Efficiency assessment and benchmarking of thermal power plants in India

Efficiency assessment and benchmarking of thermal power plants in India

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Article ID: iaor201111805
Volume: 40
Issue: 12
Start Page Number: 159
End Page Number: 176
Publication Date: Jan 2012
Journal: Energy Policy
Authors: , ,
Keywords: coal, India
Abstract:

Per capita consumption of electricity in India is many folds lesser than Canada, USA, Australia, Japan, Chaina and world average. Even though, total energy shortage (Energy shortage–difference between energy demand and energy supplied) and peaking shortage (Peaking shortage–difference between energy demand during peak and energy supplied) were recorded as 11.2% and 11.85%, respectively, in 2008–09 reflecting non‐availability of sufficient supply of electricity. Performance improvement of very small amount can lead to large contribution in financial terms, which can be utilized for capacity addition to reduce demand supply gap. Coal fired thermal power plants are main sources of electricity in India. In this paper, relative technical efficiency of 60 coal fired power plants has been evaluated and compared using CCR and BCC models of data envelopment analysis. Target benchmark of input variables has also been evaluated. Performance comparison includes small versus medium versus large power plants and also state owned versus central owned versus private owned. Result indicates poor performance of few power plants due to over use of input resources. Finding reveals that efficiency of small power plants is lower in comparison to medium and large category and also performance of state owned power plants is comparatively lower than central and privately owned. Study also suggests different measures to improve technical efficiency of the plants.

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