Power shortage in Tamil Nadu

[Godless-Kafir]

Me too from CBE and yes govt must clearly crack down on the people opposing nuke plant it will give us at least 800MW i guess

Useing force has proved to be bad idea in North east or anywhere else. So lesson learnt is not to bull doze peaceful protestors but what we need is Patimandarms arguing on the pros and cons every day on TV or self we will not go anywhere.

 

[Mr.Ryu]

Useing force has proved to be bad idea in North east or anywhere else. So lesson learnt is not to bull doze peaceful protestors but what we need is Patimandarms arguing on the pros and cons every day on TV or self we will not go anywhere.

I did not mean use of force but yes to some extend and have you heard the leader udaya speak in the open debate's what ever the govt or scientist explain he says we dont want, we dont want, no, nooo then how will the talks succeed ?

 

[Mad Indian]

Jayalalithaa reduces power cuts

Chief minister J. Jayalalithaa on Friday announced slashing of scheduled power cuts by an hour for Chennai and the rest of the state and doing away with power holiday for industries.

After holding a detailed review meeting on the power situation in the state, she said load shedding in the city would be reduced to one hour from the existing two hours while the rest of the state will have three hours of power cut as against the existing four hours.

She also said the one-day power holiday in a week and compulsory power holiday on Sunday for high tension and low-tension industries would be done away with.

Electricity minister Natham R. Viswanathan, electricity secretary Ramesh Kumar Khanna and Tamil Nadu Electricity Board chairman Rajeev Ranjan attended the review meeting.

Ms Jayalalithaa said power situation in the state has improved as power generation through windmills has increased during the last few weeks.

She said Mettur Thermal Power Station, which was shut down following a fire accident on May 10, has also started generating full capacity of 840 MW.

With work underway on the thermal power stations and Koodankulam Nuclear Power Plant to be commissioned soon, the present restrictive measures would be gradually relaxed, she said, adding that a review meeting would be held next week.

Windfall for TN as power cuts slashed

The state government has relaxed load shedding for domestic consumers and industries as a result of increase in wind power generation.

The generation from windmills has picked up and it has been hovering around 3,000 MW in the last few weeks. On May 30, the wind power generation touched 3800 MW.

"We are on an average getting 3000 MW a day. The peak wind season is between May and October. We hope the generation will be good during the rest of the season," said a senior Tangedco official.

The state has installed capacity of 6,696 MW of wind energy, which is 41 per cent of the country's total capacity.

The winds have come to the rescue of the corporation as it could not purchase power from the northern states due to clogging of transmission lines and delay in commissioning of thermal plants under construction.

A Tangedco official said that the first unit of the 3 x 500 MW NTPC-Tangedco joint venture project at Vallur would go on stream by June end and the second unit would be commissioned by September 12. The state would be getting 345 MW of power each from the three units.

The 2 x 600 MW North Chennai Thermal Power Station (NCTPS)-stage II would be commissioned by July and it will start functioning with full load from August.

The second unit of NCTPS would be commissioned by October 2012. When it is fully operational, the state would get the entire load of 1200 MW of power.

Jayalalithaa reduces power cuts | Deccan Chronicle

 

[Mad Indian]

Re: Jayalalithaa reduces power cuts

Making the announcements, Chief Minister Jayalalithaa, in a statement issued on Friday, referred to the substantial improvement in supply position in the last few weeks owing to the availability of more wind power.

Power consumers in Tamil Nadu will have some relief from the acute shortage of electricity. Beginning Saturday, domestic consumers in Chennai will have to bear only one-hour load shedding and those in remaining parts of the State, three hours.

The scheme of power holiday for low-tension and high tension industrial establishments has been withdrawn completely. As part of it the State had been divided into six regions and industrial units in each region were required not to draw power on an assigned day apart from Sundays.

Making the announcements, Chief Minister Jayalalithaa, in a statement issued on Friday, referred to the substantial improvement in supply position in the last few weeks owing to the availability of more wind power.

She expressed the hope that several thermal power projects and the Kudankulam Nuclear Power Project would be commissioned shortly. "The present restriction and control measures will be gradually relaxed. Appropriate steps will be taken after holding a review of the situation next month."

Ms. Jayalalithaa issued the statement after chairing a high-level meeting attended by senior officials.

Four units of the 840 MW Mettur Thermal Power Station, which was badly affected by a fire early in May, have resumed generation to their capacity.

In recent weeks, the State has been getting, on an average, 2,000 MW through windmills.

In Februrary, the Tamil Nadu Generation and Distribution Corporation (TANGEDCO) increased the duration of load shedding by an hour. This was done to manage the surging demand. The authorities' calculation was that from May, the situation would improve in view of higher wind energy generation, said a senior TANGEDCO official. On commissioning of one unit of 1,000 MW at Kundankulam, the State would get its share of about 462 MW.

Power managers explain that the latest decision has been taken, taking into account the wind energy generation. Wind has never failed the State over the years. The authorities also plan to purchase 700 MW from other states outside the southern region on a temporary basis.

In Chennai, the intense heat and increased use of air-conditioners has triggered a surge in demand for power. According to TANGEDCO officials, it has touched a record high of 3,000 MW as against the State's total demand of about 9,500 MW.

During summer last year, the city's average demand was around 2,000 MW and this year it was expected to be around 2,500 MW. But, due to the heat, more people have started running air conditioners, increasing the load, say officials.

An indication of the growing gap between supply and demand was a demonstration held by over 500 residents of Adyar in front of the TANGEDCO office on Thursday night. They complained that they did not have supply for over two hours in the night. They dispersed following the intervention of the police and assurance from TANGEDCO officials.

The Hindu : States / Tamil Nadu : Power cut duration to come down from today

 

[Mad Indian]

Re: Jayalalithaa reduces power cuts

The only downside though is the power cuts reduction is because of the increase in the Wind mill power generation, which is not very reliable. But I am hoping, the power situation will really improve later in months of october when the thermal power plants have started functioning.