Powerinfo Weekly Volume 1(17); August 28 – September 3, 2015 POWE S!E"A#O Po$er $oes Lack of power and inadequate distribution infrastructure are costing businesses in low and lower- middle-income countries dear. Losses due to elect rical outages, measur ed as a proportion of annual sales, are the highest in South Asia !."#$... %&e E'oom' %mes; September 1, 2015 P*us& +o*l 'o-.et o/ po$er geerto .oublg 7 *ers PESS %S% O #"#A %olkata& 'ndia will be able to double its power generation in the ne(t se)en years, *nion +oal and Power inister Piyush oyal, said. /ery clearly, as we work to pro)ide energy access to e)ery citi0en of 'ndia 1234 and as we work to eliminate diesel-generated power, sadly we still ha)e se)eral thousands of crores of rupees spent$ on diesel-generated power, which is much more e(pensi)e. 5he cost is borne by the people of the country directly or indirectly,6 oyal said during a 7++8' programme. All of these are sought to be replaced by thermal, gas, nuclear and renewable power and this will generate great demand. ' am con9dent that in the ne(t 4 years or so, 'ndia will be able to double its electricity generation from : trillion units to two trillion units,6 he said. 5his will resol)e the problem; that stranded plants do face$ and will help in consuming the large amount of renewable energy out of :4,"<< megawatts we are setting up.6 =e felt that the cost of generation and production should be cut down. y concern is that the cost of generation and transmission must come down by e>ciency. We ha)e to cut down the power theft and reduce technical losses,6 he said. %&e 'l Epress; August 24, 2015 (E.te.) 250 bllo opportut* to 6est ree$bles P*us& +o*l In the next 2-3 years, India will not depend on coal imports, except for coking coal, says power minister S#S%# +P%A ?ew @elhi& 'ndia has a 1"< billion in)estment oppor-tunity in the renewable energy space, said Piyush oyal, minister of power, coal and renewable energy, at intBs 9fth energy concla)e. 5his includes peripheral transmit-ssion and generation segments as well. 'ndia plans to ha)e :<<,<<< W of solar energy capacity by 1<11. 5he go)ernment has also set a target of generating !<,<<< W from wind power by then. Cenewable energy currently accounts for :D#, or D",444 W, of the total installed capacity of 142,E:EW. oyal said that in the ne(t 1-D years, 'ndia will not be dependent on coal imports e(cept for coking coal. 5he 'ndian coal sector, with one of the " highest reser)es in the world, today imports coal worth 1< billion a year, as domestic pr oduction lags demand - part ly a function of the ine>ciencies built up in the decades since nationali0ation. ' would say not only for fuel but for equipment, technology, maintenance, ser)icing, inno-)ation in the power sector, the coal sector and the rene wable energy secto r, e(cept for cokin g coal , which is yet not e(plore d adequa tely, ' am con9dent that in the gi)en D-2 years, 'ndia will not ha)e any import depen-dence at all,6 he added. =e added that 'ndia has done e(ceedingly well in terms of equipment and on the solar energy side. ' donBt think weBll ha)e any more import dependence in terms of LF@s, energy e>ciencies, in terms of equipment for the cells and modules that is raw material. 'Bm quite sure gi)en the huge :

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