"India's energy access & security challenges"

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Outline of the Presentation

• Energy basket & infrastructure

• Looming challenges

• Renewables as solution

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IA

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Energy basket & infrastructure

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48%

15%

13%

8%

9% 7%

Industry Transport

Residential and Commercial Other energy users

Non-energy users Agriculture

Sector-wise energy consumption

Electricity: Generation & Transmission

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Few thermal power plant in India

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Few hydro power plant in India

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Few nuclear facilities in India

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Transmission

• Initially, State grids were inter-connected to form regional grid • India was demarcated into 5 regions namely Northern, Eastern, Western, North Eastern and Southern region • In October 1991 North Eastern and Eastern grids were connected. • In March 2003 WR and ER-NER were interconnected . • August 2006 North and East grids were interconnected • On 31 December 2013, Southern Region was connected to Central Grid 'ONE NATION'-'ONE GRID'

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July 30, 2012 @ 2.30 am

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Challenges

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Energy Vs. human development

Primary energy consumption per capita

Energy based: Social Exclusion

Lighting

Clean cooking

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Lighting ( Data: census 2011)

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Cooking ( Data: census 2011)

The Rural – Urban divide

Energy Access

Access to Affordable, Reliable, Sustainable and Modern Energy for all its citizens

Indoor air pollution Toxic cooking smoke claims 1.9 million lives a year–making it the fifth worst threat to public health in the developing world.

Demand for modern energy services

Globally, over 3 billion people depend on biomass stoves for cooking. With 4 people per stove the World needs ≈ 700 million biomass cook stoves

Source: World Energy Outlook, International Energy Agency, 2006

Percentage of households using biomass fuels

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Community services e.g. health,

drinking water, education, and ICTs

suffer due to lack of energy

services

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Energy security: country wide, large-scale

Energy security: security of supply aspect such as continuous availability of

energy (fuel) and prices (market). It also includes downstream effects such as

the impact on economic and social welfare of the society.

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National Energy security

India is endowed with good renewable energy resources like solar, wind, and biomass

Even at village level, use of locally available resources is preferable than using fuels transported from the far-flung areas.

Renewable energy is more appropriate as the resources are diffused and decentralized.

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Renewables Potential & capacity (installed)

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