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SOLAR POWERED ATM
FOR RURAL INDIA
ENERGY SECTOR IN IN-DIAN STOCK EXCHANGE-2
EUROPES COAL QUAN-
DARY
LONDON OFFSHORES ITS
ENERGY SUPPLY
TECH STARTUPS: GRAM
POWER
PORTABLE AIRBORNE
WIND POWER
Inside this issue:
Newsletter DateVolume 1, Issue 1
Energy Times Energy Times
In This issue
Solut ions to the B lackout Nat ion P.1
Ind ian Energy Indust ry Trends P.2
Global Energy Trends P.3
Tech Star tups P.4
Volume 7
No.-2
August 2012
soon, which led to lower hy-
droelectric power generation.
Millions of ACs keep hum-
ming in cities and simultane-
ously in states like UP, Hary-
ana and Punjab, farmers
have resorted to using water
pumps, drawing more power
than usual which resulted in
1200 MW of power over-
draw.
The grid fre-
quency falls
when there is
overdraw of
electricity. As
per the Indian
Electricity Grid
C o d e f r e -
quency operat-
ing range is
4 9 . 5 H z t o
50.2Hz. To protect and main-tain the grid network,
there is a need to in-
stall under-frequency
relays that could have
isolated the power
supply immediately.
But there is another
fundamental reason
that we are not ad-
dressing. We rely largely on
base load power plants
A few days back 600 millions
of people across India were
left without power, one of
the world's worst blackouts,
when grids collapsed for the
second time in two days.
The outage covered over 20
states where half of India's
1.2 billion people live and
embarrassed the govern-
ment, which has failed to
build up enough power ca-pacity to meet soaring de-
mand.
Asia's third-largest economy
suffers a peak-hour power
deficit of about 10 percent
that is around 15000 MW,
dragging on economic
growth.
After of the hottest summers
in recent years, the North
India has seen a weak mon-
thermal, nuclear and even
some hydropower plants
operate at base loadsto
meet our electricity needs.
We have very little flexibility
on peak load power plants.
So when the peak demand
surges, we have no source to
supply electricity to the grid.
Apart from grid discipline
and setting up systems thatensure that states do not
overdraw power, we need to
change our power generation
mix. In this context, large-
scale installation of renew-
able energy plants like wind
and solar plants will play a
major role in stabilizing the
grid, as their power genera-
tion profileespecially that
of solarmatches the peak
demand in the country. Gen-
eration sector also requires
improvement in power pro-
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jects finance and land acqui-
sition that are major prob-
lem in this sector. In Trans-
mission sector expansion of
EHV Transmission network
is required. Distribution
sector need to cut down the
AT&C losses (currently at
30%) by modern practices
like implementation of
smart grid and renovation
of old & outdated distribu-tion network.
Solutions to the Blackout Nation
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Energy TimesThink outside the Barrel
India aims to add88,000 megawatts (MW)of power generationcapacity in the next fiveyears as declared byPower minister. Indiascurrent power generationcapacity is 200,000MW, with a peak short-fall of 10 percent.
The state-run Solar En-ergy Corporation of In-dia is planning to set up
small, pilot power plants(less than 5 MW) withstrong linkages with re-search and academicinstitutions to developtechnologies and prod-ucts relevant for India.
Union ministry of newand renewable energy(MNRE) is looking at set-ting up a company forbiomass-based powergeneration and promo-tion on the lines of Solar
Energy Corporation ofIndia (SECI).
Telecom industry bodiesCOAI and AUSPI haveplaced power purchaseorder with seven renew-able energy generationcompanies (Rescos) likeMoser Baer and ABB,expressing readiness tobuy their entire genera-tion for 1 lakh towers.
Tata Power completed
the purchase of 51%equity shares of Tata BPSolar India Limited, whichwas held by BP Alterna-tive Energy HoldingsLimited. Consequently,Tata BP Solar India Lim-ited is now a whollyowned subsidiary of TataPower.
Delhi government is con-sidering to switch over toLED bulbs for streetlighting across the city to
save energy.
Headlines Scan Solar Powered ATMs for rural India
Energy Sector in Indian Stock Exchange-Part 2
solar panels, alongside fourto eight hours of battery
storage. Due to the ability to
operate in temperatures as
high as 122 degrees Fahren-
heit , it
n e v e r
n e e d s
c o o l -
i n g ,
unlike
m o s t
ATMs.
Clever engineering also
means its 90% more effi-
cient than conventional ma-
For many villagers in ruralareas of India, personal
banking is pricey as far as
travelling to nearest bank is
concerned.
Indian engi-
neering com-
pany, Vortex
has taken on
the challenge
by creating
solar-powered
ATMs. The
Gram teller ATM is lean,
efficient and robust for any
location. It carries its own
chines, consuming about 72units of electricity per
month. The ATM also comes
with a fingerprint identifica-
tion system to withdraw
cash.
So far, Vortex has deployed
about 450 ATMs for SBI
across India, mostly in small
towns about 60 kilometers
from bank branches and
plans to install about 10,000
more within the next two
years.
A Solar Powered ATM
imported and domestic coal.
The model proposes that all
consumers equally share the
common price.
Power plants in coastal areaswill be supplied 30% of their
total requirement in im-
ported coal, while those
within 300 km of the coast-
line will be supplied 15%.
Rest of the generators will
The ministry of power has
agreed to the model for price
pooling of coal proposed by
the coal ministry to even out
the impact of pricey im-ported fuel on power gen-
eration. Price pooling essen-
tially means common pric-
ing of similar grade coal.
This price is arrived at by
taking the average price of
use 100% domestic coal
Once the price pooling
model is adopted, power
tariffs for plants located in
the east are expected to in-crease more in comparison
to the units that are in the
coastal regions of the west.
Ministry of Power agrees For Price Pooling of Coal
Day-ahead market (DAM) is
used for trading hourly con-
tract, one day prior to thedelivery of electricity. Both
buyers and sellers electroni-
cally submit their anony-
mous bid during the bid call
session. The market clearing
price is determined on the
basis of intersection point of
demand and supply curve
which is true function of
demand and supply only.
INDIAN ENERGY EX-
CHANGE (IEX) is Indias
first and no. 1 electricity ex-change. It is a transparent,
neutral, demutualised, na-
tionwide, automated, online
electricity trading platform.
It enables efficient price dis-
covery and price risk man-
agement for participants of
the electricity market includ-
ing industries eligible for
open access through anony-
mous platform.
Term-ahead market (TAM)
contracts cover the entire
range of products which canbe offered for the duration
upto two weeks, further sub-
categorization is done for
region wise, intra-day, day-
ahead contingency, daily
and weekly contracts to help
participants manage their
electricity portfolio for dif-
ferent durations.
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next issue)
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More than 20 State Elec-
tricity Boards (SEBs) haveproposed to increasetariffs in the past 18
months. Distribution com-panies would have tokeep hiking rates by 5-10 per cent for the nextfive years to achievebreak-even, according toa report.
The Delhi ElectricityRegulatory Commissionhas introduced time-of-
the-day metering for non-domestic consumers witha sanctioned load ofover 300kW in the newtariff order, with the aimto reduce peak-hour de-mand.
India's Ministry of Newand Renewable Energy(MNRE) has releaseddetails of subsidies foroff-grid solar photo-
voltaic (PV) generation.The agency is providinga 30% subsidy for thebenchmark costs of PVsystems, as well as loanslimited to 5% interestannually.
Headlines Scan
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Energy TimesCleaner Energy For a Cleaner World
rental plan that targets the
user's dis-
p o s a b l e
i n c o m e
w i t h o u t
burdening
f i n a n c i a l
s a v i n g s
can create
low cost
e n e r g y
access for
the 2.6 bil-
lion people
i n t he
world liv-
ing with-
out reliable
p o w e r .
Located at
Todarais -
ingh Man-
GRAM POWER is an ini-
tiative to enable
villagers to gen-
erate and store
renewable en-
ergy from bio-
mass, solar or
wind on-site.
Gram Power is
commercializ-
ing a technol-
ogy and distri-
bution strategy
to radically im-
prove energy
accessibility in
the $11.6 billion
rural energy
market.
Their micro
storage system
and innovative
dal in Tonk district of Rajast-
han, it powers around 200
people allowing them to op-
erate common appliances at
home. Consumers pay Rs 75
per month under the pay-as-
you-go model for standard
grid connection.
Gram Power, which has
already powered 10 villages
in Rajasthan, is now looking
to form strong partnerships
to increase access to their
technology through state and
cent ra l R en ewa ble e n-
ergy ministries. The start up
has a target to deploy 20 self
owned smart micro grids
with 250 kilowatt peak of
generation, catering to al-
most 40,000 people over the
next 12 months.
India's Smart Micro grid Gram Power
energy costs by up to 65 per-
cent. The biggest improve-
ment of Altaeros Energies
Aerial Wind Turbine is that
it is completely portable,
unlike stationary turbines.
. The turbines mobility most
importantly allows it to be
used at remote construction
sites or during mobile mili-tary operations where power
may not be readily available.
This new wind turbine aims
Most windmills are made of
metal towers with sharp,
spinning blades. But Alteros
Energy, a small startup
formed by Harvard and MIT
graduates, looks to change
that. Their new wind tur-
bine isnt a tower, but a
doughnut shaped helium
balloon with a propeller inthe middle.
The airborne wind turbine is
about 35 feet across and uses
helium to gain altitude,
transporting the generated
power to the ground below
through the sturdy cables
that hold it in place.
By harnessing much
stronger high-altitude winds
the new technology reduces
to have virtually no environ-
mental impact, and can be
left to work automatically
with little maintenance, rais-
ing or lowering itself when
needed. One of the biggest
advantages of airborne tur-
bines is that they can be eas-
ily grouped through their
ground cabling, and in gen-eral take up far less real es-
tate than their larger tower
counterparts.
In the future Alteros Energies
hopes to scale their airborne
turbine to harness even
stronger offshore winds
with the first planned proto-
type to be constructed off the
coast of Virginia, U.S. by the
end of 2013 .
Portable Airborne Wind Power