Clean Power ?
===========
For the moment at least, that is a “ contradiction in
terms “
The utility electricity sector in India has one National Grid with an installed capacity of 334.40 GW as on 31 January
2018.
Renewable power plants constituted 32.2% of total installed capacity. Of this , Solar is just about 20 GW
– mostly in the form of large land based ( 50 MW + ) installations
So , most of the power
that we produce today , is “ dirty / polluting “
Sure , we have set a
target to achieve 100 GW of Solar by 2022 – mostly in land based projects
We might even succeed
in reaching 40 % of total installed capacity by way of solar by 2022 , by which
time , most of the current coal-based power plant would be operating at the PLF
( Plant Load Factor ) of under 50 % and would find it impossible to survive
without a massive government subsidy ( meaning , “ more taxes “ for citizens !
)
To totally get rid of
dirty coal-based power plants , might take us to 2050
Till that time, there
is no getting away from “ dirty power “ – and the associated NPAs of lakhs of
crores of rupees ! ( - a perpetual re-capitalization of banks, using tax money
? )
But whether a
coal-based power plant or a land based solar plant, both require certain
infrastructure for delivering that power to homes / offices /
factories
To better understand
that “ infrastructure “ , look at the full page advt brought out by Ministry of
Power in today’s news papers
It reads :
INTEGRATED
POWER DEVELOPMENT SCHEME ( IPDS )
Providing RELIABLE
and QUALITY power supply to cities
·
So far Rs 28,405 Crore sanctioned
·
Strengthening of DISTRIBUTION NETWORK in over 3600 towns
·
All towns to be IT Enabled for AUTOMATED MEASUREMENT of SYSTEM LOSSES
·
1100 SUBSTATIONS being added
·
1365 additional POWER TRANSFORMERS for Capacity
Enhancement
·
55,318 km of HT–LT TRANSMISSION LINES being added to provide
quality power
·
72,014 Km of AERIAL / UNDERGROUND CABLES
for
uninterrupted power supply
Look at the words
highlighted in BOLD / RED
If we were to go all out and enable
citizens to install ROOF
TOP solar plants , then none of those
highlighted things would be required !
Each residential building will
produce / store and consume its OWN power , without having to depend upon
DISCOMS
No need for metering /
transformers / substations / cables / transmission lines !
No need for DISCOM to maintain the
infrastructure ! or worry about thefts ! or sign Power Purchase Agreements –
and then worry about rescinding !
Now , recognizing that it is just not
possible to switch-over to ROOF TOP
SOLAR , overnight, we must appreciate what the government is doing ( ref
: above advt )
But what I fail to understand is :
Why is govt not going all out to
encourage ROOF TOP SOLAR ?
I urge the Policy Makers to read :
Solar
Roofs ? Why not ? [ 06 Feb 2018 ]
For roof top installations , currently govt gives 30 % subsidy
Change
this as follows :
# 30 % by way of subsidy
# 70 % by way of interest free loan , repayable over 10 years
Why not save all the funds required for the
above-mentioned infrastructure and use for the interest free loans / subsidy
for Solar Roof Tops ?
16 March 2018
www.hemenparekh.in
/ blogs
With Regards,
hemen
parekh
(
M ) +91 - 98,67,55,08,08
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