Power Crisis in Tamilnadu and Remedial Measure to over Come
The Power Crisis in Tamil Nadu Viable Remedial Measure to Over Come K Chandrasekar1* C
Bharath Kumar2 Load shedding which was originally meant for an hour or so, has now been extended
to Abstract: Electric generation system in Tamil Nadu is suffering with a serious problem of load
shedding, power shortage due industrial and technological development without having any proper
intension for increasing the resource of power. But we have the immense resource to fulfill our power
need. As India is subtropical it can get a year around light energy and this energy can be used as power
resource for the production of electricity. As it is a non exhaustible resource it can give year around
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Non Stringent/Over usage of power by the Consumers/Public:Awareness must be created in
the minds of the consumers, to use power stringently. Wastage of Power in Functions: Both in the
private functions and public functions steps must be taken to reduce over use of decorative lights etc.
Shortage of Power Generation/Supply: At Neyveli, the workers are on agitation/strike on various
demands, which affects thermal power generation. T amil Nadu is at present getting only 7,195 MW
of of power against the MW. requirement 8,000 Y ear Electricity production Rank Percent
Change 0.00 % 2.61 % 1.75 % 13.25 % 5.50 % 0.00 % 8.79 % Date of Information 2001 2001 2002
2003 2004 2007 est. 2007 est. 2009 est. renewable. We are wasting the renewable resource like hydro
power in which India can alone produce 1, 48,701 Megawatts but we are producing only 36,878 MW.
A. Our rank in production of electric power is 5th. Electricity production: 723.8 billion kWh (2009
est.) 2003 533,300,000,000KW 7 2004 533,300,000,000 KW 7 2005 547,200,000,000 KW 7 2006
556,800,000,000 KW 7 2007 630,600,000,000 KW 5 2008 665,300,000,000 KW 5 2009
665,300,000,000 KW 5 2010 723,800,000,000 KW 5 Table1: Gives the last 7 year electricity
production in India[1] Wind mills are supplying 1,500 MW Hydel sources 1,000 MW Thermal 2,520
MW Power stations using gas are generating 321 MW. The state is getting 1,754 MW from the central
pool, besides 100 MW from
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