Originally published October 16 2005
Indian power generators unable to keep up with country's growing level of demand
by Mike Adams, the Health Ranger, NaturalNews Editor
India has always had a problem with generating enough power to meet demand, and the wind turbine technology implemented in fiscal year 1983-84 did little to help catch up with the growing need for power, so The Financial Express reports that government officials want more time and money spent on developing renewable energy resources.
India has always had the problem of energy shortages.
According to the Central Electricity Authority, India, in fiscal 2005, demand exceeded supply by an estimated 7.3% (7.1% in fiscal 2004) in terms of total requirements and 11.7% (11.2% in fiscal 2004) in terms of peak demand requirements.
Others (including nuclear stations and wind power) accounted for approximately 4.5%.
From the program's inception, the GoI has prompted a market-oriented strategy, which has led to commercial development of technology.
Recent regulatory enactments in India further support the absorption of renewables in the energy mix.
For example, the Electricity Act of 2003 requires all state-level energy regulatory commissions to ensure that electricity distributors procure a specified minimum percentage of power generation from renewable energy sources and Maharashtra Energy Regulatory Commission has stipulated 750 MW of new wind power capacity for sale to utilities by March 2007.
Technological advances have resulted in larger and better quality wind turbine generators (WTGs) with higher generation efficiencies at lower costs.
With over 8,000 MW of installations in 2004, the cumulative global installation of WTGs was 47,912 MW by the end of 2004.
Further, the demand for wind power projects is also dependent on the cost of wind-generated electricity compared to electricity generated from other sources of energy, as well as on the reliability of wind patterns.
Despite being the late entrant in the domestic market, SEL has moved on to become the market leader in India, with an installed capacity of more than 1100 MW as of March FY05.
Successful foray into international markets and proven technology superiority is expected to help the company penetrate the fast growing US, Australia and Chinese markets, who have increasingly felt the need to cut down the energy costs and shift to non-conventional sources of energy.
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