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The Future of India’s Electricity Sector: Moving away from Coal?
Rangan Banerjee
Department of Energy Science and Engg
IIT Bombay
Public Lecture Melbourne Energy Institute and Australia India Institute, June 6, 2017
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India and Australia (Selected Indicators for 2014)
Population 1295 million 23.6 million
GDP (PPP) 6902 Billion 2010 US$ 1044 Billion 2010 US$
Primary Energy 34.53 EJ 5.24 EJ
Energy/person 26.6 GJ/person/year 221 GJ/person/year
Electricity/person 800 kWh/capita/year 10000 kWh/capita/year
CO2 emissions
CO2/Per population
CO2/GDP
2020 Million tonnes 374 Million tonnes
1.56 tonnes /capita/year 15.81 tonnes /capita/year
0.29 kg /2010US$ 0.36 kg /2010US$
Source: IEA, Key World Energy Statistics 2016
http://www.iea.org/statistics/statisticssearch/report/?country=INDIA&product=indicators&year=2016
Issues/Questions
Why focus on electricity? Human Development Index (HDI) – Electricity linkage
Trends in Electricity installed capacity, generation
Changes in the supply mix- last 40 years
Recent policy changes
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29.6% (179) plants have exceeded operational plant life
14.5% (23783 MW) capacity has exceeded operational plant life
55.7% (336) plants have exceeded mid plant life
36.4% (59908 MW) capacity has exceeded mid plant life
2016-17 shares - Installed Capacity and Generation
326848 MW All India installed capacity
Source: GOI, Ministry of Power, New Delhi, India GOI, Ministry of Power, Central Electricity Authority, New Delhi, India
Coal, 192163, 59%
Nuclear, 6780, 2%
Natural Gas, 25329, 8%
Hydro (Res.), 41267
Diesel, 838, 0%
Renewables, 57260, 17%
Thermal994.2302
80%
Nuclear37.9159
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Hydro122.3776
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Renewable 81.8687
7%
Bhutan (import)5.6173
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1242 BU All India generation
Renewable share?
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What will be the future supply mix for the Electricity sector ?
How much can renewables and nuclear supply?
Can we quickly move away from coal?
Imports of Coal
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Renewable Generation
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Renewable installed capacity and generation
*as on 31.03.2017 MNRE website: www.mnre.gov.in
Installed
Capacity*
Estimated
Capacity factor
Estimated
Generation
(GWh) (MW)
Wind 32280 14% 39588
Biomass & Bagasse 8182 50% 35833
Small Hydro 4380 40% 15349
Waste to Energy 115 50% 504
Solar PV 12289 19% 20445
Total 57244 25% 111,729
India’s INDC
#1 Reduce Emissions Intensity of GDP by 33-35% of 2005 level in 2030
#2 Create 40% cumulative non fossil power by installed capacity by 2030 (using finance from Green Climate Fund)
#3 Create an additional carbon sink of 2.5 to 3 billion tonnes of CO2 equivalent through additional tree cover and forest
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World’s largest solar power plant
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648 MW 46540 Million~ Rs 72 Million/ MW (Aus 930 Million $ or 14.4 Million$/MW)Area 10 km2 Kamothi, Tamil NaduRobotics for automatic panel cleaningPlant built in 8 months
http://www.indiatimes.com/news/india/india-is-now-home-to-the-world-s-largest-solar-power-plant-it-s-big-enough-to-power-150-000-homes-266449.html
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Comparison of Supply technologies
GenerationTechnology
SIZERANGE(GW)
COST RsMillion /MW
Rs/kWh
CAPACITY FACTOR
AREA(m2/GWh)
CO2
Equivalent(gC02/kWh)
WATERl/MWh
COAL 0.1-4 50-60 3.5 0.8-0.9 200-400 820 1000
CCGT 0.1-1.5 40-50 3 0.5 -0.8 100 490 500
SOLAR PV 0.001-0.75
50-70 3-5.5 0.25 385 48 100
SOLARTHERMAL
0.01-0.5 100-150 12 0.25-0.29 300 48 3500
HYDRO 2.4-0.1 50-60 2.5-3.0
0.38-0.5 1374 24 17000
NUCLEAR 9.9-0.44 65-80 6-7 0.8-0.9 120 12 1000
WIND 1-0.1 60 4.5 -5.0
0.25 125 11 0
http://www.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/files/file/solar%20energy%20in%20India.pdf
Supply Scenarios for 2035 Electricity- High Renewables
Supply Scenario Green
(Coal Low, Nuclear High,
Renewables Moderately
High )
Projections for 2035 Coal
Natural
Gas Diesel Nuclear Hydro Renewables Total
% Electricity Supply Share 40% 12% 2% 13% 11% 22% 100%
Electricity Supply/ year (in
billion kWh) 1530 459 76 497 421 841 3824
Average Load Factor 70% 70% 16% 70% 38% 26%
Installed Capacity (in GW) 249 75 55 81 126 369 956
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Daily Load Profile- India
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Non Fossil Electricity
• 175 GW Target Achievable
• Low Capacity factors- High daily and seasonal variability
• Financing issues – Initial capital –Reduction in GDP, Equity impacts
• Need for R&D and indigenization
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California: Duck Curve
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Thrust on Energy R&D
• Consortium Approaches
• Grand Challenges – Innovation
• Incubation and Innovation
• Clean Coal, Storage, Cost Effective Renewables Energy Efficiency, New processes etc..
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A portion of the ELU map of Ward A of MCGM
Corresponding Satellite Imagery for the area from Google Earth
Analyzed in QGIS 1.8.0To determine-Building Footprint Ratios- Usable PV AreasFor Sample Buildings
Source: R. Singh and Banerjee, 2015
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Jan, 2014 Typical Load Profile vs
PV Generation
1-Axis
Tracking @
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19 deg. Fixed
Tilt @
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National Solar Thermal Power Facility – Consortium supported by MNRE and led by IIT Bombay
Thermal Storage
Solar Field
Expansion Vessel
Heat Exchanger
Generator
Condenser
Turbine
PumpPump
Cooling Water Circuit
Water/ Steam Loop
ThermicOil Loop
CLFR Direct Steam
Schematic of 1 MW Solar Power PlantSimulator snapshot
Parabolic Trough Solar Field Linear Fresnel Reflector Solar Field at Gwalpahari site
Consortium Members
KIE Solatherm
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Prototype for 24 x 7 Solar Thermal Power
Development of indigenous heliostat
Development of improved LFR with steam storage using PCM
Development of molten salt loop and stratified storage
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Temperature
°C
1 290 Flow
2 550 Flow
3 550 No Flow
4 290 No Flow
Heat transfer fluid is molten salt
flow
condition
Heat Exchanger
Stratifiedmolten salt
Storage
Solar tower
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Molten saltPump for tower
Molten saltPump for H.X
Water
Superheatedsteam
DESE- IIT Bombay
Partners: Clique Consultants, Mumbai
KGDS Renewable Energy, Coimbatore
Sponsored by NETRA –NTPC Ltd
Summary / Conclusions
Transition to higher renewable share
Variability / Improved forecasting
Need for Balancing / DSM/ Demand Response and Storage
Roof top/ Zero Energy Buildings
Challenge of Affordability –Paying for the transition
Impact on Development and Equity
Coal will reduce – but still be significant-40% (lower may be difficult) 46
Climate Change
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The Tragedy of the Commons
Science 13 Dec 1968:
Vol. 162, Issue 3859, pp. 1243-1248 Garrett Hardin
https://www.pinterest.com/climateaction/cartoon-action/
Acknowledgment
Balkrishna Surve
Tejal Kanitkar
Thank [email protected]@gmail.com
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Rhythm Singh
Vikrant Singh D
Pankaj KumarJani Das
Indraneel Naik
IEA, Key World Energy Statistics 2016.
Ministry of Power, Government of India, http://powermin.nic.in/en/content/power-sector-glance-all-india
CEA, MOP, GOI: Government of India Central Electricity Authority , Monthly Reports, http://www.cea.nic.in
R. Singh and Banerjee, 2015: Singh, R., and Banerjee, R., Estimation of rooftop solar
photovoltaic potential of a city, Solar Energy, Vol. 115, 589-602, May 2015.
Provisional Coal Statistics 2015-16, Government of India, Ministry of Coal, Kolkatta.
Tejal Kanitkar, Rangan Banerjee, T. Jayaraman, Impact of economic structure on mitigation targets for developing countries, Energy for Sustainable Development, Volume 26, June 2015, Pages 56-61, ISSN 0973-0826, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.esd.2015.03.003.
Ministry of Coal, Government of India, http://coal.nic.in/content/production-supplies
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