Escolar Documentos
Profissional Documentos
Cultura Documentos
INDIA'S ENERGY
ASPIRATIONS
ELECTRIC POWER
India
US
China
World
717 kWh
14,000 kWh
2500 kWh
2800 kWh
Peak shortage
~ 15%
800,000 MW in 2030 40
~ 25,000 MW per year
Environmental concerns
India 3rd largest emitter of CO2 behind China and US
38% of emissions from power sector
ENVIRONMENTAL
CONCERNS :
GHG EMISSIONS IN INDIA
(2007)
ENERGY RESOURCE
AVAILABILITY IN INDIA
Sourc
e
Capital
cost
(crores/MW
)
Emissions
(t CO2eq/Mwh)
Reserves
Longevity
Coal
4-5
1.1
10 5820 MT
70 years
Oil
2.5
0.62
1200 MT
~ 10 years
Gas
3.5
0.47
1.5 TCM
~ 20 years
Hydro
6- 20 (Site
and size
dependant)
148.7 GW
NA
Nuclea
r
8-13
70,000 tonnes of
Uranium
~ 200 tonnes of
Pu
40 years with
Uranium
ENERGY SECURITY
CONCERNS
Source : Telegraph, FT
Wind
Nuclear,
Solar
Hydro
Bio-fuels
Carbon Sequestration
Hydrogen & fuel cells
Hybrid cars
WIND POWER
Power proportional to V 3
China
44, 733 MW
US
40,180 MW
Germany
27,215 MW
Spain
20,676 MW
India
13,000 MW
SOLAR POWER
NUCLEAR POWER
~ 61,000 Tons
10,000 MW
9,300 MW
22,000 MW
Fast
Breeder
Reactors
1,500 MW
1,500 MW
Heavy
Water
Reactors
Total
4,460
MW
4780
MW
20,800 MW 33,500 MW
ELECTRICITY GENERATION
COSTS : COMPARISON
DEMAND-SIDE MEASURES :
SMART GRIDS
BIOFUEL POTENTIAL
Indias total land area 328 million hectares (mha)
Cultivated
142 mha
Cultivable wasteland
30 mha
Rice
40 mha
Wheat 26 mha
ETHANOL OPPORTUNITIES
Increase yield of sugarcane using drip irrigation &
fertigation
Present average yield ~ 80 tons per ha
Using drip irrigation & fertigation
150 tons per ha
Sweet sorghum:
Less water intensive than sugarcane
Two crops a year
Option 2
Corn
Ethanol
Sugarcane:
80 tons
Corn Yield:
2000 to
7500 Kg per 3000 Trees
hectare
per hectare
No Sugar
Cane juice
used to
make
ethanol.
Ethanol:
0.37 Liter
per kg
Seed yield:
1 to 2 Kg
per tree
2800 Liter
per hectare
Oil Yield:
1 to 1.5 Ton
per hectare
Ethanol:
6000 Liter
per hectare
Option 3
Jatropha
Option 4
Sweet
Sorghum
Option 5
Solar
Stalk yield:
Bio-Fuels
35 50
tons
use solar
per hectare
Average
indirectly
daily
energy
radiation:
5- 6 kWh/m2
Why not do
it days of
250
Juice directly? sunshine
Extraction
Solar
45 50%
50% area
covered by
PV panels
Ethanol:
2500 to
3500 Liters
per hectare
10%
Efficiency of
solar cells
LAND REQUIRED(HA/1000
MW)