How optimal power generation can be done for India?

I strongly believe in Perfectly Identifying the Methods of Power generation based on Reliability of Fuel available.. The goovt shud come up wid some Strategy for meeting the upcoming Power needs...

They need to segreagate the Source of Generation ( Thermal, Nuclear, Renewables, Hydro etc) and Identifying which way to be most Important and reliable for meeting growing Power requirements...

In order to achieve target set, they shud focus on growth of the Individual sector...

e.g. Like by 2030 the 50- 60 % requirement shud be met by Say Thermal Power plants.. Then Identify the fuels availble and Quantify Target and identify geographical Loactions where this can go in a big way.. and shud come with strategies where not only PSUs but also priavte players to be encouraged to Invest or go with BOOT kind of Projects....

Similerly this can be done for Nuclear, Hydro and Nuclear methods of Power Generation...

So broadly I feel the Mix of Differnt combinations can help India to come up as Strong economy with ample of Power available not only for House Holds bt also Industries....

Sun is the main source of energy & we can easily harvest the solar energy to use for various purposes. The govt. should go for a large scale solar harvesting project where enough power can be generated to support the demand.

Solar cells can be used by the public to reduce the power problems & the govt. should make it mandatory.

Nuclear energy can be considered the future of energy for india provided appropriate steps are taken in by government. Already the nuclear sale agreement has been signed between india and US. Russia is ready to support in terms of nuclear technology and they have incorporated their technical help to construct nuclear reactors. Considering these factors, nuclear power can certainly provide sufficient energy for future energy requirements. Government should take more steps to produce nuclear fuel and more funds being alloted for the nulear reactors.

Innovative here refers to new way of harnessing conventional sources of energy. for Ex.

Hydro power is mainly generated from large dams. We all have dams in our house (water tanks), but we dont harness power from it. we can make use of micro turbines placed along the pipes at a most ergonomic potential height and the power generated from them, though small and not continuous, would lessen the burden if properly interlinked.

 just consider when all houses having such micro turbines (each contributing small amount of power),starts generating a cumulative power at least during morning hours; how much power it would generate?

Wind power:  is a good source with large blades and turbines in country sides, but what about cities where the wind power is never utilized?

Cities have high rise buildings, the higher you go up, the wind current increases. Instead of installing one large wind turbine, one can install a number of small/micro wind turbines at all sides of the building along its height (of course by once again innovatively preserving the aesthetic look of the building). These micro turbines would generate power round the clock and their cumulative effective power would be vast considering the number of high rise buildings present.

Gobar Gas Technology: This source wont be possible in cities where sewage systems are connected to municipal pipes. however in most suburban areas and rural areas, all have a sewage dump area and the gases generated from these dumps can be tapped and used to generate power (if not continuous). ENERGY FROM OUR OWN WASTE !!! HOWS THAT !!!

Solar Cells: Are expensive, but very much practically useful for independent houses.

All these initiatives can be bolstered by the Govt by becoming proactive and providing subsidies for such installations. Moreover govt can also workout power management like that happens in other countries, where an individual who has surplus power can sell it to main grid (things like this happens in USA).

Transmission and distribution losses in India are much more than any developed country.

and these T&D losses are not only transmission and distribution losses but are THEFT & DACOITY losses.a major portion of the generated electricity goes waste due to theft because they are done by using low grade wires.

other than that hybrid renewable energy sources such as solar-wind systems etc will be very promising in optimizing the Indian energy scenario.

The government should allow the private players to generate power and destibute .They should also allow private players to make their own generation,Tranmission  and destribution companies by decontrolling the price for a period of 5years. This will,  private   companies  to go to un explored areas to generate power.

Regards,

PGPanikkar

There are remote places which are not covered by grid, and hounded with power cuts in India. Make technology and finance available for starting community power generation by the way of wind/solar/Biogas. The community can be Panchayat or group of neighbours.

Develop technology for those micro power generation. More over technology reaching people of villages is important. Banks should be involved in proving loans to such plants. Make  the solar water heating a compulsory for new Houses.

All these technology should free from taxes and duties apart from generous subsidies.