Priyank Jain -HYDRO Power..Must Read

1. Harnessing Hydro
Priyank Jain

2. Topics
• Status and development
• Upcoming capacity
• Challenges
• Way ahead

3. Introduction
• Over 97,000 MW of the country’s total hydro
potential remains untapped.
• Hydro capacity addition has steadily declines
,even after states have encouraged the private
participation.

5. Ifs and buts
Benefits
Minimum Cost volatility
Economics of scale
Clean power generation
But
Stringent environmental
norms
Poor infrastructure
support
Growing development
challenges

6. Status
2010-2011
10% growth Good Monsoon
• 1,181 MWAddition
• 60%
Northern &
Southern
• Generation Fall per MW
• 3.97MUs(94-95) to 2.96 (10-11)
Industry Report
Dec 2011
617
Units
177
stations
38,748
MW

7. Performance of HYDRO power plants
depends
Seasonal Variation
Water Flow (Depletion in river flow due to Silting)
Variable demand
Plant performance & Poor Maintenance
Environmental & Forest clearance
Lack of Policy clarity on potential site

8. Development Facts
• Jaiprakash Power Ventures Limited’s commissioned
1,000 MW in Karcham Wangtoo .
7,000 MW Shifting
11th 12th plan
4.32%
2009-10 39 MW
Growth
2003-04 2010-11

9. Hydro Power Generations
0
2000
4000
6000
8000
10000
12000
14000
16000
18000
20000
April May June July August Sep Oct Nov Dec
Actual
Target

11. State initiatives :To promote private
participation
Himachal
Pradesh
J & K
Arunachal
Pradesh
Sikkim
Uttarakhand
Mizoram

12. Playing with Policies
• Policy criteria to allocate the capacities have been
mostly based on :
• Upfront premium
• Share of free power
• Joint ventures
• Majorly allotted under Build-own-operate-
transfer model.
• Mizoram sought viability gap funding from the
union government under a PPP model .

13. Power Plant
49%
31%
20%
Hydro Plant
Public private PPP

14. But……………
• But J&K under Water Resource Act,2010
impose a tax on NHPC of Rs.1.5 billion for
using water.
• Soon Himachal Pradesh also introducing HP
electricity (Taxation of generation) Bill .

15. And…………….
• NTPC ‘s 600 MW Loharinagpala project was
scrapped due to local & religious issues.
• Due to delayed environmental clearances AP’s
3,000 MW Dibang project recorded cost
escalations of up to Rs 25 billion.
• ADB & WB are encouraging state
governments to adopt practices such as
comprehensive social and economic planning
for projects.

16. Upcoming capacity
Currently Execution 15,000 MW
12th plan Capacity
Addition
20,334 MW
102 projects 30,193 MW
Evaluated for
commercial
viability
¾ in AP only

18. Untapped Hydro Capacity (CEA)
45,000
12,000
10,500
7,000
2,100 2,000 1,800 1,780 1,200
0
5,000
10,000
15,000
20,000
25,000
30,000
35,000
40,000
45,000
50,000
AP UK J&K HP KT WB CG MZ Other
Capacity
Capacity

19. Challenges
• Project completion risk (6-7 years)
• Infrastructure challenges

20. Way ahead
• Huge untapped potential.
• Cleaner choice.
• Can help to achieving its voluntary
international commitment to reduce carbon
intensity by 15 % in coming 8 -10 years.