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SOLAR POWERED ATM

FOR RURAL INDIA

ENERGY SECTOR IN IN-DIAN STOCK EXCHANGE-2

EUROPES COAL QUAN-

DARY

LONDON OFFSHORES ITS

ENERGY SUPPLY

TECH STARTUPS: GRAM

POWER

PORTABLE AIRBORNE

WIND POWER

Inside this issue:

Newsletter DateVolume 1, Issue 1

Energy Times Energy Times

In This issue

Solut ions to the B lackout Nat ion P.1

Ind ian Energy Indust ry Trends P.2

Global Energy Trends P.3

Tech Star tups P.4

Volume 7

No.-2

August 2012

soon, which led to lower hy-

droelectric power generation.

Millions of ACs keep hum-

ming in cities and simultane-

ously in states like UP, Hary-

ana and Punjab, farmers

have resorted to using water

pumps, drawing more power

than usual which resulted in

1200 MW of power over-

draw.

The grid fre-

quency falls

when there is

overdraw of

electricity. As

per the Indian

Electricity Grid

C o d e f r e -

quency operat-

ing range is

4 9 . 5 H z t o

50.2Hz. To protect and main-tain the grid network,

there is a need to in-

stall under-frequency

relays that could have

isolated the power

supply immediately.

But there is another

fundamental reason

that we are not ad-

dressing. We rely largely on

base load power plants

A few days back 600 millions

of people across India were

left without power, one of

the world's worst blackouts,

when grids collapsed for the

second time in two days.

The outage covered over 20

states where half of India's

1.2 billion people live and

embarrassed the govern-

ment, which has failed to

build up enough power ca-pacity to meet soaring de-

mand.

Asia's third-largest economy

suffers a peak-hour power

deficit of about 10 percent

that is around 15000 MW,

dragging on economic

growth.

After of the hottest summers

in recent years, the North

India has seen a weak mon-

thermal, nuclear and even

some hydropower plants

operate at base loadsto

meet our electricity needs.

We have very little flexibility

on peak load power plants.

So when the peak demand

surges, we have no source to

supply electricity to the grid.

Apart from grid discipline

and setting up systems thatensure that states do not

overdraw power, we need to

change our power generation

mix. In this context, large-

scale installation of renew-

able energy plants like wind

and solar plants will play a

major role in stabilizing the

grid, as their power genera-

tion profileespecially that

of solarmatches the peak

demand in the country. Gen-

eration sector also requires

improvement in power pro-

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A Monthly Newsletter by Energy Management Executives

The Dark Hours: 30th July

2:30 to 8:30 AM

jects finance and land acqui-

sition that are major prob-

lem in this sector. In Trans-

mission sector expansion of

EHV Transmission network

is required. Distribution

sector need to cut down the

AT&C losses (currently at

30%) by modern practices

like implementation of

smart grid and renovation

of old & outdated distribu-tion network.

Solutions to the Blackout Nation

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Energy TimesThink outside the Barrel

India aims to add88,000 megawatts (MW)of power generationcapacity in the next fiveyears as declared byPower minister. Indiascurrent power generationcapacity is 200,000MW, with a peak short-fall of 10 percent.

The state-run Solar En-ergy Corporation of In-dia is planning to set up

small, pilot power plants(less than 5 MW) withstrong linkages with re-search and academicinstitutions to developtechnologies and prod-ucts relevant for India.

Union ministry of newand renewable energy(MNRE) is looking at set-ting up a company forbiomass-based powergeneration and promo-tion on the lines of Solar

Energy Corporation ofIndia (SECI).

Telecom industry bodiesCOAI and AUSPI haveplaced power purchaseorder with seven renew-able energy generationcompanies (Rescos) likeMoser Baer and ABB,expressing readiness tobuy their entire genera-tion for 1 lakh towers.

Tata Power completed

the purchase of 51%equity shares of Tata BPSolar India Limited, whichwas held by BP Alterna-tive Energy HoldingsLimited. Consequently,Tata BP Solar India Lim-ited is now a whollyowned subsidiary of TataPower.

Delhi government is con-sidering to switch over toLED bulbs for streetlighting across the city to

save energy.

Headlines Scan Solar Powered ATMs for rural India

Energy Sector in Indian Stock Exchange-Part 2

solar panels, alongside fourto eight hours of battery

storage. Due to the ability to

operate in temperatures as

high as 122 degrees Fahren-

heit , it

n e v e r

n e e d s

c o o l -

i n g ,

unlike

m o s t

ATMs.

Clever engineering also

means its 90% more effi-

cient than conventional ma-

For many villagers in ruralareas of India, personal

banking is pricey as far as

travelling to nearest bank is

concerned.

Indian engi-

neering com-

pany, Vortex

has taken on

the challenge

by creating

solar-powered

ATMs. The

Gram teller ATM is lean,

efficient and robust for any

location. It carries its own

chines, consuming about 72units of electricity per

month. The ATM also comes

with a fingerprint identifica-

tion system to withdraw

cash.

So far, Vortex has deployed

about 450 ATMs for SBI

across India, mostly in small

towns about 60 kilometers

from bank branches and

plans to install about 10,000

more within the next two

years.

A Solar Powered ATM

imported and domestic coal.

The model proposes that all

consumers equally share the

common price.

Power plants in coastal areaswill be supplied 30% of their

total requirement in im-

ported coal, while those

within 300 km of the coast-

line will be supplied 15%.

Rest of the generators will

The ministry of power has

agreed to the model for price

pooling of coal proposed by

the coal ministry to even out

the impact of pricey im-ported fuel on power gen-

eration. Price pooling essen-

tially means common pric-

ing of similar grade coal.

This price is arrived at by

taking the average price of

use 100% domestic coal

Once the price pooling

model is adopted, power

tariffs for plants located in

the east are expected to in-crease more in comparison

to the units that are in the

coastal regions of the west.

Ministry of Power agrees For Price Pooling of Coal

Day-ahead market (DAM) is

used for trading hourly con-

tract, one day prior to thedelivery of electricity. Both

buyers and sellers electroni-

cally submit their anony-

mous bid during the bid call

session. The market clearing

price is determined on the

basis of intersection point of

demand and supply curve

which is true function of

demand and supply only.

INDIAN ENERGY EX-

CHANGE (IEX) is Indias

first and no. 1 electricity ex-change. It is a transparent,

neutral, demutualised, na-

tionwide, automated, online

electricity trading platform.

It enables efficient price dis-

covery and price risk man-

agement for participants of

the electricity market includ-

ing industries eligible for

open access through anony-

mous platform.

Term-ahead market (TAM)

contracts cover the entire

range of products which canbe offered for the duration

upto two weeks, further sub-

categorization is done for

region wise, intra-day, day-

ahead contingency, daily

and weekly contracts to help

participants manage their

electricity portfolio for dif-

ferent durations.

..(to be continued in the

next issue)

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Espirito Santo Basin.

More than 20 State Elec-

tricity Boards (SEBs) haveproposed to increasetariffs in the past 18

months. Distribution com-panies would have tokeep hiking rates by 5-10 per cent for the nextfive years to achievebreak-even, according toa report.

The Delhi ElectricityRegulatory Commissionhas introduced time-of-

the-day metering for non-domestic consumers witha sanctioned load ofover 300kW in the newtariff order, with the aimto reduce peak-hour de-mand.

India's Ministry of Newand Renewable Energy(MNRE) has releaseddetails of subsidies foroff-grid solar photo-

voltaic (PV) generation.The agency is providinga 30% subsidy for thebenchmark costs of PVsystems, as well as loanslimited to 5% interestannually.

Headlines Scan

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Energy TimesCleaner Energy For a Cleaner World

rental plan that targets the

user's dis-

p o s a b l e

i n c o m e

w i t h o u t

burdening

f i n a n c i a l

s a v i n g s

can create

low cost

e n e r g y

access for

the 2.6 bil-

lion people

i n t he

world liv-

ing with-

out reliable

p o w e r .

Located at

Todarais -

ingh Man-

GRAM POWER is an ini-

tiative to enable

villagers to gen-

erate and store

renewable en-

ergy from bio-

mass, solar or

wind on-site.

Gram Power is

commercializ-

ing a technol-

ogy and distri-

bution strategy

to radically im-

prove energy

accessibility in

the $11.6 billion

rural energy

market.

Their micro

storage system

and innovative

dal in Tonk district of Rajast-

han, it powers around 200

people allowing them to op-

erate common appliances at

home. Consumers pay Rs 75

per month under the pay-as-

you-go model for standard

grid connection.

Gram Power, which has

already powered 10 villages

in Rajasthan, is now looking

to form strong partnerships

to increase access to their

technology through state and

cent ra l R en ewa ble e n-

ergy ministries. The start up

has a target to deploy 20 self

owned smart micro grids

with 250 kilowatt peak of

generation, catering to al-

most 40,000 people over the

next 12 months.

India's Smart Micro grid Gram Power

energy costs by up to 65 per-

cent. The biggest improve-

ment of Altaeros Energies

Aerial Wind Turbine is that

it is completely portable,

unlike stationary turbines.

. The turbines mobility most

importantly allows it to be

used at remote construction

sites or during mobile mili-tary operations where power

may not be readily available.

This new wind turbine aims

Most windmills are made of

metal towers with sharp,

spinning blades. But Alteros

Energy, a small startup

formed by Harvard and MIT

graduates, looks to change

that. Their new wind tur-

bine isnt a tower, but a

doughnut shaped helium

balloon with a propeller inthe middle.

The airborne wind turbine is

about 35 feet across and uses

helium to gain altitude,

transporting the generated

power to the ground below

through the sturdy cables

that hold it in place.

By harnessing much

stronger high-altitude winds

the new technology reduces

to have virtually no environ-

mental impact, and can be

left to work automatically

with little maintenance, rais-

ing or lowering itself when

needed. One of the biggest

advantages of airborne tur-

bines is that they can be eas-

ily grouped through their

ground cabling, and in gen-eral take up far less real es-

tate than their larger tower

counterparts.

In the future Alteros Energies

hopes to scale their airborne

turbine to harness even

stronger offshore winds

with the first planned proto-

type to be constructed off the

coast of Virginia, U.S. by the

end of 2013 .

Portable Airborne Wind Power