POWER

INDUSTRY





PREPARED BY:
Suchita Sengar


CONTENTS:
Introduction
Stages of Scenario Analysis
Identify
Select
Prepare
Draw out
Develop
Discuss
Develop
Conclusion



INTRODUCTION
Todays Power utilities market is facing major disruption. The
magnitude of near and mid-term challenges is immense Power
Companies are pulling the plug on Coventional generation. Utility
Commodity businesses face continued strong headwinds, Carbon
markets are not functioning. Regulation is often failing to produce
the outcomes intended and is adding to uncertainty. The
traditional utility business model is coming into question.


IDENTIFY
A Power plant can affect the environment by its construction
and its operation.
A Power plant and its auxiliary component take up space on
the ground and in the air, use water resources and in most
cases, emit pollutants into the air.
It can also affect the existing or future uses of adjoining and
nearby land parcles.
Fossil fuel fired and biomass fired plants burn fuels to make
either hot air or steam needed to spin power turbins
generating electricity.

Select
Lack of land availability.
Shortage in supply of equipments for new capacities and
policy logjam have together paralyzed the prospects of
power sector in India.
Difficult to get the required land for allotting to power
projects.
The key problems hindering the growth of the power sector
are fuel, environment and forest clearances.
Prepare
Many projects have been planned but due to slow
regulatory processes and inadequate equipments and fuel,
the supply is far lesser than demand.
Barriers to entry are high, especially in the transmission
and distribution segments which are largely state
monopolies.
The other barriers are fuel linkages, payment gurantees
from state governments that buy power and retail
distribution license.
Draw out
The main problem is the lack of fuel meant for power
industry.
About 110m meter of gas and gas equivalents are
pumped, while the actual requirement of the plants
stands at 125m meters.
Lack of modernization, poor operation and maintenance
practices and pilferage ensure that 30-40% of electricity
generated is lost and do not produce any revenue.
Develop (Detailed scenario)
Rising demand and falling domestic production has
pushed the share of imported gas to 40% of the
current consumption in India.
The problem of radioactive waste is still an unsolved
one. The waste from nuclear energy is extremely
dangerous and it has to be carefully looked after for
several thousand year.
During the operation of nuclear power plants,
radioactive waste is produced, which in turn can be
used for the production of nuclear weapons.
Develop (contingency action plan)
India has adopted a blend of thermal, hydel and
nuclear sources with a view to increasing the
availability of electricity.
Industrial sites have to be built far away from any
housing area, and factories which give out too much
smoke should be closed down or given a stern
warning.


Conclusion
Power markets around the world differ in many ways, not least the
stage of their development and their natural resources context. Different energy
policies have also played a key role with the result that the inroads made by new
forms of renewable and distributed power generation vary considerably.