Graduation to High Capacity Thermal Units In India

Tlectrical power is recognized as a basic input to the economic growth and development of the country. The demand for electricity increased among all the categories of consumers, industrial sector being the largest section of consumers of electricity in India. The electric power utility is undergoing rapid changes due to the emergence of a competitive environment.

With the Eleventh Plan aiming to add about 78 GW of new capacity by 2012, the power sector is now the focus of a lot of action. Higher capacity unit sizes of 660 MW and 800 MW are the talk of the Indian Power Sector. This dissertation makes an effort to understand the technical and execution aspects of installing these high capacity units.

Despite the ambitious projects that have already started rolling out, there are issues, which have posed as a hindrance to the growth of the Power Sector. Issues which are of major concern are the availability of raw material for manufacturers, manufacturing capabilities of OEMs, execution capabilities of EPC Contractors, construction capabilities of Erectors, financing of projects, land availability, water & fuel availability and most importantly manpower resources. Further effort is made to look into these issues and methodology to address them.