Power Generation

Wind Power Generation 

Tentative Gross potential in Tamil Nadu - 5200 MW

                            

Year

Capacity addition (MW )

 Board
(19 MW)

Private

Total

 (units generated in Million units)

Upto 1995-96

557

180.597

625.64

806.237

1996-97

119

19.489

659.646

679.135

1997-98

31

18.822

747.032

765.854

1998-99

18

23.273

905.592  

928.865

1999-00

46

27.228

1129.365

1156.593

2000-01

17.608

1076.567

1076.567

1094.175

Addition for
1996-01

256

106.42

4518.202

4624.622

2001-02

44

17.899

1239.211

1257.110

2002-03

133

19.456

1286.247

1305.703

2003-04

371

24.346

1690.129

1714.475

2004-05

679

18.036

2242.696

2260.732

2005-06 858 14.581 3429.700 3444.281
2006-07 577 17.665 5251.175 5268.84
2007-08 381 12.060 6080.309 6092.369

Addition for
2001-08

3043 124.04 21219.47 21343.51

Total upto
31-03-08

3856

411.000

26363.000

26774.000

 

All India capacity  (wind)

8757MW

TNEB Grid consumption for 2007-08

67,183 million units  

TNEB Grid capacity as on 31-3-2008

10122 MW (excluding wind)

Co-generation in Sugar Industries and Biomass Power Generation

Year

Capacity addition MW

Co-generation   Biomass

Units generated million units

Units generated by Biomass Power Plants million units

Upto 1995-96

45.68                   --

--

--

1996-97

33.00               12.00

=--

--

1997-98

52.92                   --  

168.150

6.19

1998-99

5.00                   --  

444.780

32.24

1999-00

--                       --

372.780

32.55

2000-01

--                      --

383.140

45.78

Addition for
1996-01

90.92               12.00 

1368.850

116.76

2001-02

   --                    --

328.020

45.24

2002-03

100.5                  --

354.300

69.47

2003-04

32.0                    --

767.530

78.37

2004-05

  --                18.00

717.050

98.06

2005-06

  40.00              7.50 810.180 125.43

2006-07

  22.00             35.00 1064.490 237.27

2007-08

115.00             26.50 1179.690 260.58

Addition for
2001-08

309.50             87.00 

5221.260

914.39

Total Upto
31-03-2008

446.90 MW       99.00
 

    6590.11               1031.15       7621.26

* Exportable surplus to grid-256 MW  

STAND ALONE SYSTEMS

Wind Energy Devices (as on 31-03-2008)

Year

Wind Monitoring Stations installed (Nos.)

Windmill Water pumps installed

Gear 

Non Gear

Upto 1995-96

39

 93

748

1996-97

8

 2

7

1997-98

6

 2

2

1998-99

3

 3

2

1999-00

5

 8

2

2000-01

6

 --

2

Addition for
1996-01

28

15

15

2001-02

--

--

4

2002-03

--

 --

--

2003-04

2

 --

2

2004-05

3

(2 nos. installed and      1 no. to be installed)

 --

4

2005-06

3

(1 no. installed and      2 nos. to be installed)

--

-

2006-07

3

(sanctioned to be installed)

--

-

2007-08

-

--

-

Addition for
2001-08

--

--

10

Total

78

108  

770


Bioenergy

Taluk Level Biomass Assessment Studies

Year

No. of Taluk for work study

Upto 1995-1996

--

       1996-1997

10

       1997-1998

7

       1998-1999

--

       1999-2000

8

       2000-2001

12

       2001-2002

12

       2002-2003

--

         TOTAL

49


Biomass Gasifiers

 

 

 

             THERMAL

      ELECTRICAL

 TOTAL

Government

Private

Government

Private

1996-97

--

1(20 KWth/ each)

--

1(40 kWe)

2

1997-98

5

(50000 Kcal/hr  or 20 KWe each

--

1(20 kWe)

--

6

1998-99

10 

(50000 Kcal/hr or

20 KWe each

--

--

--

10

1999-00

(50000 Kcal/hr or

 20 KWe each

--

--

--

4

2001-02

--

4

(1400 KWth/ each)

--

--

4

2002-03

--

--

--

--

--

2003-04

--

--

20

(180 kWe)

(290 kWe)

22

2004-05

--

1

(250 KWth/ each)

27

(278 kWe)

(1560 kWe)

33

2005-06

--

1

(1000 KWth/ each)

17

(156 kWe)

1

(100 kWe)

19

2006-07

--

--

--

1

(150 kWe)

1

TOTAL

19

(50,000 Kcal/hr )

or 380 KWe

7

(6870 kcal/hr) or 2290 KWe

65

(634 kWe)

10

(2140 kWe)

101


Biogas Plants

Year

Institutional/ Community Biogas Plant

Toilet linked Biogas Plant

Total

Upto 1995-96

119

--

119

1996-97

--

--

--

1997-98

3

--

3

 

1998-99

4

--

4

1999-00

2

1

3

2000-01

--

--

--

2001-02

--

--

--

2002-03

--

2

2

2003-04

--

40

40

2004-05

--

18

18

2005-06 -- -- --

Total

128

61

189


SOLAR ENERGY
Solar Thermal Devices

Solar Water Heating Systems
 

(Numbers)

Year

Domestic

Institutional

Govt. Institutions 

Upto 1995-96

2152

287

9

1996-97

--

--

5

1997-98

100

10

--

1998-99

270

12

2

1999-00

300

6

2

2000-01

300

10

5

Addition for
1996-01

970

38

14

2001-02

400

20

3

2002-03

--

--

--

2003-04

--

11

13

2004-05

--

40

12

2005-06

--

22

10

2006-07

--

--

9

2007-08

--

1

--

Addition for
2001-08

400

116

47

Total

3522

441

70

Solar Photovoltaic Devices

Year

Lantern

Street Light

Home Light

SPV Pumps

Upto 1995-96

2368

1006

--

100

1996-97

265

--

--

--

1997-98

793

20

2

40

1998-99

812

2

1

30

1999-00

1660

100

17

25

2000-01

2000

100

50

--

Addition for
1996-01

5530

222

70

95

2001-02

2698

118

312

--

2002-03

--

670

243

67

2003-04

--

3387

551

23

2004-05

--

--

--

--

2005-06 3000 458 -- --
2006-07 -- 234 120 --
2007-08 -- -- -- --

Addition for
2001-08

5698

4867

1226

90

Total

13596

6095

1296

285

Electrification of Remote Habitations  

Year

Habitations

SPV Street Light

SPV Home Light

2005-06

2006-07

23

105

66

217

1208

3982


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