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HYDRO POWER IN INDIA
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TOTAL HYDRO POTENTIAL - 84,000 MW AT 60% LOAD FACTOR EQUIVALENT TO AN ANNUAL ENERGY GENERATION OF 450 TWH.
TOTAL DEVELOPED HYDRO POTENTIAL ABOUT 22,439 MW
SHARE OF HYDROPOWER REDUCED TO ONLY 25% IN TOTAL INSTALLED FOR POWER GENERATION FROM 50.62% IN 1963
ESTIMATED POTENTIAL OF SMALL HYDRO - 15,000 MW - SMALL HYDRO POWER INTRODUCED IN 1897
AGENCIES INVOLVED IN POWER DEVELPOMENT
CENTRAL ELECTRICITY AUTHORITY & CENTRAL WATER COMMISSION
STATE POWER DEPARTMENTS & ELECTRICITY BOARDS
MNES - MINISTRY OF NON-CONVENTIONAL ENERGY SOURCES
SEVERAL NGO ORGANIZATIONS (e.g. TERI)
INTERNATIONAL FUNDING AGENCIES – WORLD BANK, UNDP, GLOBAL ENVIRONMENT FACILITY, THE ASIA ALTERNATIVE ENERGY PROGRAM (ASTAE), ASIAN DEVELOPEMENT BANK,INDIAN RENEWABLE ENERGY DEVELOPMENT AGENCY (IREDA)
SMALL HYDRO POWER SYSTEMS
CLASSIFIED AS MINI, MICRO, AND SMALL DEPENDING ON CAPACITY OF PLANT.
MATURE TECHNOLOGY
HIGHEST PRIME MOVING EFFICIENCY
SPECTACULAR OPERATIONAL FLEXIBILITY
FIRST PLACE AMONG ALL RENEWABLE SOURCES
INSTALLED CAPACITY - WORLD 47,000 MW – INDIA 500 MW -CLASSIFICATION WORLD NORMS - 5 KW TO 50 MW
UNTIL RECENTLY, SMALL-SCALE HYDRO POWER (SHP) IN INDIA CLASSIFIED AS BELOW (3MW GENERATING CAPACITY NOW INCREASED TO 25 MW)
DEVELOPMENT OF SMALL HYDRO POWER PROJECTS AND THRUST AREAS
STATE SECTOR AS WELL AS THROUGH PRIVATE SECTOR PARTICIPATION IN VARIOUS STATES.
THRUST AREAS
NATION-WISE RESOURCE ASSESSMENT
SETTING UP OF COMMERCIAL SHP PROJECTS,
RENOVATION AND MODERNIZATION OF OLD SHP PROJECTS
DEVELOPMENT AND UP-GRADATION OF WATER MILLS (GARATS) AND
INDUSTRY BASED RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT
MNES INCENTIVES
DETAILED SURVEY AND INVESTIGATION
DETAILED PROJECT REPORT PREPARATION
INTEREST SUBSIDY FOR COMMERCIAL PROJECTS,
CAPITAL SUBSIDY FOR SHP PROJECTS IN NORTH-EASTERN REGION, RENOVATION & MODERNIZATION OF OLD SHP STATIONS AND FOR DEVELOPMENT / UP-GRADATION OF WATER MILLS.