Paper On Supercritical Technology For Power Generation

TABLE OF CONTENTS
Overview............................................................................................................................................................................ 1
Indian Energy Scenario..................................................................................................................................................... 1
Capacity Addition in India ............................................................................................................................................... 1
The way forward............................................................................................................................................................... 2
Supercritical Technology.................................................................................................................................................. 2
Purpose of this Paper ....................................................................................................................................................... 2
About Supercritical Technology....................................................................................................................................... 3
Background........................................................................................................................................................................ 3
Supercritical technology in Power Generation............................................................................................................. 4
In order to develop additional power generation capacity, the existing domestic manufacturing capacity
needs to be up-graded and enhanced. For the reasons stated above there is a preference for super-critical
technology in the country................................................................................................................................................ 4
About 60% of coal based capacity in XII Plan and 100% capacity in XIII Plan is planned to be based on
supercritical technology. Table below gives the projected capacity addition based on supercritical
technology up to 13th Plan:............................................................................................................................................ 4
Expected Efficiency Range for Supercritical Units ........................................................................................................ 4
Methodology for Induction of Supercritical Technology in India .............................................................................. 5
The Implementation of Supercritical Technology......................................................................................................... 6
Supercritical Projects Planned.................................................................................................................................... 6
Supercritical Projects under Execution..................................................................................................................... 7
Manufacturing Facilities for Supercritical technology in India ................................................................................ 7
Domestic Manufacturers: ............................................................................................................................................ 7
International manufacturers:........................................................................................................................................ 7
1. Turbine Manufacturing: ................................................................................................................................................ 9
2. Boiler Manufacturing: ..................................................................................................................................................13
Conclusion........................................................................................................................................................................15
Contact Us ........................................................................................................................................................................16

Supercritical Technology: The dawn of a new era in power generation

December 2009 Page 1 of 16
OVERVIEW

Indian Energy Scenario

India is one of the fastest growing
economies of the world today with an ever-
rising energy requirement, needed to sustain
its momentum of growth and enable its
emergence on the global platform. Its
energy requirement has almost doubled in
the past decade and it exhibits no signs of
this trend reversing in the coming decades.

Source: Infraline

The installed power generation capacity of
India stands above 1,51,070 MW, yet the
power deficit continues being very high.
According to CEA reports, the power deficit
for the month of July, 2009 was 12,983 MW
(11.3% of the overall requirement).

For an economy on the path of
development, reducing consumption alone is
not a feasible solution especially when the
per capita consumption is deplorably low at
704 kWh
1
, less than one third of the World
average.

Hence, increasing present generation
capacity as quickly as possible through rapid
capacity addition is the only solution for
bridging this demand and supply gap.

1
For 2007-08, CEA
Capacity Addition in India

The Government is making continuous
efforts to meet the growing requirement for
power through capacity additions. Each five
year plan foresees achievement of a set
level of capacity addition. These targets are
set by fuel source for central, state and
private sectors. Presently coal is the
dominant fuel source and central sector has
made the maximum contribution to the
capacity addition.

Over the past, the government has often
failed to achieve the targets fixed for these
plans. The 10
th
Plan (2002-07) is one such
case in point where only 21,000 MW out of a
target of about 41,000 mw additional
capacity was achieved.


In the ongoing 11th Plan which is ending on
March 31, 2012, only 19,000 MW (24%) of
the capacity addition target of 78,700 MW
has been added despite the plan having
crossed the half way mark on November
2009.
The analysis of this lacklustre performance
during the 10
th
plan indicates that the
domestic equipment manufacturers cannot
handle a capacity of more than 20,000 MW
in a five year period. This inadequacy of
production capacity was found to be the
major reason for delay and hence shortfall in
capacity addition. Though BHEL, the
primary domestic power equipment
manufacturer, is in the process of
augmenting its capacity to about 10,000 MW
per annum (of which a capacity base of
8,000 MW per year was achieved in the
beginning of 2008), it alone cannot bridge
the gap. A lot more is required to be done in
this regard.
The way forward
The Indian Power Generation sector is
plagued by two major problems- slow pace
of capacity addition and inefficient
generating units. The first can be attributed
to inadequate equipment manufacturing
capacity in the country and problems in
securing fuel supply and the second to high
ash content of domestic coal which is the
dominant fuel source in the present fuel mix
for power generation and use of sub critical
technology which is a relatively inefficient
technology.

Incremental capacity is crucial to Indias
development plan and hence the obstacles
in achieving the desired performance need
to be overcome. Capacity additions through
progressively larger generation units which
would help attain economies of scale and
time, and use of more efficient technologies
like supercritical technology is the only way
forward. This has been recognized by the
Government as well and is reflected by its
plans for manufacturing indigenous
supercritical technology and developing
Ultra Mega Power Plants for introducing the
same.
Supercritical Technology

Coal having a contribution of over 50% in
the total installed capacity of India and over
80% in the actual generation, assumes a
very important role in Indian power sector.
Though coal is Indias most abundant fuel
resource, its reserves are limited. To use
this resource most wisely and to reduce CO
2
emissions which cause global warming,
technology enabling higher generating
efficiency is required. Supercritical
technology is one such technology.

Supercritical (SC) power plants operate at
temperatures and pressures above the
critical point of water, i.e. above the
temperature (373 Deg C) and pressure
(225 kg/cm
2
) at which the liquid and gas
phases of water coexist in equilibrium, at
which point there is no difference between
water gas and liquid water. This results in
higher efficiencies.
The efficiency of supercritical units ranges
from 37-40% depending on design,
operating parameters and coal type which is
more efficient than sub critical by about 2-3
percentage points. For a typical 700 MW
plant, one percentage point efficiency gain
results in reduction of 2.4% in fuel
consumption implying a substantial
reduction in fuel costs, quantity used and
CO
2
emissions over a 30 year period.
Presently all the coal based units operating
in the country are based on sub-critical
technology. It has been projected that by
constructing power plants based on super
critical units, CO
2
emissions could be
reduced significantly by 2025.
Purpose of this Paper
Supercritical technology is being inducted in
the country through a number of
supercritical units that are under
construction. In 2008, the Government of
India decided upon bulk tendering by NTPC
and DVC as the methodology for awarding
units of Supercritical power plants. These
plants are typically large with minimum unit
capacity of 660 mw. One of the primary
objectives of introducing Ultra Mega Power


Plants was to pave the way for progressive
indigenization of supercritical technology.
Several companies expressed interest in
augmenting or setting up manufacturing
facilities in the country for supercritical units.
The list included Bhel for Boiler and Turbine
Generator (BTG), Ansaldo Caldie GB
(Boiler), L&TMHI (Boiler and TG),
ToshibaJSW (TG) and Alstom-Bharat
Forge (TG). Larsen & Toubro already had a
tie-up with Mitsubishi Heavy Industries of
Japan for manufacturing supercritical steam
turbines and generators in India.
This paper attempts to evaluate the impact
of supercritical technology in power sector
along with the role it is likely to assume in
the future. It contains a summary of the
status of manufacturing facilities in India for
supercritical equipments (boilers, turbines
and generators) and Indias preparedness
for implementing the same in generation of
power.
ABOUT SUPERCRITICAL TECHNOLOGY

Background

The 1992 climate treaty made it clear that,
while the developed nations must take the
responsibility for the current buildup of
greenhouse gases in the atmosphere and
necessarily take the lead in combating
climate change; developing nations also
have a role to play in protecting the global
climate.

In 1997, Kyoto Protocol enforced the
industrialized nations to specify and commit
for legally binding reductions in emissions of
greenhouse gases. Although developing
countries, including India and China, did not
commit to reductions immediately because
of lower per-capita emissions and inability to
absorb the initial costs of changing to
cleaner fuels, the pressure on them to do so
is building up.
India and China are projected to become
major carbon emitting nations because of
their energy requirements and coal
generation sources. The graph below
depicts the trends of carbon intensity of
these two nations in the past (1980-2003).

China has made great strides in reducing
CO
2
emissions from coal fired generation
under its large substitutes for small (LSS)
program. It is now Indias prerogative to
demonstrate its efforts for the betterment of
the environment a cause India believes in.

Source: World Bank, 2007


Supercritical technology in
Power Generation
In order to develop additional power
generation capacity, the existing domestic
manufacturing capacity needs to be up-
graded and enhanced. For the reasons
stated above there is a preference for super-
critical technology in the country.
About 60% of coal based capacity in XII
Plan and 100% capacity in XIII Plan is
planned to be based on supercritical
technology. Table below gives the projected
capacity addition based on supercritical
technology up to 13th Plan:

Sub critical Super Critical Total Thermal

In MW
As % of
total
In MW
As % of
total
In MW
11th Plan 44490 85.5% 7540 14.5% 52030
12th Plan 30473 41.1% 43640 58.9% 74113
13th Plan 0 0% 64100 100% 64100
Source: Ministry of Power

Expected Efficiency Range for
Supercritical Units

The table below provides a comparative
analysis of turbine heat rate and boiler
efficiency with super critical parameters
using domestic and imported coal. The
gross efficiency achieved with super critical
parameters is well above 40% using
imported coal.

*86% boiler efficiency is assumed for domestic coal and 88% for imported coal
Source: Ministry of Power, 2006
PARAMETERS PARAMETERS
247/535/566
(Pressure (kg/cm
2
) /Temp Deg C)

247/566/592
(Pressure(kg/cm
2
) /Temp Deg C)

Turbine
HR
Boiler
efficiency
Gross
efficiency
Turbine
HR
Boiler
efficiency
Gross
efficiency
88%*
39.75%

88%
40.28%

Case-I Turbine
Heat Rate
=1904 as
Quoted for 660
MW &
parameters as
given
1904
86%*
38.84%

1879
86%
39.45%

88%
40.06%

88%
40.79%

Case-II Turbine
Heat Rate
=1880 as per
BHEL for 660
MW &
parameters as
given
1880
86%
39.15%

1855
86%
39.87%


Supercritical Technology is widely
established and accepted with more than
500 units in operation across the world. In
India, NTPC is implementing the technology
at Sipat and Barh thermal power stations
with super critical parameters of up to
566
0
C. In Japan and Germany, they could
achieve a temperature range of 566 to
593
0
C. The highest ever efficiency achieved
with super critical technology is at a
temperature 600
0
C.

Widely prevalent cycle parameters of supercritical technology are

Parameter Prevalent Value Remarks
Pressure 246 -250 kg/cm
2

538/538 deg C

538/566 deg C
Present in Sipat & Barh TPS
of NTPC
566/593 deg C

Mainly in Japan & Germany
Temperature
593/593 or 600/600 deg C

Highest efficiency gain over
sub critical technology

Methodology for Induction of
Supercritical Technology in
India
After several discussions on the issue of
induction of supercritical technology for
capacity addition in the power sector, a
methodology for the same was decided in
July 2008 by central government. This was
followed by several recommendations and
revisions and at last the approach to be
adopted for super critical technology
induction was finalized in February, 2009.
According to the approach:
NTPC and DVC would go in for bulk
tendering of 11 units of 660 MW in 5
projects via International Competitive
Bidding (ICB).
The companies would be allowed to bid
separately for boilers and turbines.
The tender for Boiler Package will be
split between two bidders. The lowest
bidder (R1) in the boiler package will get
three projects and the second-lowest
bidder (R2) will get two projects after
matching price quoted by R1. The
number of units for each bidder would
be decided as per the groupings that will
be taken up by NTPC (to be decided at
a later stage).
The Turbine and generator package will
comprise of five projects, the tender for
which will be in groupings of 2+ 2 + 1
(i.e. three bidders). This package is
more in number in terms of groupings
because there are more players (four or
five) in this category. In respect of
turbine generator package, if BHEL is
R1, the 2nd grouping will go to R2 and
3rd grouping (of one project) to R3
subject to price matching.
In either case, if BHEL is not the lowest
bidder, it will be given the group
earmarked for the second lowest bidder
subject to price matching.
The winners of the tender would be
required to set up manufacturing
facilities in India with a Phased
Manufacturing Program (PMP). In case
of existing manufacturing facilities of
such bidders in India the facilities would
be appropriately augmented.
The PMP envisages setting up of
manufacturing facilities for boiler and
turbine generators in 48 and 52 months
respectively. It was agreed that bidders
will be asked to give firm commitment to
set up manufacturing facilities within this
period as a part of qualification
requirement.


It was proposed that the first unit of the
project awarded to a bidder be
completed within 48 months with a gap
of 6 months between units for the same
project. The gap would be of 2 months
between the first units of different
projects awarded to the same bidder.
Induction of super-critical units through bulk
tendering was accorded the highest priority
by the Ministry of Power (MOP). As per the
MOP guidelines issued vide letter dated
September 4, 2009, Notice Inviting Tender
(NIT) is to be issued within 45 days of issue
of this letter i.e. before October 18, 2009.
NTPC floated tenders inviting bids for 11
units of 660 mw on October 16, 2009. The
units for which the bids were invited include
nine units of NTPC and two units of
Damodar Valley Corporation. The 11 units
are to be used in five power projects in the
states of Bihar, Uttar Pradesh, Maharashtra
and Jharkhand. The company invited
separate international competitive bids for
boiler and steam turbine generator (STG)
sets. So far, five companiesBhel, L&T-
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) combine,
Alstom-Bharat Forge, Toshiba-JSW and
Italian company Ansaldo Caldie have
expressed their interest in participating in
the bulk tendering for supercritical
equipment.
At the time of deciding upon the
methodology, there were three prospective
bidders for the Boiler package: BHEL-
Alstom, L&T-Mitsubishi and Ansaldo, and
four for the Steam Turbine Generator (STG)
package: BHEL-Siemens, L&T-Mitsubishi,
Bharat Forge-Alstom and Toshiba-JSW.
However, other players may also come up
once the tenders are issued.
The Implementation of
Supercritical Technology
Supercritical Projects Planned
The Ultra Mega Power Projects along with
some other power plants have been
envisaged to be set up with supercritical
parameters. NTPC and the state utilities
have proposed to set up a number of power
stations based on supercritical technology.
The list of projects include NTPCs Darlipalli
in Orissa (4x800 mw), Tanda expansion in
Uttar Pradesh (2x660 mw), Pench in
Madhya Pradesh (2x660 mw), NTPC-Uttar
Pradesh joint ventures Mejja in UP (2x660
mw), NTPC-Bihar JVs New Nabinagar in
Bihar (2x660 mw), Mahagencos Koradi in
Maharashtra (3x660 mw), Mahagencos
Dhopawe in Maharashtra (2x800 mw),
BHEL-UP JVs Obra in UP (2x800 mw) and
Bhel-Tamil Nadu Electricity Board JVs
Udangudi in Tamil Nadu (2x800 mw).
The following table summarizes the details
of Supercritical Thermal Power Projects
(other than UMPPs) under construction in
India:


S. No Sector/ State Project / Implementing
Agency
LOA
date
Capacity
(MW)
Anticipated
Commissioning date
Central Sector
1 Barh STPP NTPC
Unit -1
Unit-2
Unit-3

03/05

660
660
660

11/12
05/13
11/13
2
Bihar
Barh STPP St. II NTPC
Unit -1
Unit-2

10/08

660
660

03/13
01/14
3 Chhattisgarh Sipat -I NTPC
Unit-1
Unit-2
Unit-3

04/04

660
660
660

03/10
05/10
11/10
State Sector
4 Andhra
Pradesh
Krishnapatnam APPDCL
Unt-1
Unit-2

07/08

800
800

08/12
02/13
Private Sector
5 Mundra TPP Ph.ll Adani
Power Ltd.
Unit-1
Unit-2
09/07

660
660

03/11
08/11
6
Gujarat
Mundra TPP Ph.Ill Adani
Power Ltd.
Unit-1
Unit-2
Unit-3
01/08

660
660
660

05/11
08/11
11/11
7 Haryana Jhajjar TPP Jhajjar
Power Ltd
Unit-1
Unit-2

03/09

660
660

12/11
06/12
8 Tirora TPP Ph.l Adani
Power
Unit-1
Unit-2

02/08

660
660

04/11
07/11
9
Maharashtra
Tirora TPP Ph.ll Adani
Power
Unit-1

02/08

660

10/11
Source: Infraline database, July 2009


Supercritical Projects under
Execution
Currently, supercritical technologies are
under installation at Sipat and Barh thermal
power stations of NTPC. Tata Powers
Mundra project (UMPP) also imported
turbines from Toshiba and boilers from
Doosan, Korea with super critical
parameters.
Manufacturing Facilities for
Supercritical technology in
India
Considering the large capacity addition
required for supercritical based projects in
the country, it is necessary to set up
adequate manufacturing capacity within the
country so that the necessary facility and
technology is available to provide long term
support for services and spares.
Domestic Manufacturers:
BHEL has already entered into collaboration
with Alstom and Siemens for manufacturing
of super-critical boilers and turbo-generators
respectively. It is in the process of
augmenting its manufacturing capacity for
coal based thermal units to about 10,000
MW per annum by December, 2009 which
can cater to sub-critical and/or supercritical
units.
International manufacturers:
Efforts are being made to attract
international manufacturers for taking up the
equipment manufacturing in India. Some
international manufacturers have already
formed or are in the process of forming joint
venture companies with Indian partners to
set up manufacturing facilities for
supercritical boilers and turbine generators
in the country.
The proposal for bulk tendering of five
projects constituting eleven units with
mandatory condition of setting up
manufacturing facilities within the country
sparks off a new era in super critical
equipment manufacturing in India. It helps in
attracting new players into the sector.
A brief synopsis of these new and upcoming
ventures is as under:
Venture Product and its
annual Production
Capacity
Date of
signing JV
agreement
Date of
Production
(Planned)
SC
Boilers
SC
Turbine-
generators

5
th
Nov
2007
Jun 2010
L&T/MHI
4000
MW
4000 MW
16
th
April
2007 (for
boilers)
Oct 2009
Toshiba-
JSW
500-
1000MW
per unit X 4
units
2
nd
Sept
2008
Jan 2011
Bharat
Forge-
Alstom
- 5000 MW 10
th
Nov
2008
Mid 2011
GB
Engg.
/Ansaldo
2000
MW
NA Jan 2011
In addition to the above, some more
manufacturers have also shown interest in
setting up manufacturing facilities in the
country.



INDIAS PREPAREDNESS IN SETTING UP MANUFACTURING FACILITIES FOR
SUPER CRITICAL UNITS
The details of Joint Venture companies and progress made in setting up manufacturing facilities for
supercritical units by BHEL and new joint ventures as on July 2009 are summarized below.
1. Turbine Manufacturing:
The Joint Ventures between:

L&T - MHI (Turbine)

Name of JV company L&T MHI Turbine Generators Pvt. Ltd.
Date of incorporation of JV
company
5th November 2007
Equity structure Larsen & Toubro Ltd. - 51 % Shares
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries - 49%
Shares Mitsubishi Electric Company - 10% of MHI's 49% Shares
Product range Supercritical Turbines and Generators of 500 MW-1000 MW STCC
150 MW-300 MW
Production capacity per annum 4000 MW/Annum
Date of signing JV agreement 5th November 2007
Technology transfer agreement
a. Date of signing
b. Period of validity in years

Turbine - 5th Nov'07, Generator - 6th Nov'07
20 Years for both.
Planned investment Total Investment Rs. 1252 Crores (Rs.1030 Cr. is for land, building
construction & plant machineries)
Land for works
a. Location
b. Land area envisaged
c. Progress regarding
acquisition

Hazira - Surat
70 Acres
Approved, Government land possession taken
No. of personnel recruited and
plan for recruitment & training
Manpower - 250 (July'09-) Final Manpower - 971 Operators
Training under progress. Executives Training in Japan
Commenced.
Progress of construction of
facilities
Under Progress.
Progress of ordering of
machinery
Critical equipment ordering completed
Planned date of start of
production
30th June 2010
Panned date of completion of
all required facilities
31st March 2015 - Investment Completion as per Phased
Manufacturing Program



Toshiba - JSW Turbine & Generator Pvt. Ltd.
Name of JV company Toshiba JSW Turbine & Generator Pvt. Ltd.
company
2nd of September 2008
Equity structure
Toshiba Corporation: 75%
JSW Energy Limited: 20%
JSW Steel Limited: 5%
Product range
Steam Turbine & Generator for thermal power station:
500MW-1,000MW/Unit
Production capacity per annum 500MW-1,000MW/Unit x 4Unit
Date of signing JV agreement 7th of May 2008
Technology transfer agreement Not yet signed. It will be signed by the end of August.
Planned investment INR 8,000,000,000
Land for works
a. Location
Vaikkadu and Amullavoyal villages of Ambattur taluk,
Tiruvallur district, Chennai, Tamil Nadu
b. Land area envisaged 98.88 acres
c. Progress regarding acquisition
The land acquisition has already been done by the
Government of Tamil Nadu
No. of personnel recruited and plan
for recruitment & training
Planned employment-Total 500 in five years Start recruiting
from July 2009 and start training from January 2010
Progress of construction of facilities
Groundbreaking: July, 2009 (Plan.: Final construction:
October, 2010 (plan)
Start of manufacture: January, 2011 (plan)
Progress of ordering of machinery Major Machineries have been already ordered.
Planned date of start of production January 2011
Planned date of completion of all
required facilities
October 2015



Bharat Forge - Alstom
Name of JV
company
Bharat Forge Ltd. And Alstom are in the process of setting up two joint venture
companies. The names (Names of the JV companies arc subject to name
availability and necessary approvals.) of these two joint venture companies are
as follows:-
1. Alstom Bharat Forge Power Limited (ABPL)
2. Kalyani Alstom Power Limited (KAPL)
The investing entities from both sides are Bharat Forge Limited, Pune. India and
Alstom Power Holdings, SA, Paris, France.
Date of
incorporation
of JV company
The process of receiving statutory approvals on setting up of these companies is
nearing completion. Preparatory steps for incorporation of the JV companies
have been completed. Upon receiving statutory approvals, incorporation of the
companies would be undertaken during the next few weeks time. As per our
internal deadlines, incorporation process is set to be completed by middle of
October 2009.
Equity
structure
The equity share capital in the two companies will be held by Bharat Forge and
Alstom in the proportion mentioned below.
JV Company BFL Alstom
Alstom Bharat Forge Power Limited 49% 51%
Kalyani Alstom Power Limited 51% 49%

Product
range
The JVs will be manufacturing Steam Turbine Generator sets, which is
composed of Steam Turbine Generator Package comprised of the steam turbine,
the generator, the condenser, the heaters and al! the associated sub systems
needed to operate the turbine and the generator; and Balance of Turbine
composed of a!! the equipment required to completed the steam and water
cycles.
These products will be manufactured for the following range of products coal
based electrical power generating plants of 600-800 MW range, based on super
critical technology coal based electrical power generating plants of 300 - 800 MW
range, based on sub - critical technology
Production
capacity per
annum
The two joint venture companies jointly, in the fully ramped up stage, will have
the production capacity to manufacture 5000 MW of Steam Turbine Generator
sets per annum.
Date of
signing JV
agreement
BFL and Alstom have already entered into a joint venture and shareholders
agreement on November 10, 2008
Technology
transfer
agreement
a. Date of signing : 14th July 2009
b. Period of validity in years : 25 years



Land for works a. Location
b. Land area envisaged
c. Progress regarding acquisition
Currently, the JV companies have got in principle allocation of three sites. Details
of these three sites are as follows
100 acres plot at Mundra Port SEZ
200 acres plot at Dahej, allocated by Government of Gujarat
250 acres plot at Krishnapatnam port
Technical evaluation of these three sites for suitability of setting up the
manufacturing unit is currently underway. Selection of the final site will be
completed in next two weeks once technical evaluation report is finalized and
submitted
No. of
personnel
recruited and
plan for
recruitment &
training
In the fully ramped up stage, the two companies will have - 1750 personnel.
CEO and other key personnel of the two JVs have been already identified
however, further recruitment shall be initiated as soon as the joint venture
companies are incorporated. Detailed training inputs have been identified and
schedule for training the recruited staff is being finalized. Works of both the JV
partners in India and abroad as also works of the machine tool suppliers would
be some of the key training points. Apart from this, need-based class room
training would be imparted in India and abroad in related institutions. A detailed
induction plan for manpower has been finalized.
Progress of
construction of
facilities
Complete layout and civil designing work including utilities planning and logistics
for both the joint ventures has been completed. Construction of facilities will
begin once the land is transferred to the JVs upon incorporation and is slated to
be taken up after monsoons.
Progress of
ordering of
machinery
Most of the machine specifications have been finalized and quotes taken from
identified vendors across the world. The JV companies will place orders post
their incorporation.
Date of start of
production
The JVs plan to start production by mid of 2011.(Planned)



2. Boiler Manufacturing:
L&T-MHI (Boiler)
Name of JV company L&T-MHI. Boilers Pvt. Ltd
Date of incorporation of JV company 18th April, 2007
Equity structure L&T-51%. MHI-49%
Product range
Supercritical Boilers & Pulverisers in the range
between 500 - 1000 MW and above.
Production capacity per annum 4000 MW/annum
Date of signing JV agreement 16th April, 2007
Technology transfer agreement

a. Date of signing : 27th October, 2006
b. Period of validity in years : 20 years
Planned investment Rs. 750 Crores
Land for works
a. Location Hazira, Gujarat for Supercritical Boiler
Pressure Parts & Pulverizes;
b. Land area envisaged 70 Acres ;
c. Progress regarding acquisition - Acquired
No. of personnel recruited and plan for
recruitment & training
Manpower - 380 (July'07), Total Planned - 1500
Training : Engineering Training completed at MHI-
Nagasaki, Japan
Progress of construction of facilities
Shops A & B completed in April, 2009.
Balance shops (C, D, E&F) expected to be completed
by August 2009.
Progress of ordering of machinery
All machineries have been ordered and deliveries
have commenced.
Planned date of start of production October, 2009
required facilities
December, 2009
required facilities
All required facilities are expected to be available by
March 2012.



ANSALDO GB
Name of JV company Ansaldo Caldie Boilers India Pvt Ltd
company
07 February, 2005
Equity structure Ansaldo Caldie S.p.A., Italy - 85%
GB Engineering Enterprises, India - 15%
Product range Super critical and Sub critical boilers of all size
Production capacity per annum 2000 MW per annum
Date of signing JV agreement Not applicable
Technology transfer agreement Technology for Sub-critical boilers available Technology for
Supercritical boilers under transfer.
Date of signing Sub-critical Boilers - 31 October 2008 Super-Critical Boilers -
under finalization expected to be completed by end of 2009.
Period of validity in years Sub-critical Boilers - 10 years
Planned investment Present Equity - Rs. 20 Millions
August 2009 - Rs. 20 Million
December 2009 - Rs 500 Million
By Dec 2010 - Rs 500 Million in phased manner
Land for works Acquisition in progress
Location Tada, Andhra Pradesh
Land area envisaged 100 acres
Progress regarding acquisition Legal formalities in progress
No. of personnel recruited and plan
for recruitment & training
Present strength - 100
Dec. 2009 - 150
Dec. 2010 - 400
Training to commence from March, 2010
Progress of construction of facilities To be started after acquisition of land
Progress of ordering of machinery Dialogue started with potential vendors.
Planned date of start of -production January, 2011
required facilities
May, 2011



CONCLUSION

The construction of the 1980 MW Sipat coal
fired power plant by NTPC marks the new
generation of supercritical power plants for
India. The induction of this technology brings
with it a lot of hope and questions. Though
the application of the technology in power
generation is not a panacea for the
problems of delays in capacity addition and
inefficient units plaguing the generation
sector, it has the potential to act as an
important stepping stone to evolving one.
The large size of units will enable faster
capacity addition due to economies of scale.
The fact that it is a proven technology for
reducing environmental impact may help
speeding up capacity additions further by
means of support from environmental
lobbyists and faster environmental
clearances. Supercritical technology will also
significantly address the issue of
inefficiencies in generation.

Supercritical technology may be the right
solution but it is unfortunately not a ready
made one. Till recently, most benefits of this
technology were known to accrue for good
quality, low ash content coal. So there may
be some upgradations required to adopt it
for Indian high ash coal.
The benefits are defined. It is the duration of
transition from sub critical to super critical
that will determine the timing of these
benefits. The transitional phase will depend
on the speed with which new manufacturing
capacities for this technology are set up, the
existing ones upgraded, and the time taken
by manpower of existing generating
companies to adapt to a new technology.
Whether on time or post delays, the
technology and manufacturing will
materialize, what is important and worth
celebrating is Indias commitment to use its
resources preciously and act responsibly in
reducing its carbon footprint.

of a new era in power generation


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