sector update Rapid growth in the manufacturing sector in India, essentially demands uninterrupted and high quality power supply. Also, the massive power generation capacity addition plan needs cost control and efficiency. Thus, deployment of integrated automation and control solutions will be the key to drive excellence in the Indian power sector.
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ndia accounts for nearly four per cent of global power generation capacity, and is the fifth largest in the world in terms of overall installed capacity. Major advancements in power generation have resulted in a CAGR growth of 5.6 per cent in the last five years (2007-12) – whereas the demand for electricity is pegged to grow at a CAGR of seven per cent over the next decade. Clearly, the current generation levels do not match with the demand growth in the coming years. The objectives of the power sector in the coming years are to provide sufficient power to achieve eight per cent GDP growth, and provide reliable and quality power to all. The target for capacity addition in the Eleventh Five-Year-Plan was at 78,577 MW, which was revised to 62,374 MW by the Planning Commission during the mid-term appraisal. In the Twelfth Five-Year-Plan, the government is striving to achieve a capacity addition of over 100,000 MW, and compensate for the slip in capacity addition in the last five-year-plan. The major focus would be on developing clean coal technologies, and promote nuclear and renewable sources of energy generation. Excess of 80 GW of power generation is estimated to be added in 2011-15. While the demand is significant, there is an increasing need to reduce overall cost, and implementation as well as increase in operational excellence through real time control and management.
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Efficiency in Indian Power Sector