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M3: tell me about your work profile, working in refinery. Me: told with vigor and told the projects I handled. I told him that I worked on clean fule projects. M3: what is clean fuel project Me: told that due to direction of goi, OMCs are producing bharat stage IV fuels so that they will have lesser emissions. M3: what is CDM? Me: I tried to recall it but I was confused and said that I am unable to recall it. Then he asked me this question in other way, now I forgot know what he asked actually. Thet I told him that we take up green tech project and reduce the GHG emissions and we can sell them to the develop world. M3: what is Kyoto protocol? Me: explained correctly with all the details. M3: here he asked me some ambiguous question. He said that we have large dependence of the fossil fuel, how to reduce the dependence? Give me some practical answer. Me: I thought for 5-6s seconds and said sir we have to reduce our energy consumption… and sir we are doing research in electric vehicle, hydrogen and fuel cell etc… M3: but we have larger energy demand in the future then how can we reduce consumption…gave some data about the energy demand in the last and this FYP. Me: sir, then we have to move towards renewable energies such as solar energy, wind energy and nuclear energy also… M3: but then nuclear energy has its own problem, solar also… Me: yes sir… yes sir…nodded in full agreement and said with the smile.
M2: What is the problem in POSCO project on Odisha. Me: Its basically Land Acquisition problem. M2: What are the salient points of the Land Acquisition Bill as approved by Cabinet recently? Me: compensation amount is 4 times in Rural Areas and twice in urban areas. Consensus of 70% of local people in case of PPP projects and 80% consensus in case of Private Projects. Forcible acquisition in respect of Road, port, power projects etc. To Prevent Land hoarding 5-11-2011 is the cut off date to share compensation between the previous land owner and current owner. M4: You are staying at Nagpur? Me: Yes Mam. M4: Tell me some name of Public Sector Units (PSUs) whose headquarter is at Nagpur. Me: Sorry mam. (Then she said it is Western Coal Fields Limited and some other names too) M4: Many PSUs are having loss. Should not we disband or privatise them. Me: Mam, there are many PSUs such as Maharatana, Navrtna and Miniratna companies which are making profit. If they can function profitably why not others. Solution lies in identifying the problem and making them run successfully.
SHRI PIYUSH GOYAL ON INVERTER AND DIESEL GENERATOR MUKT DELHI Sunday, 01 February 2015
After collapse of grid in Delhi in May 2014 leading to frequent power cuts,Central government acted decisively to restore power lines and provide power to all homes. To upgrade Delhi’s collapsing power infrastructure, the government prepared a short term and medium term plan to ensure such crises do not occur in future. Projects worth ~Rs. 7,791 crores are already underway for comprehensive upgradation of power systems.
Key initiatives:
o Bringing more transmission lines to the Capital – four 400/220kV GIS Substations with 4x500 MVA capacity at Rajghat, Tuglakabad, Karampura and Papankalan-I with associated 400KV transmission network in and around Delhi is being established to provide a more robust, reliable and secure transmission infrastructure to bring in ~7,400 MW of power to Delhi
o Rigorous checking of health of existing transmission lines / substations is underway, in particular for critically loaded ones, to avoid tripping.
o Underground cabling, particularly in high-density areas and tourist spots o Extensive replacement by smart meters to stop wrongful billing
o Emergency response systems for prompt restoration
In addition, projects worth Rs. 317 crores under the newly launched Integrated Power Development Scheme, in Delhi, for reduction of losses by augmenting sub- transmission & distribution infrastructure and IT implementation for better customer service Amendments in the Electricity Act introduced in Parliament for providing choice to consumers to select their electricity suppliers o Just like mobile phones, customers will have the “power to choose” their preferred electricity supplier for lower cost, assured power supply and better customer service. They will also have the “power to change” their electricity supplier, if dissatisfied with performance or billing
o This will ensure more competition – Sasti Bijli, Achchi Bijli, Poori Bijli
Other measures to reduce power cost for Delhi’s customers: o Subsidy of Rs. 1.20 per unit for consumers upto 200 units and 80 paisa per unit for consumers between 200-400 units granted for the full year
o Rs. 200 crores announced in budget already transferred to Delhi Government, to assist in the scheme for power upgradation reducing the consumers’ burden
o Over Rs. 700 crores saved by more efficient purchase of cheaper electricity and cancellation of high cost contracts entered into by previous government
National launch of LED and energy conservation mission by Hon’ble Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi ji: 1 crore bulbs in Delhi will be replaced with LED within one year. Similar replacement program of 500,000 street lights of Delhiin one year too. Anticipated savings of over Rs. 2,000 crores in 7 years will be passed on to the consumers: o Consumers will not be burdened at all since investments for LED conversion will be entirely funded by savings
o Better lighting because of LED, apart from financial and energy savings, will also ensure several other benefits: Safety & security of women Small businessmen can keep their stores open for longer Lesser road accidents and easier traffic flow Environmental protection and reduction of CO2 emissions by reducing power consumed
The installed capacity of renewable energy has touched 32,269.6 Mw or 12.95% of the total potential available in the country, as on March 31, 2014. With this, the renewable energy, including large hydro electricity, constitutes 28.8% of the overall installed capacity in India.
The total renewable energy potential from various sources in India is 2,49,188 Mw. The untapped market potential for overall renewable energy in India is 2,16,918.39 Mw that shows huge growth potential for renewable energy in India.
The Ministry of New & Renewable Energy (MNRE), GoI has set a target of achieving overall renewable energy installed capacity of 41,400 Mw by 2017. This creates an opportunity worth $10.51 billion for the renewable market in India till 2017.
India has the world's fifth-largest electricity generation capacity, which currently stands at 243 Gw. The power sector in India is highly diverse with varied commercial sources for power generation like coal, natural gas, hydro, oil and nuclear as well as unconventional sources of energy like solar, wind, bio-gas and agriculture. The demand for power has been growing at a rapid rate and overtaken the supply, leading to power shortages in spite of manifold growth in power generation over the years.
Focused efforts are going to bridge this demand-supply gap by way of policy reforms, participation from private sector and development of the Ultra Mega Power Projects (UMPP). The government has to take a tough stance between balancing economic development and environmental sustainability.
One of the primary challenges for India would be to alter its existing energy mix, which is dominated by coal, to a larger share of cleaner and sustainable sources of energy.
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M3: tell me about your work profile, working in refinery.
Me: told with vigor and told the projects I handled. I told him that I worked on clean fule projects.
M3: what is clean fuel project
Me: told that due to direction of goi, OMCs are producing bharat stage IV fuels so that they will have lesser emissions.
M3: what is CDM?
Me: I tried to recall it but I was confused and said that I am unable to recall it.
Then he asked me this question in other way, now I forgot know what he asked actually. Thet I told him that we take up green tech project and reduce the GHG emissions and we can sell them to the develop world.
M3: what is Kyoto protocol?
Me: explained correctly with all the details.
M3: here he asked me some ambiguous question. He said that we have large dependence of the fossil fuel, how to reduce the dependence? Give me some practical answer.
Me: I thought for 5-6s seconds and said sir we have to reduce our energy consumption… and sir we are doing research in electric vehicle, hydrogen and fuel cell etc…
M3: but we have larger energy demand in the future then how can we reduce consumption…gave some data about the energy demand in the last and this FYP.
Me: sir, then we have to move towards renewable energies such as solar energy, wind energy and nuclear energy also…
M3: but then nuclear energy has its own problem, solar also…
Me: yes sir… yes sir…nodded in full agreement and said with the smile.
M2: What is the problem in POSCO project on Odisha.
Me: Its basically Land Acquisition problem.
M2: What are the salient points of the Land Acquisition Bill as approved by Cabinet recently?
Me: compensation amount is 4 times in Rural Areas and twice in urban areas. Consensus of 70% of local people in case of PPP projects and 80% consensus in case of Private Projects. Forcible acquisition in respect of Road, port, power projects etc. To Prevent Land hoarding 5-11-2011 is the cut off date to share compensation between the previous land owner and current owner.
M4: You are staying at Nagpur?
Me: Yes Mam.
M4: Tell me some name of Public Sector Units (PSUs) whose headquarter is at Nagpur.
Me: Sorry mam.
(Then she said it is Western Coal Fields Limited and some other names too)
M4: Many PSUs are having loss. Should not we disband or privatise them.
Me: Mam, there are many PSUs such as Maharatana, Navrtna and Miniratna companies which are making profit. If they can function profitably why not others. Solution lies in identifying the problem and making them run successfully.
SHRI PIYUSH GOYAL ON INVERTER AND DIESEL GENERATOR MUKT DELHI
Sunday, 01 February 2015
After collapse of grid in Delhi in May 2014 leading to frequent power cuts,Central government acted decisively to restore power lines and provide power to all homes. To upgrade Delhi’s collapsing power infrastructure, the government prepared a short term and medium term plan to ensure such crises do not occur in future. Projects worth ~Rs. 7,791 crores are already underway for comprehensive upgradation of power systems.
Key initiatives:
o Bringing more transmission lines to the Capital – four 400/220kV GIS Substations with 4x500 MVA capacity at Rajghat, Tuglakabad, Karampura and Papankalan-I with associated 400KV transmission network in and around Delhi is being established to provide a more robust, reliable and secure transmission infrastructure to bring in ~7,400 MW of power to Delhi
o Rigorous checking of health of existing transmission lines / substations is underway, in particular for critically loaded ones, to avoid tripping.
o Underground cabling, particularly in high-density areas and tourist spots o Extensive replacement by smart meters to stop wrongful billing
o Emergency response systems for prompt restoration
In addition, projects worth Rs. 317 crores under the newly launched Integrated Power Development Scheme, in Delhi, for reduction of losses by augmenting sub- transmission & distribution infrastructure and IT implementation for better customer service
Amendments in the Electricity Act introduced in Parliament for providing choice to consumers to select their electricity suppliers
o Just like mobile phones, customers will have the “power to choose” their preferred electricity supplier for lower cost, assured power supply and better customer service. They will also have the “power to change” their electricity supplier, if dissatisfied with performance or billing
o This will ensure more competition – Sasti Bijli, Achchi Bijli, Poori Bijli
Other measures to reduce power cost for Delhi’s customers:
o Subsidy of Rs. 1.20 per unit for consumers upto 200 units and 80 paisa per unit for consumers between 200-400 units granted for the full year
o Rs. 200 crores announced in budget already transferred to Delhi Government, to assist in the scheme for power upgradation reducing the consumers’ burden
o Over Rs. 700 crores saved by more efficient purchase of cheaper electricity and cancellation of high cost contracts entered into by previous government
National launch of LED and energy conservation mission by Hon’ble Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi ji: 1 crore bulbs in Delhi will be replaced with LED within one year. Similar replacement program of 500,000 street lights of Delhiin one year too. Anticipated savings of over Rs. 2,000 crores in 7 years will be passed on to the consumers:
o Consumers will not be burdened at all since investments for LED conversion will be entirely funded by savings
o Better lighting because of LED, apart from financial and energy savings, will also ensure several other benefits:
Safety & security of women
Small businessmen can keep their stores open for longer
Lesser road accidents and easier traffic flow
Environmental protection and reduction of CO2 emissions by reducing power consumed
The installed capacity of renewable energy has touched 32,269.6 Mw or 12.95% of the total potential available in the country, as on March 31, 2014. With this, the renewable energy, including large hydro electricity, constitutes 28.8% of the overall installed capacity in India.
The total renewable energy potential from various sources in India is 2,49,188 Mw. The untapped market potential for overall renewable energy in India is 2,16,918.39 Mw that shows huge growth potential for renewable energy in India.
The Ministry of New & Renewable Energy (MNRE), GoI has set a target of achieving overall renewable energy installed capacity of 41,400 Mw by 2017. This creates an opportunity worth $10.51 billion for the renewable market in India till 2017.
India has the world's fifth-largest electricity generation capacity, which currently stands at 243 Gw. The power sector in India is highly diverse with varied commercial sources for power generation like coal, natural gas, hydro, oil and nuclear as well as unconventional sources of energy like solar, wind, bio-gas and agriculture. The demand for power has been growing at a rapid rate and overtaken the supply, leading to power shortages in spite of manifold growth in power generation over the years.
Focused efforts are going to bridge this demand-supply gap by way of policy reforms, participation from private sector and development of the Ultra Mega Power Projects (UMPP). The government has to take a tough stance between balancing economic development and environmental sustainability.
One of the primary challenges for India would be to alter its existing energy mix, which is dominated by coal, to a larger share of cleaner and sustainable sources of energy.