Power Cut in India
Discussion
Hardly a rare occurrence for the power to go down there, I know, but roughly 10% of the world's population plunged into darkness is a bit mad.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-india-1906027...
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-india-1906027...
Much of the re-start problem seems to be - it takes serious power, or at least available power on the grid, to re-start generation/close the breakers. IOW a stability condition problem - not a new problem by any means regardless of Nation.
I do hope it gives serious pause for thought to nimbys and politicos against bashing-on with new nukes over here... otherwise we'll be in the same boat well within the next decade.
I do hope it gives serious pause for thought to nimbys and politicos against bashing-on with new nukes over here... otherwise we'll be in the same boat well within the next decade.
Asterix said:
I'm in India quite often.
Let's just say that its wonderful for one's perspective.
I was in Bangalore a few weeks back and there was on average three powercuts a day.
I've never been to India, but there are hundreds of thousands of natives living and working out here with me in the Middle East...and all I can say is that I'm not at all surprised. I rarely come across native 'Professional' Indian/Pakistanis who (while being lovely people, meaning well and knowing their stuff technically) do a job properly with all quality control and diligence checks required. A significant amount of hand-holding has to occur to get anything done well, and most of the time I'm sure they think we're being unecessarily thorough/anal! This is the educated few as well of course, mostly with IT degrees from Indian Universities and CCIE qualifications. But...it keeps me in a job because of it so i'm grateful!! Let's just say that its wonderful for one's perspective.
I was in Bangalore a few weeks back and there was on average three powercuts a day.
Edited by jezzaaa on Wednesday 1st August 06:28
When the herd thought India and China could grow exponetially, for decades, they forgot the tricky bits of infrastructure required. This is simply one example of how difficult it is for us to yet consider either nation remotely developed.
Of course with increased global competition, this could simply be a sign of where the rest of us are headed.
Of course with increased global competition, this could simply be a sign of where the rest of us are headed.
Huff said:
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I do hope it gives serious pause for thought to nimbys and politicos against bashing-on with new nukes over here... otherwise we'll be in the same boat well within the next decade.
We wont have the same problem !! as we are fitting solar panels and are buillding lots of windmills it's the green revolution dont you know, hurrarrh... cough!!!!!!I do hope it gives serious pause for thought to nimbys and politicos against bashing-on with new nukes over here... otherwise we'll be in the same boat well within the next decade.
unstable grids in third world countries shocker!
the world bank [through which our aid is delivered] is falling over itself to fund power projects. however, much of this is short term loans for short term plans, the funding and scope of work is nowhere near the size it needs to be to replace aging power lines, substations, switchgear, etc. then you have hundreds of millions of end users who's connection point would need upgrading as well. the numbers are phenominal.
most power spend is going purely on additional capacity as the priority of government is to bring 'power to all' not 'stable power for most]. therefore what you get is western companies being paid to facilitate short term rental power contracts feeding yet more power into a weakened/failing grid.
SystemParanoia said:
they shouldent have spent so much on a space programme then, or wasted all our aid money... no sympathy
pistonheader in sweeping statement shocker!the world bank [through which our aid is delivered] is falling over itself to fund power projects. however, much of this is short term loans for short term plans, the funding and scope of work is nowhere near the size it needs to be to replace aging power lines, substations, switchgear, etc. then you have hundreds of millions of end users who's connection point would need upgrading as well. the numbers are phenominal.
most power spend is going purely on additional capacity as the priority of government is to bring 'power to all' not 'stable power for most]. therefore what you get is western companies being paid to facilitate short term rental power contracts feeding yet more power into a weakened/failing grid.
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