power corporation

Dumping of N-waste at KGF ruled out

November 27th, 2012

The centre made it clear that it has no plans to dump Nuclear waste (N-waste) from Kudankulam Nuke Power plant in the defunct gold mines of Kolar Gold Fields (KGF) in Karnataka. The reported move by the Govt to dump the waste at the KGF was opposed by various political parties.

The team of experts clarified that since KGF lacks a rocky (granite) background and has waterlogging area, the site is not safe for dumping the N-waste.

Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs approved 9.5 percent Stake Disinvestment in NTPC

The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) approved the disinvestment of 9.5 percent Government Stake in the Maharatna PSU-National Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC) on 22 November 2012 from its holding of 84.50 percent. The disinvestment would be done through the stock exchanges following the SEBI Rules, via an offer for sales of the shares.

The equity disinvestment of NTPC would bring back a sum of about 13000 crore rupees. With this disinvestment the governments holding on NTPC would fall down from present 84.5 percent to 75 percent, which will adhere to the minimum public shareholding norms that was stipulated by the Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI), the market regulators. The recorded paid-up equity capital of NTPC on of 31 March 2012 under administrative control of the Ministry of Power was 8245.46 crore rupees.

NTPC 
NTPC-the National Thermal Power Corporation is a Public Service Undertaking Company engaged in power generation that came into existence in the year 1975 to accelerate the rate of power generation in India. In the Forbes Global 2000 ranking list of the World’s biggest companies NTPC was ranked at 337th position in 2012. At present NTPCs generating capacity is 39674 MW and by 2032 it is expected that the company would have a capacity of 128000 MW.

Controversy over Clean Chit Given to Rajasthan Atomic Power Plant by IAEA

The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) gave clean chit to Rajasthan Atomic Power Plant (RAPP) in Rawatbhata. IAEA reviewed the RAPP and gave conclusion of the review on 14 November 2012 after visiting unit 3 and unit 4, leaving the controversial unit 6 of RAPP, Rawatbhata.

Over 40 people working at this controversial unit 6 of RAPP were exposed to hazardous tritium on 23 June 2012. 4 maintenance workers exposed themselves to the risks of tritium radiations when they were repairing the faulty pipe in pressurised heavy water reactor (PHWR) of unit 4 on 19 July 2012. It was the same unit that IAEA members paid visit to during their in-depth safety review which took place from 29 October 2012 to 14 November 2012.

The Operational Safety Review Team, assembled by IAEA which was alleged by antinuclear activists, ignored the fact that heavy tritium leak took place in unit 6 of RAPP plant in 2012. An Operational Safety Review Team (OSART) was led by Division of Nuclear Installation Safety of IAEA. This team included experts from various countries such as Belgium, Finland, Canada, Slovakia, Sweden, Germany, Romania and Slovenia.

Antinuclear activists expressed their doubts about safety review of IAEA. These activists also included general secretary of People's Union for Civil Liberties (PUCL). The issues of risks of nuclear safety as well as absence of autonomous regulation of atomic power production in India were raised.

The activists also said that this jeopardized workers to risks of cancer, leukaemia as well as certain other health issues.

Solar power in India

Gujarat has been a leader in solar power generation and contributes 2/3rd of the 900 MW of photovoltaics in the country. The State has commissioned Asia’s biggest solar park at Charanka village. Next to Gujarat, Rajasthan is India's sunniest state, and many solar projects have been proposed. The 40 MW photovoltaic Dhirubhai Ambani Solar Park was completed in April 2012. A 250 MW compact linear fresnel reflector (CLFR) plant is under construction, consisting of two 125 MW sections. Bangalore has the largest deployment of rooftop solar water heaters in India. Pune, another city in the western part of India, has also recently made installation of solar water heaters in new buildings mandatory.

Sakri Photovoltaic solar energy project is a under construction 150 MW solar photovoltaic power plant. The project is developed by Mahagenco in Shivajinagar in Sakri taluka of Dhule district in Maharashtra. KfW, a German financial institution, has agreed to finance the project. IT IS GNG TO BE THE WOLD’S LARGEST.

The Jawaharlal Nehru National Solar Mission (also known as the National Solar Mission^[1]) is a major initiative of the Government of India and State Governments to promote ecologically sustainable growth while addressing India’s energy security challenges.

Commercial concentrated solar power plants were first developed in the 1980s. The 354 MW SEGS CSP installation is the largest solar power plant in the world, located in the Mojave Desert of California. Other large CSP plants include theSolnova Solar Power Station (150 MW) and the Andasol solar power station (150 MW), both in Spain.

World's largest photovoltaic power stations (50 MW or larger)[24]
PV power station	Country	DC peak power (MWp)	Notes
Agua Caliente Solar Project[29]	USA	over 200	397 MW when complete
Charanka Solar Park[30]	India	214	Completed 2012
Golmud Solar Park[24][31][32][33]	China	200	Completed 2011
Sarnia Photovoltaic Power Plant[34]	Canada	97[24]	Constructed 2009–2010[35]
Montalto di Castro Photovoltaic Power Station[24]	Italy	84.2	Constructed 2009–2010
Finsterwalde Solar Park[36][37]	Germany	80.7	Phase I completed 2009, phase II and III 2010
Okhotnykovo Solar Park	Ukraine	80	Completed 2011
Solarpark Senftenberg[24][38]	Germany	78	Phase II and III completed 2011, another 70 MW phase planned
Lieberose Photovoltaic Park [39][40]	Germany	71.8
Rovigo Photovoltaic Power Plant[41][42]	Italy	70	Completed November 2010
Olmedilla Photovoltaic Park	Spain	60	Completed September 2008
Strasskirchen Solar Park	Germany	54
Puertollano Photovoltaic Park	Spain	50	opened 2008
India's largest photovoltaic (PV) power plants
Name of Plant			DC Peak Power (MW)	GW·h /year[13]	Capacity factor	Notes
Charanka Solar Park - Charanka village, Patan District, Gujarat[14]			214			Commissioned April 2012
Mithapur Solar Power Plant - Mithapur, Gujarat (Tata Power)[15]			25			Commissioned 25 January 2012
Waa Solar Power Plant - Surendranagar, Gujarat (Madhav Power)[16]			10			Commissioned December 2011
Dhirubhai Ambani Solar Park[17]			40			Commissioned in April 2012
Bitta Solar Power Plant - Bitta, Kutch District, Gujarat (Adani Power)[18]			40			Commissioned January 2012
Mahindra & Mahindra Solar Plant, Jodhpur, Rajasthan[19]			5			Completed in January 2012
Rasna Marketing Services LLP, Ahmedabad, under the Gujarat Solar Policy Phase II[20]			1			Completed in December 2011
Sivaganga Photovoltaic Plant[21]			5			Completed December 2010
Kolar Photovoltaic Plant[22]			3			Completed May 2010
Itnal Photovoltaic Plant, Belgaum[23]			3			Completed April 2010
Azure Power - Ahwan Photovoltaic Plant[24][25]			2			December 2009
Chesdin Power - Biomass and Solar Photovoltaic Plants[26]			4.1			Completed December 2011
Citra and Sepset Power Plants - Solar Photovoltaic Plants[27]			4			Commissioned October 2011
Jamuria Photovoltaic Plant[28]			2			August 2009
NDPC Photovoltaic Plant[29]			1			2010
Thyagaraj stadium Plant-Delhi[30]			1			April 2010
Gandhinagar Solar Plant[31]			1			21 January 2011
Tata Power - Mulshi, Maharashtra[32]			3			Commissioned April 2011
Azure Power - Sabarkantha, Gujarat (Khadoda village)[33]			10			Commissioned June 2011, 63 acres, using 36,000 Suntech Power panels.[34]
Moser Baer - Patan, Gujarat[35] (Precious and Solitaire)			30			Commissioned October 2011
B&G Solar Pvt Ltd - Mayiladuthurai, Tamil Nadu[36]			1			India's First plant Commissioned under JNNSM scheme 10 June 2011
REHPL - Sadeipali, (Bolangir) Orissa[37]			1			Commissioned July 2011
Tata Power - Patapur, Orissa[38]			1			Commissioned August 2011
Tata Power - Osmanabad, Maharastra[39]			1			Commissioned 1 August 2011
Amruth Solar Power Plant - Kadiri, Andhra Pradesh			1			Commissioned March 2012
IIT Bombay - Gwal Pahari, Haryana[40]			3			Commissioned 26 September 2011
Chandraleela Power Energy - Narnaul, Haryana (EPC by Aryav Green Energy Solutions Pvt. Ltd.)[41][42]			0.8			Commissioned 15 January 2012
Green Infra Solar Energy Limited - Rajkot, Gujarat[25][43]			10			Commissioned November 2011
TAL Solar Power Plant - Barabanki, UP (Technical Associates Ltd.)[44]			2			Commissioned January 2012

Largest solar power plant in the world is in Spain

steel plant------rourkela----west germany



WIND POWER GENERATION-----IMPOTANT STATES---GUJARAT AND TN

THERMAL POWER PROJECT---

KORBA---
RAMGAUNDAM----
TALCHER----
KAWAS----GUJARAT


GEO THERMAL ENERGY -----MANIKARAN HILLS



India has 20 nuclear reactors with a combined
installed capacity of 4,780 MW. This is roughly what fraction of our total electricity
generation capacity------]3%




NPCIL HAS A PLAN TO PUT UP A TOTAL INSTALLED NUCLEAR CAPACITY OF 20,000 MWE BY THE YEAR 2020




KAIGA---KARNATAKA
NARORA---UP
KAKRAPAR----GUJARAT
KOTA---RAJASTHAN








GEOTHERMAL-----MANIKARAN
WIND-----KHAMBHAT
WAVE-----VIZHINJAM
TIDAL------BHAV NAGAR









CRITICAL CRITERIA FOR THE LOCATION OF AN ALUMINIUM PLANT IN INDIA ARE THE AVAILABILITY OF BAUXITE AND ELECTRICITY






PRIMARY SOURCE OF ENERGY -----COAL IN INDIA




HYDRO ELECTRIC---- LEAST OPERATING COST

RAMAGUNDAM---------THERMAL POWER PLANT

NTPC WAS SETUP IN 1975

naptha jhakari power corporation ltd------sutluj jal vidyut nigam ltd


DEPARTMENT OF ATOMIC ENERGY

UNDER THIS

ATOMIC MINERALS DIRECTORATE FOR RESEARCH AND EXPLORATION
HEAVY WATER BOARD
INDIAN RARE EARTHS LIMITED
URANIUM CORPORATION OF INDIA (ALL COMES)



ATOMIC POWER PLANT


JAITAPUR-----MAHARASTRA