NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Tata Power

The Tata Power Company Limited is India’s largest private sector electricity generating company with an installed generation capacity of over 2300 MW. The Company has emerged as a pioneer in the Indian power sector, with a track record of performance, customer care and sustained growth. Tata Power has a presence in all areas of power sector generation (thermal, hydro, solar and wind) transmission and distribution. Inspired by a powerful vision, the founders of Tata Power pioneered the generation of electricity in India with the commissioning of India’s first large hydro-electric project in 1915. The thermal power stations of the company are located at Trombay in Mumbai, Jojobera in Jharkhand and Belgaum in Karnataka. The hydro stations are located in the Western Ghats of Maharashtra and the wind farm in Ahmednagar. TATA Logo File links The following pages link to this file: Tata Group Tata Consultancy Services ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... The Bombay Stock Exchange The Bombay Stock Exchange Limited (Hindi:à¤¬à¥‰à¤®à¥à¤¬à¥‡ à¤¸à¥à¤Ÿà¥‰à¤• à¤à¤•à¥à¤¸à¤šà¥‡à¤‚à¤œ) (formerly, The Stock Exchange, Mumbai; popularly called The Bombay Stock Exchange, or BSE) is the oldest stock exchange in Asia. ... Jamshedji Tata (1839-1904) was a pioneer in the field of modern industry. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_India. ... , â€œBombayâ€ redirects here. ... Maharashtra (महाराष्ट्र) is a state in west-central India. ... Electricity generation is the first process in the delivery of electricity to consumers. ... Transmission towers Transmission lines in Lund, Sweden Electric power transmission, or more accurately Electrical energy transmission, is the second process in the delivery of electricity to consumers. ... 11kV/400V-230V transformer in an older suburb of Wellington, New Zealand Electricity distribution is the penultimate stage in the delivery (before retail) of electricity to end users. ... Look up revenue in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... Green up arrow for a positive change in revenue from last fiscal year. ... Pakistani Rupee Indian Rupee Collection The Rupee (â‚¨ or Rs. ... A fiscal year (or financial year or accounting reference date) is a 12-month period used for calculating annual (yearly) financial reports in businesses and other organizations. ... Year 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Net income is equal to the income that a firm has after subtracting costs and expenses from the total revenue. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Pakistani Rupee Indian Rupee Collection The Rupee (â‚¨ or Rs. ... A fiscal year (or financial year or accounting reference date) is a 12-month period used for calculating annual (yearly) financial reports in businesses and other organizations. ... Year 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... For the album by the Kaiser Chiefs see Employment (album) Employment is a contract between two parties, one being the employer and the other being the employee. ... Year 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Look up slogan in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... A website (alternatively, Web site or web site) is a collection of Web pages, images, videos and other digital assets that is hosted on one or several Web server(s), usually accessible via the Internet, cell phone or a LAN. A Web page is a document, typically written in HTML... Tata may refer to: Tata Group, a multinational company based in India Tata Motors, one of Indias largest automobile company known for its hatchback motorvehicle Tata Indica Tata Steel, worlds fifth largest steel producer Tata Consultancy Services, Indias largest IT company Tata Airlines, now Air India Tata...

The Company has been a front runner in introducing state-of-the-art power technologies. Among its achievements, the company has to its credit the installation of India’s first 500 MW unit at Trombay, the first 150 MW pumped storage unit at Bhira, and a flue gas desulphurization plant for pollution control at Trombay. An optimum mix of hydel and thermal capacity enables the company to supply power at competitive tariffs to its customers. At 2.4% the Company's transmission & distribution losses are among the lowest in the country. Tata Power having served Mumbai’s consumers for over nine decades has since spread its footprint across the country and abroad. Outside Mumbai, the company now has generation capacities in the States of Jharkhand and Karnataka and a Distribution Company in Delhi. To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ...

The Distribution joint venture with the Government of Delhi called the “North Delhi Power Limited” (NDPL), has met with considerable success. This joint venture serves over 800,000 consumers (in a population of 4.5 million) spread over in an area of 510 km² and has a peak load of 1050 MW. Since its formation in 2002 the company has launched a series of technological improvements for upgrading reliability and other consumer services.NDPL as a joint venture company has to serve the North and north delhi from the distribution point of view. Initially an agreement was signed for five years between the delhi government and tata power which will be reviewed in July 2005. Now as per information received that the contract again has been implemented to next four years. NDPL has achieved a great success in cutting down the losses from 51% to 28% in span of five years.

The Company has also executed several overseas projects in the Middle East, Africa and South East Asia. Of particular interest are the Jebel Ali ‘G’ station (4 x 100 MW + desalination plant) in Dubai, Al-Khobar II (5 x 150 MW + desalination plant) and Jeddah III (4 x 64 MW + desalination plant) in Saudi Arabia, Shuwaikh (5 x 50 MW) in Kuwait, EHV substations in UAE and Algeria, and power plant operation and maintenance contracts in Iran and Saudi Arabia.

In a ‘first of its kind’ project, Tata Power has entered into a 51:49 joint venture with PowerGrid Corporation of India for the 1200 km Tala transmission project. The joint venture is India’s first transmission project to be executed with private/public partnership.

Tata Power has also bagged a contract for buliding 4000 MW power plant at Mundra.The unique thing about this project is for the first time in India a 4000MW power plant is being set up in one go other large projects always involved stage construction. MD of North Delhi Power Limited has been assigned the responsibility of the project. NDPL the distribution wing of TATA Power has implemented some of the latest technologies in the distribution sector. Some of the major ones are AMR (Automated Meter Reading), SCADA (on verge of completion) etc. The concept of prepaid metering was implemented with some success in NDPL. LT ABC or HVDS are other prominent areas where NDPL has shown it's presence. All these technologies have provided NDPL with the tools to bring down the AT&C losses.

See also

Kundali River - Kundli Pumped Storage Plan Solar power in India Kundaly dam in Munnar Kundali River is a river originating in the Kundali Hills of the Western Ghats in the state of Maharashtra and flowing into the Upper Bhima River Basin. ... India receives about 300 clear sunny days in a year. ...

Categories: Tata Group | Power companies of India List of India energy articles This is a list of articles on energy issues in India. ... The energy policy of India is characterized by tradeoffs between four major drivers: Rapidly growing economy, with a need for dependable and reliable supply of electricity, gas, and petroleum products; Increasing household incomes, with a need for affordable and adequate supply of electricity, and clean cooking fuels; Limited domestic reserves... Atomic Power Stations in India (view) Active plants Under construction plants India boasts a quickly advancing and active nuclear power program. ... As of April 2007 the installed capacity of wind power in India was 7,113. ... India receives about 300 clear sunny days in a year. ... address needed ... The Nuclear power station Kakrapar (also Kakrapar Atomic power station or CAPE) is a nuclear power station in India, it lies in the proximity of the city Surat in the Federal State Gujarat. ... Koodankulam Nuclear Power Plant is a nuclear power station currently under construction in Koodankulam in the Tirunelveli district of the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu. ... Madras Atomic Power Stationlocated at Kalpakkam about 80 km south of Chennai, India, is a comprehensive nuclear power production, fuel reprocessing, and waste treatment facility that includes plutonium fuel fabrication for fast breeder reactors [FBRs]. It is also Indias first fully indegenously constructed nuclear power station. ... The Indian Nuclear power station Rajasthan (also Rajasthan Atomic power station - RAPS or Rawatbhata Atomic power Project - RAPP) is about 65 kilometers from Kota by way of the Chambal River, approximately 3 kilometer above the dam that holds the Rana Pratap Sagar lake. ... Tarapur Atomic Power Station (320 MW) (T.A.P.S.) is located in Tarapur, Maharashtra (India) and was originally constructed by the American companies Bechtel and GE under a 1963 123 Agreement between India, the United States, and the IAEA. The new reactor (1080 MW) was constructed by L & T...