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Infrastructure Planning and Management Class 3 – The Power Sector in India Agenda Overview of the Power sector Power Sector Timeline in India Performance of the Indian power sector Reforms and Policies in the power sector The Power Sector Overview As the previous slide indicates, the power sector is normally divided into three sub-systems Power Generation which is done at power plants or stations Power Transmission which describes the process of transferring the generated power to a distribution system Power distribution which involves conveying the transmitted power to individual homes, commercial areas etc However such a system need not always be followed Generated power can directly be transmitted to Industries Industries can themselves have power generation plants Power generation modes •Thermal •Hydro •Nuclear •Renewable Power Generation Modes Power generation falls into four broad categories Thermal power, which is often produced through centralized thermal power plants using coal as a fuel Hydropower that is often produced by trapping river flows via the construction of dams and hydroelectric power stations Nuclear Power Renewable sources of power such as Wind Energy, Solar Energy, Tidal Power etc Renewable sources of energy are the most environment-friendly, while thermal energy often causes the greatest amount of pollution Power in India – a brief timeline We will start this discussion from a few years prior to Indian independence Pre-Independence: In this era, 65% of power generation was done by the private sector 1947-1975: After independence, the involvement of the public sector increased, and SEB