August 25, 2006

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6th ASSOCHAM Renewable Energy Summit
STRATEGY FOR NEW AND RENEWABLE ENERGY

• August 25, 2006
• MINISTRY OF NON-CONVENTIONAL ENERGY
  SOURCESGOVERNMENT OF INDIA
• NEW DELHI

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Important Elements of Strategy

• Renewable power 20 per cent
  (current 5 per cent)
• Power from municipal waste 5000 MW
  (current 12 MW)
• Biofuel 30 MMT/ annum
  (from 30 million ha
  wasteland)
• Solar cell efficiencies upto 50 per cent
  ( current 15 per cent )
• Electric vehicles and hydrogen based vehicles
• Comprehensive policy for renewable energy by end
  2006

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Renewable Power-Potential and Aims
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Renewable Power-Potential and Aims
Wind Power Sites with wind densities of 250
W/m2 or higher with 3 of assessed area
available for wind farms requiring 12 ha/MW.
The technically feasible potential for
grid-interactive power could be lower if sites
with wind densities of 300 W/m2 or higher are
considered as suitable in keeping with
international practice.
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Renewable Power-Potential and Aims
Biomass Power Excludes potential of 45,000 MW
from around 20mha of wastelands yielding
10MT/ha/annum of woody biomass giving 4000
k-cal/kg with system efficiency of 30 and 75
PLF. In order to realize this estimated
potential a major inter-Ministerial initiative
involving, among others, Agriculture, Rural
Development, Panchayati Raj, Environment
Forests would be required.
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Renewable Power-Potential and Aims
Biomass Power (contd.) Although the potential
is based on surplus agro-residues, in practice
biomass power generation units prefer to use
forest-residues for techno-economic reasons.
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Renewable Power-Potential and Aims
Solar Power Potential dependent on future
developments making solar technology
cost-competitive for grid power applications.
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Renewable Power (contd.) -Cumulative Achievement
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Cumulative Achievements (as on 31.3.2006)

• 8080 MW of grid power- over 6 of total grid
  power installed capacity
• Electrification of 2800 villages and hamlets
• 1 million solar lighting systems
• 1.5million sq. m solar collector area for water
  heating
• 3.8 million family size biogas plants

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Solar Energy (Contd.)(Achievement upto
31.03.2006)

• Grid Interactive SPV Power 2.74 MW
• Solar Thermal Collectors 1.5 million sq. m.
• SPV power not very attractive due to its high
  unit cost estimated at around Rs.20/kWh (w/o
  battery back up)

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Indias Current Position

• Wind installation (global) - 60,000 MW
  (cumulative)
• Indias share (and position) - 5,000MW (
  fourth in the world)
• SPV cell production (global) - 1,700 MW (in
  2005)
• Indias share (and position) - 37 MW(
  seventh in the world)
• Biogas plants (global) - 16 million
  units (cumulative)
• Indias share (and position) - 3.8 million
  family size units
• ( second in the world)
• Solar Thermal (global) - 110 million sq.m
  (cumulative)
• Indias share (and position) - 1.3million
  sq.m
• (ninth in the world)

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Indias Position in Technology

• Commercial solar cell efficiency
• Global 14-16
• India 13-15
• Commercial wind turbine size (maximum)
• Global 5 MW
• India 1.65 MW
• High pressure bagasse cogeneration technology
• Global upto 105 bar
• India upto 105 bar

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Constraints/ Limitations for Further
Accelerating Renewable Energy Deployment

• Grid Power
• Inherent intermittent nature of renewable energy
  sources leading to relatively lower capacity
  utilization factors
• Relatively high capital costs when compared to
  conventional power systems
• Requirement of preferential tariffs apart from
  other fiscal/ financial concessions to make grid
  interactive renewable power a commercially
  attractive proposition
• Inability of sugar cooperatives and
  municipalities to present bankable projects
• Off-Grid Applications
• Low paying capacities of population, especially
  in rural areas
• Supply constraints of silicon wafers
• Inadequate budgetary allocations in State Plans

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Draft Renewable Energy Policy

• Strategic vision for new and renewable energy in
  the country by sending appropriate signals to
  industry, scientific and technical community,
  business and investors to
• Develop new and renewable energy technologies,
  products services at par with international
  standards, specifications and performance
  parameters
• Develop substitutes for liquid, gaseous and solid
  fossil fuels, in that order of priority
• Make new and renewable energy sector a net
  foreign exchange earner by 2021-22

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Ongoing initiatives

• Draft comprehensive new and renewable energy
  policy placed on website
• National Hydrogen Energy Board functional and
  National Hydrogen Energy Road Map prepared
• Expert Committee constituted for preparation of
  PV Technology Road Map
• Biofuel based village energy demonstration
  projects launched. Major RD Programme on
  biofuel initiated.
• New programme on electric and hybrid electric
  vehicles launched
• Major effort on GIS based renewable energy
  resource assessments underway

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Ongoing initiatives (contd.)

• Simulator for SHP power station in final stages
  of completion
• Test projects on biomass based village energy
  security taken up
• Strengthening of RD institutions viz. SEC, C-WET
  and AHEC
• Public-private partnerships in technology
  development and deployment of new and renewable
  energy programmes
• Innovative financing patterns being evolved to
  address financing and affodability barriers.

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ThankYou !