2008年9月21日日曜日

India,600,000 MW nuclear power development

India's Planning Commission Deputy Chairman Montek Singh Ahluwalia, after the meeting, told on Integrated Energy Policy for the draft, to reporters. The Indo-US Civil Nuclear Agreement with the United States is coming to the final process, and the upsurge of India's nuclear development is every day in India's news. Next week, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh will attend a meeting of the United Nations General Assembly with Bush.

The announcement said that surpassing of the previous plan is a great idea. The development of nuclear 600,000 MW by 2050, in the next 40 years, means each year 15,000 MW, 15 - 1,000 MW machines to begin operating. In the next five years, 70,000 MW of total power shall be developed in the 11th 5-year plan. It means most of them in the development of nuclear energy are calculated. How we get a big idea.

This initiative is on the foundation, of the course, of Indo-US Civil Nuclear Agreement, and, recently the the Nuclear Suppliers' Group (NSG) also support with its agreement. Also, as a condition for the next 12 years, 30,000 ~ 40,000 MW worth of fuel and the application of thorium technology shall be the condition.

India, nuclear non-proliferation treaty has not entered yet, and there struggling to secure nuclear fuel. 4.0 million KW nuclear power plant utilization rates have dropped, spurring a lack of fuel. On the other hand, a big nuclear power development, China has a plan, "the uranium resources in China, even at present only about half of demand with supply capacity in the future, overseas for uranium resources exploration and development activities is the need to strengthen. ", it was written and presented papers recently.

India and China to secure nuclear fuel to the competition, is considered. Both coal-fired secured 70 percent of the country, where the two countries on nuclear and coal-fired power to go lower, for the concerns of all humanity. If they expand it, also, the safety of nuclear power come great interest.

Reference

September 20, 2008

Philippines

●080920A Philippines, Manila Bulletin
Energy department seeks P1-B budget for 2009 programs http://www.mb.com.ph/BSNS20080920135698.html

Nepal

●080920B Nepal, kantipuronline
Rs 236b budget bold but sketchy
http://www.kantipuronline.com/kolnews.php?&nid=161282

India

●080920C India, Economic Times
World Bank, ADB show renewed interest in Himachal projects
http://www.financialexpress.com/news/world-bank-adb-show-renewed-interest-in-himachal-projects/363608/2
●080920D India, economictimes
India can take N-power generation to 6 lakh MW by 2050 Montek
http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/News/News_By_Industry/Energy/Power/India_can_take_N-power_generation_to_6_lakh_MW_by_2050_Montek/articleshow/3504297.cms

2008年9月20日土曜日

Nepal's hydropower development challenge outback

"Nepal's hydropower development challenge outback"

Nepal's potential hydropower has been said 80,000 MW. This is India's current power equivalent to 57 percent of facilities. A major focus of the post-Kyoto is the India's development of nuclear and the hydropower development in India's north front, including Bhutan and Nepal. These power, to what extent, can suppress the development of coal-fired. For humans, it is the last challenge.

Nepal Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal 'Prachanda', after the first visit to India, returned home on Thursday. He said to the Indian official. India and Nepal shall develop 10,000 MW of hydropower in Nepal for 10 future years, by private companies. Potential of 80,000 MW are there, but the development of 1,000 MW per year for 10 years may be difficult works for both countries.

However, the difficult of political situation in Nepal and diplomatic relations between India and Nepal have been overcome, Prachanda said that in mind. This is to help the world out of high significance climate change issue. The Japanese government is going cooperating in the development of hydropower projects in India's north front. North front of India and Nepal have exactly the same line. The Japanese government used positively to help Nepal from poverty, even in the bad security in the past.

To develop hydropower in Nepal, there are many of the walls. Today's articles touched the construction of transmission lines and access problem.

The idea of transmission line construction of 220KV,4 circuits, between two countries is not working. In the Kosi river upstream, dam construction needs the long access road. The article says today, in India, 1KW hydropower development can be done with an average of 1,105 dollars, but in Nepal 2,652 dollars really needed.

In addition, the construction of dams needs reservoirs to some extent. The influx of sediment from the Himalayas may be a difficult problem. The break in a glacial lake is also a problem. In reality, Bhutan has flood damages from them. The last challenge of humankind to Nepalese hydropower needs many talented engineers in the world.

Reference
September 19, 2008

Philippines,

●080919A Philippines, Manila Bulletin
NEDA-ICC approves 6 energy projects
http://www.mb.com.ph/BSNS20080919135592.html

Nepal

●080919B Nepal, livemint
Inadequate transmission links may trip Nepal’s power trade goals
http://www.livemint.com/2008/09/19002843/Inadequate-transmission-links.html

India

●080919C India, Economic Times
RIL strikes gas at 8 more spots in KG basin
http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/News/News_By_Industry/Energy/RIL_strikes_gas_at_8_more_spots_in_KG_basin/articleshow/3500839.cms

Indonesia

●080919D Indonesia, punchng
Power sector reforms in Indonesia and China
http://www.punchng.com/Articl.aspx?theartic=Art200809190141915

2008年9月19日金曜日

Cambodia's hydropower development study

Please refer to my HP which involves relevant mapshttp://my.reset.jp/~adachihayao/indexE.htm?lang=en

In Cambodia, after the peace process since 1992, mainly in Phnom Penh, Japan and several governments and institution in Japan had cooperated in the reconstruction of power. Eventually, it has been said that it is necessary to expand the country-wide studies. However, because of security and land mines, it did not happen. In today's report, after long awaited, JIVA, Japan finally decided to expand the study and the power of the investigation report on the development is completed.

Today's report came from China's Xinhua. It means that the Cambodian Ministry of Industry, Mine and Energy (MIME) is surrounded by many Chinese technical teams. During the JICA study on the development of the southwestern Cambodia, Cardamon Mountains, China's hydropower projects are moving.

Cambodia, as a means of emergency in the 1990s, many diesel generators were mounted. For the diesel generators, power had to set a higher rate. To this end, Cambodia's electricity rates, along with Japan and the Philippines, in Asia, have a higher rate. In order to solve this effort for many, but for large-scale development was difficult because of the demand for electricity; today came up with a high rate.

We also temporary, southwestern Cambodia, near the border with Thailand, to build a large-scale coal-fired sent to Thailand, some thought the plan to consumers in Cambodia. Japan's Chugoku Electric Power was hit in the survey, sponsored that did not last. The proposed coal-fired, was handed over to Thai companies, have survived; we are listening. On the other hand, at the same time momentum, the Chinese team's technology is running for development of hydropower in southwestern.

In any large-scale projects in recent years is difficult to realize upon the Cambodian government, and the expectations of the people responsible for the goal. By 2020, from any means, the nation shall send electricity to all villages. In 2030, 70 percent of households shall be connected to the nation's power grid to receive power from. We are well aware of the Cambodian government's efforts official and we pray for there success.

Reference
September 18, 2008

India

●080918A India, sindhtoday
Himachal hydropower generation dips, supply to Delhi falls
http://www.sindhtoday.net/south-asia/21549.htm

Cambodia

●080918B Cambodia, insurancenewsnet
Cambodia needs 1.14 bln USD to develop 7 hydropower projects http://insurancenewsnet.com/article.asp?n=1&neID=20080916375.4_23930029057986ca

2008年9月17日水曜日

Nepal's new prime minister visits India

10 and several years ago, Nepal bought anti-aircraft guns from China, India sealed the border, and Nepal had shortage of gasoline for cars for several months. This time, our "Asian Development man", one of the faction boss of Maoist, Prachanda Nepal's first prime minister, he visited China before India. He run for the explanation in India.

Today's article is, Prachanda hover over Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh in the face of such a joyfully to the photos remain. Prachanda's agricultural college graduates, temporary, UNDP agricultural experts. During his rural cross over, he awake for the Maoist idea and fought in the guerrilla activities as a boss. Repeatedly, he run away to India. In today’s picture, Prachanda looks like a younger brother for Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh.

He was saying, with reminding of China visit before India, 'peculiar and different' than other countries' and 'Nepal would like to prosper along with India ', India, Nepal, we have to have prosperity.

Still, Nepal's change to this year is striking. A year ago, Maoist had guns and fought with gthe overnment, the king’s political dictatorship. Prachanda was the boss of the guerrilla and he was in crime. Still, I was surprised, Prachanda is soaring democracy, liberalization of capital to take the lead in the initiative.

His Maoist is still in the army not to disarm the factions and he was screaming free of Nepal's economy . When the president is not dominated by the faction, they were likely to return to guerrilla way. But, now he is a flamboyant knight of freedom of Nepal. Nepal's vast water-power resources are utilized for human, whether it's his depends on his heart.

Reference
September 16, 2008

Pakistan

●080916A Pakistan, thepeninsulaqatar
Pakistan water crisis deepens as India blocks river flow
http://www.thepeninsulaqatar.com/Display_news.asp?section=World_News&subsection=Pakistan+%26+Sub-Continent&month=September2008&file=World_News2008091671317.xml

Nepal

●080916B Nepal, asiantribunePrachanda
Prachanda tells Delhi: Don't worry about Nepal's ties with Beijing
http://www.asiantribune.com/?q=node/13262
●080916C Nepal, nepalnews
Dealing with a new Nepal http://www.nepalnews.com/archive/2008/others/guestcolumn/sep/guest_columns_06.php

India

●080916D India, Economic Times
Summit will help boost NE trade Ansari
http://www.assamtribune.com/scripts/details.asp?id=sep1608/at01
●080916E India, Economic Times
CEA prepares new guidelines for hydro projects to curb disputes
http://www.livemint.com/2008/09/15215923/CEA-prepares-new-guidelines-fo.html

China

●080916F China, xinhuanet
Energy demand may ease by 2018 in China
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-09/16/content_10027149.htm

2008年9月16日火曜日

India's power transmission corporation division

Please refer to my HP which involves relevant mapshttp://my.reset.jp/~adachihayao/indexE.htm?lang=en

"India's power transmission corporation division"

PGCIL, India's national transmission line corporation, in any direction it is going, we have been very interested. Suddenly today's issue of the division of PGCIL is quite fresh. In Indian Power Ministry, in February, the committee was set up to study the corporation, with the chief of Gireesh Pradhan, additional secretary to the chairman.

The committee, in August submitted a final report. The contents involves idea of division between the transmission lines/substations and load dispatching. Also, accounting system should be divided by 2009 until the end of March. The decision may be that The transmission lines are just a wire, and load dispatching is the basic point of power free market.

Worldwide liberalization of the electricity power company is headed in the direction of division, unbundling. Indonesia and Thailand are on the verge of split, the Constitutional Court's judgement, power transmission lines are not insulated from the body. Vietnam has yet to split up progress. A typical split is going on in India, China, and Philippines.

China's case, when Prime Minister Li Peng visited Tokyo Electric Power, he asked on Japan's reform on split, but the Japanese side is not giving definite answer. Prime Minister Li Peng returned home, immediately split their unbundling. Power generation sector is completely split, and the national grid has power in the sector. The national grid company take all power from distributed power companies and take responsibility for their supply. To do so, pumped storage power plant belonging to the national grid.

Philippines are completely divided into a national power grid Transco independence. However, the Transco is not off-taker of power and is just a company only to send electricity. Further, Transco handed over its operation and management to China national power grid operations. For the time being, MPC shall take electricity from IPP's, in the future, all in the pool market WESM. The responsibility of power supply is ambiguous.

India is what happens, a lot of interest. Already divided into separate PGCIL, I had guess that, as in China, a responsibility and obligation will be taken by PGCIL, but not. The conclusion of the committee, transmission and power load dispatching should be divided, as in the Philippines, but power supply and operational responsibility for feeding have tried to say in load dispatching center? It is new approach, but also anxiety there. I think that China's system is better.

Reference
September 15, 2008

Nepal

●080915A Nepal, howrah.org
Prachanda arrives in India, talks on Monday
http://howrah.org/india_news/29635.html

India

●080915B India, economictimes.indiatimes
Government plans to bifurcate power grid, transmission operations
http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/News/News_By_Industry/Energy/Government_plans_to_bifurcate_power_grid_transmission_operations/articleshow/3483420.cms

2008年9月15日月曜日

Kosi River in India and Nepal's problems

"Kosi River in India and Nepal's problems"
Please refer to my HP which involves relevant maps
http://my.reset.jp/~adachihayao/indexE.htm?lang=en

On September 1st, I discussed in this column on the problem of river management between India and Nepal. Yesterday, September 14, Republic of Nepal prime minister. He expressed his strong will to talk with the unequal treaty between India and Nepal, to the press. In contrast, water resources minister Saif Uddin Soz of India told to the press that the Koshi treaty exists between the two countries has nothing the problem and he is listning to Prachanda.

Koshi river is flowing into India's Bihar State and the Ganges River. The upstream catchment area is 69,300 sq km, originating at high-emitting Everest, the Chinese territory is 29,400 sq km, Nepal is 30,700 square km, Indiatterritory, the 9,200 sq km. Nepal high in the west to sweep Gandaki River, east of the river Mahananda extend each other. Upstream, the water-power development companies are in India, 300 MW Upper Karnali project, 402 MW Arun III project.

The river is giving Bihar state's major downstream flood damage and at the same time, fertile land to cultivate. At the border point, the average flow rate is 1,564 tons per second. on August 24, 1954, floods of the flow rate reached to 18 timesof the average, the 24,200 tons per second. (Watershed area for a small percentage of it). Koshi weir at the border, design flood discharge is 27,014 tons per second.

The problem is putting a fire this year, August 18, 2008 massive flood. Kusaha in Nepal's territory to rip the levee, including India's Bihar state, 2.7 million people are afflicted, it also displaced 2 million people are living. The biggest tragedy in the region of 150 people were left behind, muddy stream in one fell swoop accident, but this disaster to give a strong impression. Air India, Nepal had territory in the rescue activities.

Today, India's water resources minister Saif Uddin Soz says that India is Nepal in the development of new hydropower, but also consider the need to stabilize the river. Nepal's rivers could leave to private companies only or better to discuss between two governments. With same discussion in Japan, the minister raises the point whether dam or levees for floods.

ReferenceSeptember 14, 2008

Philippines

●080914A Philippines, Manila BulletinERC okays TransCo’s allowable revenue at P36.11 billion in 2008
http://www.mb.com.ph/BSNS20080914135116.html

Nepal

●080914B Nepal, Nepali News
Indian minister says no to Koshi treaty review
http://www.nepalnews.com/archive/2008/sep/sep14/news03.php

Indonesia

●080914C Indonesia, The Jakarta Post
Temasek loses last appeal
http://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2008/09/13/temasek-loses-last-appeal.html

2008年9月13日土曜日

India's coal red light

"India's coal red light"

If you have money, you can construct how much ever, power plants, but the fuel problem was substantiated. This is saying we have had long before. This is simple logic, however, developers simply used to concentrate to power plant construction. China's Electric Power Development was the example, I think I can say. China is now the supply of coal difficult situation, and the government has started its consideration of the administrative integration of coal and power generation.

India is now doing exactly this growing problem. Power Secretary Anil Razdan today's statement, which is based on a very short article on Economic Times symbolizes all that. From 2007 to 2012 before, 70,000 MW of power development is planned and out of it, 60,000 MW coal-fired power must be developed. Razdan today's brief remarks to feel the content taht he tried to fire this administrative integration between power and coal, I myself,reading.
China's coal and power to be integrated of the administration may not so hard, but India may have a lot of trouble. Prime Minister Singh's short words may not move such a country. And central to the mood of the state government had him follow me it is no guarantee. Razdan' hidden chest to try to track short-term need.

India's coal, compared to China, potentially a big problem. Japan Electric Power Research Commission said, India's coal reserves of 253.3 billion tons, 10 percent of the world as a whole. This amount is in the United States, Russia and China are followed by the world's fourth largest. Last year, 2006 to 2007 the total volume of 1.11 billion tons, of which 0.243 billion tonnes of imports. India is the importer and that is, Indonesia, Australia and South America. Power came from coal is 70 percent.

India's coal is somewhat concentrated in the eastern part of unevenly distributed. On coal mining, the Ministry of Coal is administrating independent from power, and the Coal Corporation of India CIL is controlling total production of 85 percent. Participation by the private companies, such as Tata Steel is limited mainly for power generation and private entities. Power Ministry is currently being carried out large-scale coal-fired UMPP plan, the Ministry of coal and coal supply contract is important for the 10 projects.

I have to pay attention to these issues, while some information about India's coal'd like to have an interest. Also, India's coal has a problem with the quantity and quality problem. It is important, however, also involving the Ministry of railway transportation problems.

Reference
September 12, 2008

Philippines

●080912A Philippines, pia.gov.phHedcor construction sources P200 million from Davao suppliers
http://www.pia.gov.ph/?m=12&r=&y=&mo=&fi=p080912.htm&no=05

India

●080912B India, Economic TimesGMR lines up Rs 10,000 cr for nuclear power project
http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/News/News_By_Industry/Energy/GMR_lines_up_Rs_10000_cr_for_nuclear_power_project/articleshow/3473295.cms
●080912C India, Economic TimesCoal shortage delays Indian power projects-govt
http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/News/News_By_Industry/Energy/Power/Coal_shortage_delays_Indian_power_projects-govt/articleshow/3470190.cms
●080912D India, bernama.comAsean Diplomats To Tour India's North East To Explore Trade
http://www.bernama.com.my/bernama/v3/news_business.php?id=358685