



India's power market is the fifth largest in the world. The power sector is high on India's priority as it offers tremendous potential for investing companies based on the sheer size of the market and the returns available on investment capital. Almost 55 per cent of this capacity is based on coal, about 10 per cent on gas, 26 per cent on hydro, approximately 5 per cent on renewable sources, about 3 per cent on nuclear and 1 per cent on diesel.
In the past five years, there has been a much greater emphasis on transmission and distribution reforms.
The government aims to provide "power to all" by 2012. To achieve that promise, it will have to add as much as 1,00,000 MW of generation capacity, cut AT&C losses substantially to below 20 per cent, rationalize tariffs and ensure that average revenue realization is greater than the cost of production. It will have to continue to push the process of reform and restructuring and ensure greater private participation, in every segment.
In the past few years, there has been considerable growth in power plants based on renewable sources of energy. The Plant Load Factor (PLF) of generating plants has improved consistently over the last 10 years. The share of thermal power as a proportion of total power generated has decreased from 71 per cent to 66.3 per cent in the last decade. The share of hydro has increased to 26 per cent from 25.7 per cent.
Of the fossil fuel supplies, there is delivery constraint with respect to gas. A number of gas plants today are running at sub-optimal plant load factor (PLF) levels due to shortages. The government has decided not to embark on new projects that rely on gas. It is feared that supply shortages can disturb the capacity addition plans, reduce PLFs, as the rising crude prices have led to firmer naphtha and natural gas prices.
Exhibitor Product Profile
5.1 Combustion Engines, Stirling Engines
5.2 Electric power systems
5.3 Energy production utilizing renewable and future primary energy sources
5.4 Solar energy systems
5.5 Wind Energy Systems
5.6 Energy services
5.7 Gas engineering and water technology
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