thermal power development - Infraline

Central electricity authority Annual Report 2009-10
From
i) Northern
Inter-Regional Exchanges for the year 2008-09 & 2009-10
Region
(Fig. in MU)
To
2008-2009 2009-2010
Western 1,337.4 500.5
Southern 798.9 441.2
Eastern 21.9 90.3
North-Eastern 157.5 119.3
Sub Total 2,315.7 1151.3
ii) Western Northern 1,784.8 4684
Southern 1,909.4 2399
iii) Southern
Eastern 36.1 242.2
North-Eastern - 7.4
Sub Total 3730.3 7333
Northern 1,413.4 2522.3
Western 1,488.1 804.8
Eastern 12.4 6.6
North-Eastern 0.0 0.0
Sub Total 2913.9 3333.7
iv) Eastern Northern 8,161.0 8937.6
Western 3,236.6 2616
Southern 1,417.5 1542
North-Eastern 755.6 1188.3
Sub Total 13570.7 14283.9
v) N-Eastern Northern 383.0 219.6
Western 412.5 112.1
Southern 53.9 8.6
Eastern 24.8 21.3
Sub Total 874.2 361.6
Total 23404.8 26463.5
4.4 Operation of Regional Grids
4.4.1 Northern Regional Grid
The Northern Grid has an installed capacity
of 42189 MW as on 31-03-2010 consisting of
24851 MW thermal, 13,311 MW hydro, 1,620 MW
nuclear and 2407 MW from renewable energy
sources. The Northern Grid faced an energy
shortage of 11.6% and a peaking shortage of
15.4% during the year 2009-10 as compared to
energy and peak shortages of 10.8% and 10.7%
respectively during previous year (2008-09).
Frequency of the grid remained 89.58 percent of
time in the CERC recommended band of 49.2 to
50.3Hz during the current year. Northern Region
was the biggest importer of power, importing
8938 MUs from Eastern Region, 2522 MU from
Southern Region, 4684 MU from Western Region
and 220 MU from North Eastern Region during
the year 2009-10. Power was transferred from
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