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11. Energy

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11.1 Power Development

Electrification will provide a link between town and

country, will put an end to the division betweentown and country, will make it possible to overcome,even in the most remote corners of land,backwardness, ignorance, poverty and diseases….

- Lenin (Collected Works, Vol.30)

11.1.1. Introduction

The sustainable growth of an economy critically depends upon the

macro economic environment coupled with infrastructural development. As

such, power development is one of the key inputs for the overall economic

development of a state. The growth of the economy and its global

competitiveness hinges on the availability of reliable and quality power at

competitive rates. It has been estimated by the World Bank that the demand

for power will grow by nearly twice the rate at which the economy grows.

Therefore, adequate provision has to be made for augmenting power supply to

bridge the gap between demand and supply as well as to meet the increasing

future demand. Keeping this in view, due importance has been given to power

sector in the Plan periods in Tamil Nadu.

Power Sector

State Profile

The Tamil Nadu Electricity Board (TNEB) occupies the third rank in the

list of top three State Electricity Boards (SEBs) in the country, along with

Maharashtra and Gujarat, in terms of the size of its operation gauged by the

generating capacity at its command, the amount of energy sold and the number

of consumers serviced. Tamil Nadu ranks sixth in terms of per capita electricity

consumption among the other States. The technical performance/efficiencies

of TNEB measured by the Plant Load Factor (PLF) and the transmission and

distribution losses have normally been above the All-India average and place

Tamil Nadu among the top five to six SEBs in terms of performance. The TNEB

has been in the forefront of rural electrification too. Extending electricity to

rural areas and promoting electrification of agricultural pumps have been

accorded top most priority in the TNEB’s agenda.

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11.1.2. Power Development during Five Year Plan Periods

The process of power generation started in the State during 1908, when

a few private people ventured to generate electricity from the hill streams in

Nilgiris for their own use. But power development as a State venture

commenced only in 1927, after the formation of a separate department in the

State Government for generating and distributing electricity. Power

development in the State was at a slow pace till the country attained

independence. The successive Five Year Plans, however, witnessed accelerated

development. Table in Annexure-1 shows the growth in electricity generation

and consumption in the State under the various Five Year Plans.

Objectives and Strategies for the Tenth Plan

Since Tamil Nadu State had exhausted most of its viable Hydel Power

potential for power development at the beginning of the Sixth Plan itself, the

State was left with no option but to go in for large scale Thermal / Nuclear

Power in order to meet the demand for power during the subsequent Plan

Periods. The share from Central Sector Projects like Madras Atomic Power

Station (MAPS), Kaiga Atomic Power Station (KAPS) and Super Power Thermal

Station (SPTS) at Ramagundam have played a vital role in achieving

self-sufficiency besides Independent Power Producers (IPP’s) and

Non-conventional sources of Energy in the State. Based upon the past

experience, the objectives, approach and strategies for the Tenth Plan were

formulated.

While formulating the proposals for the Tenth Five Year Plan, emphasis

was laid on a ‘Reforms Oriented Plan’. Further, the Plan focused on measurable

outputs and employment generation, rather than on financial performance

alone. It aimed at promoting a sustainable energy system by ensuring

generation and supply at economical costs. Ensuring the financial viability of

the Electricity Board and providing reliable and high quality service to the

consumers were proposed as the key objectives of the Tenth Plan. To achieve

the objectives, the following approach and strategies were envisaged for Power

Development during the Tenth Plan:

� To take up and complete the schemes which have been taken up

during the Ninth Plan under State sector but could not be

commissioned.

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� To create necessary policy and regulatory environment to commission

the power projects that were proposed in private sector but could not

be commissioned.

� To formulate a long range Plan (Master Plan) to bring down the line

losses.

� To take up and complete the Accelerated Power Development and

Reforms Programme (APDRP) scheme for improvement of sub-

transmission.

� To concentrate on Demand Side Management

� To focus on Energy Accounting/ Auditing

� To achieve 100% electrification of households both in urban and

rural areas.

� To increase the Plant Load Factor of Thermal and Hydel Stations by

undertaking necessary Renovation & Modernisation (R & M) and

Residual Life Assessment (RLA) programmes.

The share of different sources of power as a percentage of the total State

grid capacity is given below:

Table 11.1.1

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Table 11.1.2

Review of Tenth Five Year Plan Performance

Targets and Achievements (Physical and Financial)

Generation projects totalling to 538.8 MW at an outlay of Rs.1212.18

crore comprising of seven Hydro Projects viz., Bhavani Kattalai Barrages I,

II, III (90 MW), Perunchani Mini (1.3 MW), Amaravathy (4 MW), Aliyar (2.5 MW)

and Pykara Ultimate State (150 MW) and three Gas Turbine Power Projects

viz., Valuthur (95 MW), Kuttalam (101 MW) and Valuthur additional (95 MW)

were programmed to be

commissioned during the

Tenth Plan period (2002-07).

All the programmed projects

have been commissioned to

the tune of 383.8MW at an

expenditure of Rs.761.85

crore except the Bhavani

Kattalai Barrages II, III and

Valuthur Additional which

have been taken to the

Eleventh Plan period.Thermal Power Plant

Chennai (Basin Bridge)

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Under Renovation & Modernisation, works in the Thermal and Hydro

Stations have been programmed at an outlay of Rs.363.77 crore and the above

works were completed for Rs.223.43 crore. With a view to improve Transmission

& Distribution, 300 substations, 4000 Circuit Kms. of Extra High Tension

(EHT) lines, High Tension (HT) lines and Low Tension (LT) lines, Distribution

Transformers & Service connections were proposed at an outlay of Rs.5913.98

crore. Out of the above 243 substations, 3419 Circuit Kms. of EHT lines,

15172 kms. of HT lines, 66470 kms. of LT lines, 36755 Distribution

transformers and 26.67 lakh service connections were achieved during the

Tenth Plan period at an expenditure of Rs.4636.91 crore.

Under Rural Electrification, energising of 2,00,000 pumpsets, 2,00,000

Hut Services & provision of street lights were proposed at an outlay of Rs.490.07

crore against which 1,66,613 pumpsets, 1,09,274 huts and 81817 street lights

were energized at an expenditure of Rs.639.14 crore. Survey & Investigation

projects to the tune of Rs.20.00 crore have been programmed, of which an

amount of Rs.10.16 crore were spent.

Out of the total Tenth Plan outlay of Rs.8000 crore allotted to Power

Development during the Plan period, an expenditure of Rs.7405.75 crore has

been incurred.

The physical and financial performance during Tenth Plan are furnished

below.

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Table 11.1.3

The details of power generation projects in public and private sector taken

up and commissioned during the Tenth Plan period are given in the following

table.

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Table 11.1.4

A comparative status of the power network (i.e. physical achievements) in

the State at the beginning of the Tenth Plan and as on 31.3.2006 is given

below:

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Table 11.1.5

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Other Achievements

1. APDRP Programme

In 2002-03, the Government of India have sanctioned 25 Sub-transmission

and Distribution Improvement schemes under the Accelerated Power

Development and Reforms Programme (APDRP) covering Chennai Metropolitan

area, 5 distribution circles and 19 Urban areas to the tune of Rs.929.21 crore.

The cumulative expenditure incurred for all the above schemes is Rs.797.33

crore.

An amount of Rs.19.60 crore has been sanctioned under the scheme

covering 17 District Headquarters towns during the last two years of the

Tenth Plan which is being taken up for implementation.

2. Plant Load Factor (PLF)

The Plant Load Factor (PLF) is an important measure of the operational

efficiency of thermal power Plants. The thermal power Plants continue to

perform well as seen from the table below.

Ennore Power Generation

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Table 11.1. 6

Table 11.1. 7

11.1.3. Eleventh Five Year Plan

Objectives

The objectives of the Power Development sector during Eleventh Five

Year Plan are: 1) to augment the generating capacity of electricity to meet the

increase in demand due to industrial and other developmental activities, 2) to

expand correspondingly the Transmission and Distribution system, so as to

absorb the capacity addition, 3) to raise the revenue and financial position of

Tamil Nadu Electricity Board by increasing the Plant Load Factor of power

stations through the execution of necessary programmes, 4) to create necessary

policy and regulatory environment for encouraging the private sector to

commission new power projects, 5) to formulate a long range Plan to bring

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down the line losses, pilferage and power theft and 6) to achieve 100%

electrification of households both in urban and rural areas.

The following targets are proposed to be achieved by implementing various

projects during the Eleventh Plan.

Table 11.1.8

A. Ongoing Schemes

1. Renovation and Modernisation of Power Generating Plants (Hydel/

Thermal)

By Renovation and Modernization of Power Generating Plants (Hydel/

Thermal) works, the life of the old units would be extended, Plant Load Factor

(PLF) improved, efficiency increased and unscheduled breakdowns and

maintenance costs reduced. In general, Renovation is considered when a

generating Plant (Hydel/Thermal) completes 25 years of service. After detailed

studies, it is proposed to take up these works in respect of Sholayar I & II,

Mettur Dam, Kundah I, II, III, IV & V, Moyar, Kodayar-I, Periyar Hydel Power

Stations and MTPS - Unit I & IV, TTPS, ETPS Unit- I Thermal Power Stations.

Renovation and Uprating works would be taken in Mettur Dam, Papanasam,

Periyar, Sholayar-I & II, Kodayar-II Power Stations for extracting additional

capacity from them.

An outlay of Rs.593.70 crore is proposed for Renovation & Modernisation

and Uprating Schemes during the Eleventh Plan.

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2. Transmission and Distribution of Power Network

The expansion of the transmission network is the basic necessity to

withdraw power from all the proposed power projects both in the State and

Private Sector. The distribution network will be expanded adequately to deliver

the additional power produced to the load centres. It is also to be ensured

that sufficient reactive power compensation is provided and timely improvement

works are taken up. Metering of all substations is also being planned. The

measures being taken up to reduce Transmission and Distribution losses are:

1) reduction of HT:LT ratio by erecting more High Tension lines and

erecting new distribution transformers, 2) establishment of new substations,

3) strengthening of HT line conductors, 4) installation of HT shunt capacitors

at substation end, 5) installation of LT fixed capacitors at LT side of

Distribution Transformers, 6) erection of link lines, 7) re-routing of feeders

and 8) establishment of High Voltage Distribution System (HVDS).

Through energy audit, the losses in the distribution network due to

technical problems and power theft will be reduced by 1) providing energy

meters in all distribution transformers and calculate the energy received and

energy billed to arrive at the Transmission & Distribution losses, 2) providing

check meters in all specialized High Tension services like steel carbide and

some high consuming Low Tension Current Transformer services and load

survey graph of both the main meter and the check meters are compared to

arrest revenue leakage, 3) undertaking Energy Audit in all the High Tension

feeders to ascertain the technical and commercial losses, 4) checking of Green

meter card to assess any drop in consumption, nil consumption, defective

meter and disconnected services to prioritize the inspection to plug the leakage

in revenue.

During the Eleventh Plan period, it is programmed to establish 300 new

sub-stations and erect 4,000 Circuit Kms. of Electric High Tension Lines (EHT)

at the outlay of Rs.7000 crore under Transmission and Distribution of Power

Network scheme.

3. Rural Electrification

The electrification of villages, hamlets, Adi-dravidar colonies and also

connections to agricultural pumpsets in rural areas gets top priority in Tamil

Nadu. As per the revised definition, about 89.6% of the villages have been

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electrified as on 31.03.2006. Necessary infrastructure for village electrification

is proposed to be created: a) by providing distribution transformer of adequate

capacity in villages and habitations, b) erection of 11 KV feeder to cater to

additional new Distribution Transformers and bifurcation of existing heavily

loaded 11 KV feeders, c) providing HVDS (High Voltage Distribution System)

involving smaller size Distribution Transformers with minimum Low Tension

lines to minimize technical as well as commercial loss, d) erection of Low

Tension Feeders and lines to cater to load demands of rural households and

e) provision of sub-station and lines of adequate capacity in blocks (cluster of

villages) where they are not existing.

The Government of India launched the Rajiv Gandhi Grameen

Vidyutikaran Yojana (RGGVY) in 2005 with the objective to create Rural

Electricity Infrastructure by 2009, for electrification to all the rural households.

“In Principle” approval has been given for Detailed Project Reports under this

programme for 16 districts, at a total project cost of Rs.265.01 crore.

For the Rural Electrification Programmes, an outlay of Rs.500 crore is

proposed in the Eleventh Plan.

4. Electrification of huts in the rural areas

An outlay of Rs.15 crore is earmarked for the electrification of huts for

below poverty line categories in rural areas under Scheduled Castes

Sub-Plan.

5. Programme for Comprehensive Development in Krishnagiri District

An outlay of Rs.2.50 crore is proposed for the Programme for

Comprehensive Development in Krishnagiri District under Scheduled Castes

Sub Plan.

B. New Schemes

1. Generation of Power

During the Eleventh Plan period, the capacity addition of 30 MW from

ongoing Bhavani Kattalai Barrage –I & II and 95 MW from Valathur combine

cycle project is expected. The new 6 Hydro Projects at Bhavani Barrage-I & II

(20 MW), Kollimalai (20 MW), Kundah Pumped Storage (500 MW), Moyar

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Ultimate Stage (25 MW), Periyar Vaigai Barrages 16 Nos. (50 MW) and new

thermal projects viz. NCTPS Extension (500 MW), MTPS Extension (500 MW),

ETPS Extension (500 MW) and TTPS Extension (2 x 500 MW) are proposed to

be taken up during this period.

During the Eleventh Plan Period, Tamil Nadu is expected to receive 3218

MW as an additional allocation of power supply from the Central Generating

Stations at Kaiga Stage II (91 MW), NTPC JV (716 MW), NLC JV (494 MW),

NPC- Kudankulam NPP-I Unit I, II (925 MW), Neyveli TS II Expansion (325

MW), PFBR Kalpakkam (167 MW), and Simadri - II (500 MW).

The expected contribution from private sector (Cuddalore Thermal Power

Project) towards capacity addition is 1320 MW during the XI Plan. Future

development in wind power is envisaged fully from private sector. About 2000

MW from wind energy, 100 MW from co-generation and 300 MW from biomass

is planned during the Plan.

Out of the funds for the Generation Schemes to the tune of Rs.12497.67

crore, an outlay of Rs.2550 crore will be met by the State Funds and the

balance of Rs.9947.67 crore will be mobilised through loans from Financial

Institutions and internal resources.

2. Survey, Investigation and Computerisation

In order to prepare the detailed reports after conducting Survey and

Investigation works in various locations for identifying new projects and sites,

to enhance the overall performance, execute Low Tension Billing

Computerization, Enterprise Resources Planning (ERP) and computerization

of other works, an outlay of Rs.50 crore is proposed during the Eleventh Plan.

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11.2. Renewable Energy Sources

More and more, renewable energies are contributingto the three pillars of sustainable development - theeconomy, the environment and social well-being.

- International Energy Agency 2002

11.2.1. Introduction

The efforts to harness renewable energy sources have gained significant

momentum in our country, in the context of world’s fear over the fast depletion

of finite deposits of fossil fuels, their ever increasing cost and the cumulative

environmental degradation caused by extensive use of such fuels. In order to

overcome the above problems, steps are being taken all over the world to

develop renewable energy technologies as well as various devices to harness

the renewable energy sources.

The important renewable energy sources are as follows:

� Wind energy

� Solar energy

� Biomass and other forms of bio energy

� Tidal energy

� Fuel cell

� Ocean - Thermal energy

� Geo-thermal etc

Among the above mentioned sources, the first three renewable energy

sources, namely, Wind, Solar & Bio energy are being harnessed in a big way

in India and in Tamil Nadu, while the other sources have not yet reached the

stage of commercial exploitation.

Realizing the importance and need for promotion of use of renewable

energy in the country, the Government of India have established a separate

department of Non-conventional energy sources which has later become a

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separate Ministry. The Ministry has recently been renamed as Ministry of

New and Renewable Energy (MNRE).

The Government of Tamil Nadu, in turn, set up Tamil Nadu Energy

Development Agency (TEDA) in February 1985, which was registered as a

Society under the Society Registration Act. TEDA acts as the nodal agency of

State Government and Government of India for the promotion of renewable

energy schemes in Tamil Nadu.

Tamil Nadu’s relative position in the country

Tamil Nadu Energy Development Agency (TEDA) has been implementing

a number of schemes for utilising the alternative energy sources with the

assistance from the State and Central Governments. As a result of these efforts,

the total installed capacity of power from renewable energy sources (including

small hydro) is 3835 MW, (as on 31.3.2007) which is about 37% of total

installed capacity of 10255 MW in India. These sources also form 27% of the

total grid capacity of TNEB, whereas the all India average for renewable energy

is 7.5% only. Thus, Tamil Nadu continues to be the premier State in the

country not only in power generation from renewables but also a trendsetter

in the use of renewable energy sources, setting an example to the other States

in the country. The break up for installed capacity of the various sources in

the State are as follows:

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Wind power development has been the most successful renewable energy

programme in Tamil Nadu due to conducive policies of the Government and

extensive wind resources available in the State. Assessment studies carried

out have resulted in the identification of some very good wind potential sites

such as Muppandal in Kanniyakumari district having a plant load factor in

the range of 30-32% against the normal range of 22 to 25%. Hence, Tamil

Nadu continues to maintain the topmost position with 50% of the total installed

capacity under this source in the country.

In Bagasse based cogeneration also, Tamil Nadu is leading the country

with an installed capacity of 337 MW from 16 Private Sugar Mills and 3

Co-operative Sugar Mills. The exportable surplus is 194 MW, which is 31.5%

of the total capacity in the country. Tamil Nadu has also made good progress

in the field of biomass power adding 60.5 MW during the last five years, totalling

now 72.5 MW. The State has further made a good beginning in waste to energy

projects with four new projects totalling 4.25 MW, producing power from poultry

litter, sago waste and vegetable waste (Koyambedu).

Promotional Role of TEDA

TEDA has been organizing seminars and exhibitions to propagate the

use of renewable energy and promote energy conservation among industries

and other institutions besides taking part in programmes organized by other

agencies. TEDA has conducted intensive publicity campaigns in all the districts

in the State, specifically for the benefit of representatives of local bodies,

industrialists, NGO’s etc. Consequently, many Panchayats were made aware

of the benefits of Solar Street Lights, Home Lights, Biomass Gasifiers and

Toilet Linked biogas plants. They have shown keen interest to install them

and reduce their recurrent energy charges. Further under Central funding,

the District Level Renewable Energy Advisory Committee under the District

Collector has been formed in all the 30 districts, to carryout promotional

activities at the District level.

TEDA also operates its promotional activities through mobile exhibitions,

as well as through formation of Renewable Energy Clubs which have been set

up in 112 Engineering Colleges, providing Rs.25,000/- per college.

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11.2.2. Review of Tenth Plan Performance

Against the Tenth Plan outlay of Rs.29.65 crore, the expenditure by the

end of the Tenth Plan was Rs.20.84 crore, which forms 70% of the outlay. The

Tenth Plan outlay and the financial and the physical performance during the

Tenth Plan period are given below:

Table 11.2. 2

Physical achievements

The major achievement under the Tenth Five Year Plan was the

electrification of 114 remote un-electrified hamlets by providing 5190 Nos.

Solar Photovoltaic Home Lighting systems and 283 Solar Photovoltaic Street

lighting systems with the entire cost including maintenance for 5 years, shared

between Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE) and the State

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Government. This leaves only 80 such hamlets to be covered during the

coming plan period to achieve 100% electrification of all hamlets in the State.

The other achievements during the Tenth Plan are given in the following

table:

Table 11.2. 3

Issues faced by the Renewable energy sector

� Wind power constitutes the major part of power generation fromrenewable energy sources. However, it is totally dependent on natureand the power generation is subject to wide fluctuation, because ofwhich it is considered as ‘infirm’ power.

� Renewable energy devices are capital intensive and require start upcosts partly due to low volume. Hence, there is reluctance to usethem on a large scale which is required to get the benefit of costreduction expected from mass scale production.

� Since the unit price of consumer for renewable energy technologiessuch as solar cooker, solar geysers, solar lanterns and biogas plantsare high, it has not been possible to generate sufficient demand forthese items though people are aware of its advantages.

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� In the case of electricity generation by conventional means, only thevisible input costs are taken into account. There are several othercosts such as costs of pollution, depletion of resources, costs ofdisplacement, damage to eco-system etc., which are not factored intothe total cost. But these are borne by the citizens without their beingaware of it. Hence, there is no incentive for the consumer to push forgreen renewable power.

� Technologies for harnessing several renewable energy sources havenot stabilized and more intensive research and development effortsare needed with special focus on research - industry partnership.

� Adequate numbers of professionally skilled manpower are not availablein the renewable energy sector for post sales maintenance.

� Private entrepreneurs are reluctant to invest in commercial projectsin the absence of a long term renewable energy policy with low costfunding.

� There are only a few providers of financing for renewable energyprojects viz., IREDA, some development finance institutions, a handfulof commercial banks and Non Banking Finance Companies ascompared to those for conventional energy power plants.

� Most of the financial institutions are also not aware of the specificproblems such as fluctuations in wind power generation due tonature’s vagaries and face problem on their lending to Renewable

energy projects.

11.2.3. Eleventh Five Year Plan

Vision

The Vision of the State during Eleventh Five Year Plan is to provide andpromote “clean and green energy” by harnessing potential renewable energysources such as bio-mass, wind, solar, hydro power, geo-thermal etc. to meetthe decentralized energy requirements and thereby reduce the dependenceon conventional energy especially fossil fuels and grid power.

Goal

The national goal of meeting 10% of grid capacity from renewable energysources by 2010 has already been surpassed by the State with achievement

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of 22% in 2006 itself. The goal of the State is to maintain the share of gridconnected power of non-conventional energy at a reasonable level of 500 MWcapacity addition per year and to undertake energy plans for cluster of villagesto meet their total energy needs under the modified Integrated Rural EnergyProgramme covering all the rural districts of the State.

Objectives

Based on the Vision and Goal, the objectives of the State during theEleventh Five Year Plan are :

� To encourage local bodies both in rural and urban areas to resort torenewable energy sources including solid and industrial waste tomeet their energy requirements and reduce recurring energyexpenditure.

� To promote the generation of power from renewable energy sourcessuch as solar, wind and biomass as well as development of biofuelsin the private sector.

� To undertake electrification of remote and un-electrified habitationsdue to the difficulties in providing grid power, through renewableenergy sources.

Strategies

The strategies to be followed during the plan period to achieve the aboveobjectives are by:

� Undertaking a road map for the production of required materials forsolar cells and other renewable energy devices and marketdevelopment for Solar Photo Voltaic systems.

� Integrating biomass based power projects with energy plantationsunder National Rural Employment Guarantee Programme.

� Notifying renewable energy sector as a priority sector to increaselending by Banks.

� Levying green energy cess to fund renewable energy development.

� Encouraging public private partnership in renewable energy provisionto provide livelihood opportunities for villages in a sustainablemanner.

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� Setting up of Special Economic Zone in the State to boostmanufacture of renewable energy technologies based systems /devices.

� Strengthening and empowering the state nodal agency (TEDA) todeal with all renewable energy projects including small Hydro PowerProjects, so as to ensure single window clearance and execution ofprojects in a transparent and time bound manner.

The physical targets for the Eleventh Plan are given in the Table below:

Table 11.2. 4

Ongoing Schemes

1. Integrated Rural Energy Programme (IREP)

It is proposed to implement the modified Integrated Rural Energy

Programme (IREP) in rural areas of all the districts in the State with Centre

and State sharing of 50:50 basis. The objective is to provide for the minimum

energy needs of rural people in selected clusters of villages with the most cost

effective mix of various renewable energy sources and options for meeting

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their requirements of sustainable agriculture and rural development. This

programme will be implemented with a total outlay of Rs.30.50 crore, of which

the outlay earmarked for the state share is Rs.15.25 crore for the Plan Period.

2. Assistance to Tamil Nadu Energy Development Agency

An outlay of Rs.8.00 crore is proposed in the Eleventh Five Year Plan for

ongoing schemes of TEDA being implemented for strengthening and developing

renewable energy technologies and utilizing alternative energy sources like

Solar, Wind and Bio-Energy.

3. Publicity

Tamil Nadu Energy Development Agency (TEDA) has been conducting

awareness campaigns on renewable energy throughout the State through

exhibitions, seminars, workshops, business meets, training programmes,

production of short films and video cassettes on success stories on use of

renewable energy sources, advertisements in hoardings and posters at

important locations, demonstrations in model villages where renewable energy

gadgets are used etc. The outlay earmarked for the publicity is Rs.1 crore.

New Schemes

1. Village Energy Security Plan

Village Energy Security Plan is a Centrally Sponsored Scheme introduced

with the objective of meeting the total energy needs of unelectrified and remote

hamlets using locally available renewable energy sources. It is proposed to

implement this scheme in 125 hamlets in the state with a Central contribution

of 90% and a State share of 10% of the total cost. An outlay of Rs.2.50 crore is

earmarked as State share during the Plan Period.

2. Schemes for Energy Conservation

Schemes for conserving non-renewable energy such as installation of

solar water heating systems in government institutions, replacing conventional

street lights with compact fluorescent lamps in local bodies, installation of

Solar Powered Refrigerators in Primary Health Centres etc. will be implemented

during the Plan period with an outlay of Rs.1.82 crore. Solar Education Kits

will be supplied to Higher Secondary Schools with an outlay of Rs.0.90 crore.

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Further, additional State Subsidy has been proposed to encourage the

public to use Renewable energy sources devices such as Wind Mill Water

Pumps, Solar Street Lights, Solar Home Lights, Solar Dish Cookers, Bio-mass

Gasifiers, Improved Crematorium with Gasifiers and Toilet Linked Biogas plants

etc. An outlay of Rs.2 crore has been proposed for such schemes which will

lead to conservation of conventional energy and reduction of environmental

pollution.

3. Assistance for Installation of Micro Water Turbines (5 KW)

It is proposed to install 25 Nos. Micro Water Turbines (5 KW capacity) at a

subsidy of Rs 2 lakh each for power generation from perennial streams in

remote villages. This scheme is meant for Village Panchayats with an outlay of

Rs.0.50 crore during the Eleventh Plan.

Table 11.2. 5

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