Uran Gas Turbine Power Station

Within the aftermath of the large energy outage within the monetary capital, Maharashtra power minister Nitin Raut on Thursday requested state-run energy technology firm so as to add gas-based capability of as much as 2,000 MW within the neighborhood of town.

Including the capability on the Uran Gasoline Turbine Energy Station (GTPS) by the Maharashtra State Energy Era Firm (Mahagenco) can guarantee within the efficient operation of the islanding system within the metropolis within the occasion of a grid failure, the minister mentioned.

It may be famous that following the outage, consultants have rued the shortage of enough capability inside Mumbai or close by areas which might make the islanding system, whereby town will get indifferent from the remainder of the state, work in case of a grid failure. In keeping with consultants, energy necessities have grown within the metropolis over the previous decade because the system was final reviewed.

On a go to to the Uran GTPS, Raut prompt including different unit having a capability of 1,000-2,000 MW on the facility, which might begin producing energy inside seconds within the occasion of a grid collapse, as per an official assertion.

The minister requested the Mahagenco to submit detailed venture report on the earliest for approval which could possibly be accomplished in a span of two years, it mentioned, including value of energy is cheaper and the supply is eco-friendly as effectively.

GTPS’ put in capability is 672 MW and the ability is now producing 350 MW at current, as per the assertion.
At current, the height hour energy demand of Mumbai is 2,800 MW which is estimated to succeed in 5,000 MW by 2030, as per the assertion.

As in opposition to this, the present energy technology in Mumbai is round 1,300 MW by Tata energy and 500 MW from Dahanu Venture which isn’t sufficient to assist the island system throughout grid failure, it mentioned.
It may be famous that the state-run transmission utility has blamed the delay in Tata Energy beginning to generate energy from its items as among the many causes for the collapse of the grid on October 12, which had severely inconvenienced the residents as energy provide was shut for as much as 14 hours in some pockets.