welcome this landmark decision of CEA. This decision will go a long way to address the underutilization of existing manufacturing facilities of domestic electrical equipment manufacturers. The decision will also address the concern of large scale penetration of foreign equipment in the sensitive power sector”.
“Domestic manufacturers have invested heavily in technology transfer from their principals or have developed technology indigenous for creating and expanding manufacturing capacities, manpower and skill development to meet the growing demand. This decision will go a long way in making “Make in India” a reality. Thus the Indian Electrical Equipment Industry whole heartedly welcomes domestic procurement norm issued by the Central Electricity Authority.” said Mr. Sunil Misra, Director General, IEEMA.
The decision also emphasizes that, if any international competitive bidding is necessary, then the quoted price has to be in Indian Rupees only. Since foreign manufacturers will be required to establish manufacturing facility in India within a specific timeframe and ensure transfer of technology under a Phased Manufacturing Program, this will pave way for the domestic manufacturing sector.
This point was a part of the four point agenda, represented by IEEMA, during the first meeting of “Make in India” chaired by the Prime Minister on 25th September 2014. IEEMA had made a four point agenda recommendation to the GOI to create a conducive climate for Make in India and for encouraging indigenous manufacturing and technology development.
Electrical Equipment Grows by 4.85% in Q4: IEEMADomestic Industry will support “Make In India” Campaign
The electrical and industrial electronics industry has witnessed a 4.85% growth in Q4 of FY 2015-16. The growth is mainly driven by domestic demand although there has been increase in exports for Transformers, Cables, Conductors, MCBs, Meters, Insulators etc. Policy changes and various initiatives undertaken by the industry and government are eventually showing signs of revival for the sector. The data is compiled by the Indian Electrical and Electronics Manufacturers’ Association (IEEMA), the apex Indian industry association of manufacturers of electrical, industrial electronics and allied equipment. The production and sales data is collected from its member organisations, which represent 90 percent of the entire sector.
Addition to Power Generation during Apr-Mar FY16: 23,977 MW
Total Addition till Mar 2016 during 12th plan : 84,991 MW (Achievement of 95% against 12th Plan Target) (excl. New Renewable Energy)
Total installed Capacity at the end of March 2016 : 2,98,060 MW
the clean energy sector achieved capacity addition of 6,938 MW in FY 16 led by Solar (4.4 GW)
Clean energy addition till Mar 2016 during 12th plan : 17,813 MW
Mr Babu Babel President, IEEMA says, “Liquidity in the system seems to be increasing, resulting in release of orders; however there is need to further boost funding as large number of projects in transmission need to materialize. The decline in order book position of Transformers indicate this. The Industry still is cautiously optimistic for next at least 2 quarters based on the enquiries generated. Industry is also eager for mergers & acquisitions for technology, upgradation and to evolve a differentiating factor in the fierce competition. “
Mr Sunil Misra, Director General, IEEMA is of the view that “Q4 results disappoint the industry with just 4.85% growth over same period in the previous year. The Growth can be seen in sectors like Conductor, Transformer,
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Meters etc while there is moderate growth in Switchgear, RM, Cable etc.
While the government’s initiatives can result into some positive growth in recent times. The central theme is about transforming India into a manufacturing hub with world class technology. IEEMA being one of the proud partners of the ‘Make in India’ campaign has been vigorously pursuing with the policy makers to promote made in India products with state-of-the-art technology.”
IEEMA is working closely with the Ministry of Power for implementation of schemes like Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Gram Jyoti Yojana and Integrated Power Development Scheme.
Power Ministers resolved to focus in hydro and wind powerThe Power Ministers of all the States resolved to focus on the hydro- and wind-power sectors and work out a comprehensive policy to revive some small (25 MW or less) stalled hydro projects. The resolution came at the end of the two-day meeting of state ministers held in south Goa.
Addressing a press conference. Union Minister for Power, Coal and Renewable Energy Piyush Goyal said that to provide a thrust to the hydro-power sector, a committee had been set up under the chairmanship of West Bengal Power Minister Manish Gupta, with inter-departmental officials and representatives of States, which will submit its recommendations by September 30.
All the Ministers resolved to provide 24x7 power to all households by May 2017, Mr. Piyush Goyal told the media on Friday evening.
In reply to a question, Mr. Goyal ruled out the Centre warning States of stopping finances over procurement of inferior material for its flagship schemes. “We don’t warn anybody. Some apprehensions were expressed in the course of deliberations over-procurement and after discussions, it was resolved by all States to participate in Centralised procurement to avail of benefits like economies of scale, transparent pricing and better equipment.”
May stop funds to states for power scheme irregularities : GoyalThe Centre will stop funding states that are found indulging in irregularities in procurement of material for its flagship schemes for rural electrification and urban upgradation of power infrastructure, Power Minister Piyush Goyal warned .
“I would request states which are not willing to join the common procurement pool to study its benefits, do an apple to apple comparison, compare the specifications (from central pool) to that being procured with your own specifications, compare the prices before you take any decision. “Any irregularity found by us at the Centre could actually cause us to stop the funding to the states
which indulge in any activity which are not in the best interest of the people of India,” Goyal told the ministers and secretaries of states at a 2-day conference here.
“Dinadayal Upadhyay Gram Jyoti Yojana and the integrated power development scheme are largely funding the investments in this roll out of rural electrification and urban upgradation,” he said.
“We will be watching and closely monitoring the technology and quality of products that are being bought by the states. We will be monitoring the pricing at which these are being bought and transparency with which these are being purchased.
“Any problems associated with the quality, technology, pricing or corruption that are brought to our notice will be promptly put up on the website (of the ministry),” Goyal said. So, it is the choice that different states can make, he said, adding, “If you believe that you can do it better than central procurement, you are welcome. But the strength of this programme is the fact that we are all in it together and we are combining our procurement and...Combined requirement helps us to do process more honesty and helps us to keep tab on quality control”.
During his half an hour long speech, the minister said that Maharashtra had earlier joined the operational efficiency part of UDAY scheme. “Since Maharashtra was not a loss-making discom (distribution company), we had permitted them to do that (take only operational efficiency). Two days back, when I was returning from Allahabad, the Chief Minister of Maharashtra (Devendra Fadanavis) suo moto told me that they are amending that by withdrawing the Cabinet note and join the financial benefit of the scheme,” Goyal said.
Tata Power-Welspun deal brings focus back to M&As in renewablesTata Power Co. Ltd’s deal to acquire renewable energy business of Welspun Enterprise Ltd at an enterprise value of $1.4 billion has put the spotlight back on consolidation in the green energy space—a process some analysts say still has momentum left.
Tata Power, a Tata group company, said in a statement on Monday it had inked an agreement to buy Welspun Renewables Energy Pvt. Ltd for Rs.9,249 crore ($1.4 billion).
Under the deal, Tata Power’s green energy unit—Tata Power Renewable Energy Ltd (TPREL) — signed an agreement to acquire Welspun Renewables Energy’s 1,140 megawatts (MW) of solar and wind power assets across eight states in India. Of this, about 990 MW is in solar power projects and about 150 MW in wind projects.
The transaction, which marks one of the biggest M&A (merger and acquisition) deals in India’s renewable energy space till date, will expand TPREL’s clean energy portfolio to 2.3 gigawatts (GW).
“The interest of strategic players to acquire assets is definitely on the rise, which is seen in the Tata Power-Welspun deal,” said Ajay Saraf, executive director at ICICI Securities Ltd.
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MNRE launches scheme for 1,000 MW wind projects India’s Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE) has launched scheme for setting up of 1,000 MW wind power project connected to transmission network of Central Transmission Utility (CTU) to supply wind power to the non-windy states at a price discovered via transparent bidding.
Ministry has designated Solar Energy Corporation of India (SECI) as nodal agency for implementation of the scheme.
The scheme will encourage competitiveness through scaling up of project sizes and introduction of efficient and transparent e-bidding and e-auctioning processes. It will facilitate fulfillment of non-solar renewable purchase obligation (RPO) requirement of non-windy states.
India has set a target of achieving 175 GW power capacity from renewable energy resources by 2022 and out of this 60 GW has to come from wind power. The scheme will be implemented for setting up 1000 MW capacity of CTU connected Wind Power Projects by Wind Project Developers on build, own and operate basis. However, the capacity may go higher than 1000 MW, if there is higher demand from Discoms of non-windy states.
MNRE has also issued draft guidelines for implementation of scheme for setting up of 1000 MW CTU connected wind power projects issued by MNRE for stakeholders’ consultation.
The present wind power installed capacity in the country is nearly 26.7 GW sharing around 9 percent of total installed capacity. Globally, India is at 4th position in term of wind power installed capacity after China, USA and Germany.
EMC Limited bags contracts worth Rs 7.46 bn from POWERGRID and UPPTCLEMC ltd have been awarded contracts aggregating Rs 7.46bn in domestic market by two power utilities Powergrid Corporation of India Ltd and UP Power Transmission Corporation Ltd.These are three contracts of 756 kV double circuit transmission lines from Bikaner to Moga in Rajasthan valuing Rs 5.48 bn from Powergrid and two contracts of
132 kV/220kV comprising both single and double circuit transmission lines in Uttar Pradesh valuing Rs 1.98 bn from UPPTCL.
L&T Construction Wins Orders Valued ` 2161 CroresThe construction arm of L&T has won orders worth 2161 crores across various business segments. The Business has won a major design & build order worth `847 Crores from Dedicated Freight Corridor Corporation of India Limited (DFCCIL). This prestigious order has been secured by the consortium of L&T and Instalaciones Inabensa, S.A., Spain.
The order involves electrification works for 417 km section of the Eastern DFC (Dedicated Freight Corridor) from Mughalsarai to New Bhaupur in the state of Uttar Pradesh.
The scope of works includes construction of 7 Traction Sub Stations (TSS), 18 Switching Stations (SWS), 881 track km of Overhead Equipment (OHE), SCADA and electrical and mechanical works along with supply of all associated equipment. This section will be designed for 2x25 kV traction power system with overhead equipment (OHE) suitable for dedicated freight transport.
L&T Construction is already executing the electrification works for two similar packages of the Western DFC covering 1337 route km with over 3000 track km. With another 417 km of the Eastern corridor project, L&T continues to lead the Railway Electrification segment in India.
The project is planned to be executed using mechanized means of overhead equipment installation using the latest technology in railway construction. This would be a one-of-its-kind energy efficient system to be implemented in India’s rail sector.
This project is funded by World Bank and is part of the 1856 km Eastern DFC proposed between Sahnewal (Ludhiana) and Dankuni (Near Kolkata) via Mughalsarai.
CLP India buys into Suzlon solar ventureMarking its debut in solar energy, CLP India, one of the largest foreign investors in the Indian power sector, announced on Monday it was buying a 49 per cent
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stake in a Suzlon Group company. The joint venture will be setting up a 100 MW solar project at Veltoor in Telangana’s Mahbubnagar district, an investment of Rs 760 crore. The two companies signed an agreement.
Suzlon would continue to hold 51 per cent in SE Solar, a Special Purpose Vehicle it had set up for the project. CLP India has the option to acquire the other 51 per cent a year after the project’s commissioning. This is the second deal announced in the solar energy segment in less than a fortnight. Tata Power announced acquisition of Welspun Renewables Energy on June 12, in a deal worth Rs 9,249 crore.
Alstom Bharat Forge JV to Supply Steam Turbine Generator Islands for NTPC’s Telangana Power PlantAlstom Bharat Forge Power Private Ltd. (ABFPPL), the joint venture company between GE and Bharat Forge Ltd., has signed a contract worth $219 million approximately (14950 MINR approx.) with NTPC Limited. The Company will supply two units of 800 MW ultra-supercritical Steam Turbine Generator Islands, on EPC basis, along with related civil work for the Telangana Super Thermal Power Project Phase-1 near Ramagundam, Karimnagar district of TelanganaState, India.
The total power demand from the southern region is 34,000 MW. The 800MW Steam Turbine Generator Islands for the power plant will be the first with ultra-supercritical parameters and will help in meeting the ever increasing power demand of southern states in India by adding a much needed 1600 MW to the electricity grid.
Under the scope of the contract, ABFPPL will manufacture and supply two units of 800 MW Steam Turbine Generator Islands along with the associated civil work. The equipment for the project will be manufactured majorly at ABFPL’s state-of-the-art manufacturing facility at Sanand in Gujarat.
Vikram Solar wins National Excellence AwardVikram Solar, a globally acclaimed solar PV module manufacturer and EPC solutions provider was awarded the National Excellence Award 2016 for Roof Top Solar Power Projects in the Domestic Solar Module Manufacturers Category by the Government of India.The Award was presented by Shri Piyush Goyal, the Minister of State for Power, Coal and New & Renewable Energy at the National Workshop on Roof Top Solar Power at Vigyan Bhavan, New Delhi.
Mr Gyanesh Chaudhary, CEO and MD, Vikram Solar said “We are proud to be recognised by the Government of India for our efforts in contributing to India’s Solar Mission.As a leading domestic manufacturer, we consider it our responsibility to drive excellence in manufacturing and contribute to India’s solar story by providing highest quality products and services.”
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Waaree Energies felicitated with National Excellence Award in domestic Solar Module manufacturing category Fortifying its leadership position in the solar power segment, Waaree Energies recently bagged the National Excellence Award for Roof top solar power projects. The central government through Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE) has honored India’s No. 1 ranked Solar PV manufacturer and leading solar solutions company, with the prestigious National Excellence Award for roof top solar power projects in the domestic solar module manufacturing category.
Honorable Minister of state for Power, Coal and New and renewable energy – Shri Piyush Goyal presented the award to Waaree energies at the National workshop on roof top Solar Power at Vigyan Bhavan in New Delhi.
Hinduja’s second power unit to go on stream soonThe second unit of the coal-fired Hinduja National Power Corporation Limited (HNPCL) is getting ready to go on stream shortly.
“The unit is under synchronisation after the first unit was commissioned in January. Once synchronisation is stabilised, it will start commercial operations,” a senior official told .Both the units, each with a capacity of 520 MW, will be fully operational within a few months. The project is located at Palavalasa near Parawada. The HNPCL entrusted the job of engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contract to Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd. (BHEL). Hudhud Cyclone, which wrought havoc in Visakhapatnam in October 2014, dealt a heavy blow to the HNPCL power plant construction work delaying inordinately commissioning of both the units.As per the original schedule, the first unit should have been commissioned by December 2014 and the second unit by January-February 2015.Power produced from the first unit is going to Andhra Pradesh. As per indications, sources said, power from the second unit will also go to AP. Telangana State earlier claimed its share quoting the 10+t+hschedule of the AP Reorganisation Act, 2014. It contends that as per the Act, power should be shared by them from existing and under construction projects.The Hinduja Group, as per its website, has adopted the vision to generate 10,000 MW in 10 years with an investment of $10 billion through thermal, hydro, renewable and nuclear power generation.
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CPRI at Nashik – Establishment of New Unit
CPRI since its establishment has been serving the Power Sector during the last 56 years. At present, the Industries and Utilities in the Western Region are being served from CPRI Units at Bhopal, Hyderabad and Bangalore. The Institute in its endeavour to reach to the large number of Customers in the Western Region had proposed to set up a Unit at Nashik.
The Budget Allocation under XII Plan u Government of India has allocated Rs.1182.00
Crores to CPRI for executing various Capital Projects out of which Rs.115.30 Crores has been allocated to establish new Unit at Nashik
Facilities coming up at Nashik u Total test facilities for Transformer with an outlay of
Rs.100.00 Crore u Transformer oil test Facility with an outlay of Rs.5.30
Crore u Test Facilities for Energy Meter with an outlay of
Rs.10.00 Crore
Future Plans at Nashik u The Unit will also house High Voltage Laboratory,
Transmission Tower test facilities, Test facilities for LV & MV Cable systems
Current Status: u Land at Nashik has been allocated to CPRI by
Government of Maharashtra. All pre-formalities for possession of land are in progress. Lease agreement has been executed between CPRI and Revenue department of State of Maharashtra. Handing over of possession of land is on the card.
CPRI gets Brazilian Accreditation
CPRI with its world class facilities and expertise has been adding International recognitions for its facilities. In line with this, recently the Institute has acquired an
International Accreditation from Brazil.
CPRI has been accredited as a Third Party Test Laboratory by INMETRO, Brazil for Brazilian Energy Labeling Program on Transformers.
INMETRO (National Institute of Metrology, Quality and Technology) is the Government Body responsible for various activities including Conformity Assessments Programs and Certification Processes in Brazil. INMETRO is also responsible for Energy Labeling Program in Brazil as per their law (Ordinance No. 104). According to the Brazilian Labeling Program, all Distribution Transformers up to and including 300kVA rating should have INMETRO label which indicates that the Transformers are at par with the expected quality standards of Brazil. Hence, for supplying Transformers to Brazil market, it is mandatory for manufacturers to participate in Labeling Program and acquire the labels for each rating and voltage class by conducting tests in INMETRO recognized laboratories.
Based on the thorough assessment of CPRI laboratories by the assessors of INMETRO Brazil, CPRI has been recognized as the Third Party Testing Laboratory for Brazilian Labeling Program. A formal letter from INMETRO Brazil is awaited.
Recognition by INMETRO Brazil is an encouraging development towards Global acceptance of CPRI Testing & Certification. Also Indian manufacturers exporting products to Brazil can utilize CPRI testing facilities.
Forthcoming CPRI Technical Programmes
http://www.cpri.in/events.html
Sl No Name of the Event Dates
1) Tutorial Programme on High Voltage Testing and Measurement Techniques
August 26, 2016
2) Condition Assessment and Failure Analysis of Plant Components
August 26, 2016
3) Training Programme on Diagnostic Monitoring of Power Transformers by liquid dielectric evaluation
Sept. 20, 2016
4) Training Programme on Reconditioning and Reclamation of Insulating Oils and Lubricating oils
Sept. 22, 2016
5)Tutorial Programme on ‘Testing & Evaluation of Power/ Distribution Transformers
Sept. 22-23, 2016
For details, contact:Shri Prabhakar Hegde, Joint Director (Information and Publicity Division)CPRI, Bangalore. Tel: 080 23602329 Email: [email protected]
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Unique Facilities Available with ERDA Include
u Largest On-Line Low Voltage Short Circuit lab in India- 120 kA, 570 V
u Asia’s Largest IP Testing Facility - 40 tonnes of payload
u EMI/EMC facility with 10 meter Semi-Anechoic Chambers & Three tonnes Turn-Table Capacity
u Centre of Excellence for Rotating Machines-facilitates improvements in Design & its Validation
u Ultramodern Evaluation facility for CRGO & Insulating Materials
u Mobile Laboratory for On-Site Condition Monitoring of Transformers & Energy Meters
u USP of Impulse generator calibration & EMI/EMC testing at site
u Approved as “Well Known Remnant Life Assessment Organization “ by Central Boiler Board
New Facilities being Set-up at ERDA to Cater to Emerging Markets
u Type – “C” gonio-photometer facility for LED Luminaries testing – expected to be ready by September 2016
u High Voltage Partial Discharge Laboratory for PD testing upto 245 KV equipment
u Type test facility for HTLS conductorsERDA is fully prepared to meet the challenge of the rapidly growing Indian Electrical Industries with its existing and forthcoming facilities.
Short Circuit Test upto 4 MVA, 33 kV Distribution Transformer
10M – Semi Anechoic Chamber for EMI/EMC Testing
Proposed Type – “C” Gonio - Photometer Facility
Forthcoming Training Programs
Sr. No. Programme title Date
1 Design Aspects & Performance Evaluation of Motors & Pumps 14-15 July
2 Condition Monitoring and Health Assessment of Power Transformers
21-22 July
3 Quality Assurance of Wiring Accessories, Switches, Plugs & Sockets
4-5 August
ERDA on a Growth TrajectoryElectrical Research and Development Association (ERDA) established in 1974, is registered as a Not-for-Profit professional organisation under the Societies Registration Act, 1860 as well the Bombay Public Trusts Act, 1950. ERDA was promoted by the Indian Electrical Industries and Utilities with support from Government of India through CSIR and grant given by the Government of Gujarat.
In order to meet the expectations from Manufacturing industries as well as Power utilities, ERDA has re-organized itself under three verticals namely Certification and Evaluation, R&D & expert services and Field services. ERDA has also formed “Customer Relationship Management (CRM)“ and “Business Development (BD)“ sections exclusively to help and service its esteemed customers more efficiently.ERDA has all the necessary accreditations from National Accreditation Board for Testing and Calibration Laboratories (ISO 17025), recognized by BIS as third party laboratory, Bureau of Energy Efficiency, Electricity Regulatory Commissions of Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Jharkhand, Central Boiler Board, Consultancy Development Centre (Ministry of Science and Technology). International Organizations like Intertek (ASTA), USA have been using our facilities regularly.ERDA’s technical operation are conducted out of its Laboratory Complex & Head Office located in Makarpura, Vadodara & Regional Laboratories, ERDA (West) - Rabale, Navi Mumbai, ERDA (North) – Sonepat, ERDA (South) - Rajahmundry and a Regional Marketing Office at Gurgaon.
Dr G S GrewalDy. Director & Head Mechanical & Insulating Materials Division Phone: 0265-3048027, Mobile: 9978940951 E-mail: [email protected], Website: www.erda.org
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MECO offer Solar Module AnalyzerThe MECO Solar Module Analyzer is a portable analyzer used for testing, maintenance and finding efficiency of various parameters of solar panel and cell. Analyzer can be used to design Solar System to generate specific power. It can identify Solar Power System requirement, best angle of Solar Panel installation and Broken / Worn-Out cells.Solar Module Analyzer 9009 can scan solar cells/ panels upto 60V and 12A maximum. The portability of this device means that it is also useful in quality assurance at various stages on the production line and can be taken from one site to another.
FLIR E-Series Thermal Imaging Camera with MSX® Technology
FLIR Exx Series troubleshoot more efficiently, create detailed reports easier, and share images and findings faster with FLIR’s latest E-Series thermal imagers. Featuring a fresh array of imaging, communication, and productivity tools to help you get more done in a day. It’s an ideal tool for electrician, plant maintenance engineer/technician for predictive maintenance and planned inspections of electrical and mechanical systems to ensure they operate at maximum efficiency and safety with minimal energy consumption.
“KUSAM-MECO” COATING THICKNESS GAUGE
Model KM 117“KUSAM-MECO” has introduced a New Gun type Coating Thickness Gauge Meter Model KM-117. KM-117 is a portable easy to use 3½ digit liquid crystal LCD display with maximum reading of 1999, compact-sized digital coating thickness gauge sighting designed for simple one hand operation.
Meter comes with Backlight Display, Auto- Hold function and Auto Power off (15 seconds approx) after releasing trigger to extend battery life.Features
Display3½ digit liquid crystal display (LCD) with maximum reading of 1999.
Thickness Range 0 to 40.0 mils (0 to 1000μm).Display Resolution 0.1 mils / 1μm.Accuracy ± 4 dgts on 0 to 7.8 mils
± 7 dgts on 0 to 199μm± (3% + 4dgts) on 7.9 mils to 40 mils (200μm to 1000μm)
Low battery indication
The “ -+ ” is displayed when the battery voltage drops below the operating level.
Response Time 1 second.Operating Environment 0oC to 50oC at < 75% R.H.
Storage Temperature
-20oC to 60oC, 0 to 80% R.H. with battery removed from meter.
Auto power off Approx. 15 seconds.Standby consuming current < 6μA.
The power source is Standard 9V battery. Dimension s 148(H) x 105(W) x 42(D)mm. Weight is approx. 157g. (Including battery). It supplied with Carrying case & Manual.
“Kusam-Meco” Dual Display Digital Multimeter With Vfd Function
Model - KM 711“KUSAM-MECO” has introduced a new Average Sensing Digital Multimeter Model KM-711. It has features, functions & ranges never seen before in one Digital Multimeter. Truly it is the ULTIMATE in DMMS. It has 3-5/6 digits 6,000 counts + 3 digits 999 counts Dual LCD display with 5/sec update rate. It can measure fundamental Voltage & frequency of most Variable Frequency Drives (VFD).It has 6 KV Transient Protection. It has high basic accuracy of 0.3% (DCV) and Resolution 0.01mV DC. It measures Digital Logic level frequency upto 300KHz. The Voltage measurement is upto1000 V AC/DC with high impedance, also it can measure Noisy High Voltage AC Frequencies upto 10 KHz in dual display. It has 5ms CREST-MAX capture mode (Peak Hold). It has Autoranging, relative zero-mode & Display Hold function. It has Diode Test, Continuity Test, & EF-Detection function. It has Capacitance measurement function upto 3000µF And Resistance measurement function upto 60MΩ. It measures AC & DC Current upto 9 Amps. It comes with a protective Holster.It is supplied with User manual, Carrying case, battery installed, Test leads & Holster. It operates on 1.5V AAA x 2 batteries.
MODEL KM 117
“KUSAM-MECO” COATING THICKNESS GAUGE
For More Details Contact :
KUSAM ELECTRICAL INDUSTRIES LTD.G-17, Bharat Industrial Estate, T. J. Road, Sewree (W), Mumbai - 400015. INDIA.
Sales Direct : 022- 24156638, Tel.: 022 - 24124540, 24181649, Fax : 022 - 24149659
Email : [email protected], Website : www.kusam-meco.co.in, www.kusamelectrical.com
“KUSAM-MECO” has introduced a New Gun type Coating
Thickness Gauge Meter Model KM-117. KM-117 is a
portable easy to use 3½ digit liquid crystal LCD display with
maximum reading of 1999, compact-sized digital coating
thickness gauge sighting designed for simple one hand
operation. Meter comes with Backlight Display, Auto-
Hold function and Auto Power off (15 seconds approx) after
releasing trigger to extend battery life.
The power source is Standard 9V battery. Dimension is 148(H) x 105(W) x 42(D)mm. Weight is
approx. 157g. (Including battery). It supplied with Carrying case & Manual..
Display : 3½ digit liquid crystal display (LCD) with maximum reading of 1999.
Thickness Range : 0 to 40.0 mils (0 to 1000m).
Display Resolution : 0.1 mils / 1m.
Accuracy : ± 4 dgts on 0 to 7.8 mils
± 7 dgts on 0 to 199m
± (3% + 4dgts) on 7.9 mils to 40 mils (200m to 1000m)
Low battery indication : The “ ” is displayed when the battery voltage drops below
the operating level.
Response Time : 1 second.o o
Operating Environment : 0 C to 50 C at < 75% R.H.o oStorage Temperature : -20 C to 60 C, 0 to 80% R.H. with battery removed from meter.
Auto power off : Approx. 15 seconds.
Standby consuming current : < 6A.
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FEATURES
“KUSAM-MECO” DUAL DISPLAY DIGITAL MULTIMETERWITH VFD FUNCTION
MODEL - KM 711
Resistance measurement function upto 60MΩ. It measures AC & DC Current upto 9 Amps. It comes with a protective Holster.
It is supplied with User manual, Carrying case, battery installed, Test leads & Holster. It operates on 1.5V AAA x 2 batteries.
For More Details Contact :
M/S. KUSAM ELECTRICAL INDUSTRIES LTD.
G‐17, Bharat Industrial Estate, T. J. Road, Sewree (W), Mumbai ‐ 400015. INDIA.
Sales Direct : 022‐ 24156638,
Tel.: 022 ‐ 24124540, 24181649,
Fax : 022 ‐ 24149659
Email : [email protected], sales@kusam‐meco.co.in
Website : www.kusamelectrical.com, www.kusam‐meco.co.in
“KUSAM-MECO” has introduced a new Average Sensing Digital Multimeter Model KM-711. It has features, functions & ranges never seen before in one Digital Multimeter. Truly it is the ULTIMATE in DMMS. It has 3-5/6 digits 6,000 counts + 3 digits 999 counts Dual LCD display with 5/sec update rate. It can measure fundamental Voltage & frequency of most Variable Frequency Drives (VFD).
It has 6 KV Transient Protection. It has high basic accuracy of 0.3% (DCV) and Resolution 0.01mV DC. It measures Digital Logic level frequency upto 300KHz. The Voltage measurement is upto1000 V AC/DC with high impedance, also it can measure Noisy High Voltage AC Frequencies upto 10 KHz in dual display. It has 5ms CREST-MAX capture mode (Peak Hold). It has Autoranging, relative zero-mode & Display Hold function. It has Diode Test, Continuity Test, & EF-Detection function. It has Capacitance measurement function upto 3000µF And
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