Scrapping old thermal plants for ecological and efficiency reasons should be done carefully. Explain (200 Words)
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KEY POINTS
· With issues such as battery storage and grid integration remaining areas of uncertainty with respect to renewables, there can be no getting away from an absolute increase in demand for thermal-based power over the next decade as a baseload option.
· Therefore, the question of how to produce that electricity as efficiently (coal consumed per unit of power generated) and cleanly (low sulphur and carbon emissions) as possible becomes crucial.
· Scrapping plants which are over 25 years old will, according to CEEW, yield a one-time savings of over Rs10,000 crore in terms of avoided pollution retrofits. However, all old plants are not decrepit.
· There is the unmistakable benefit of these plants being fully depreciated.
· A study by Prayas Energy Group says that of the 46.6 GW of active capacity that was commissioned before 2000, 21.6 GW of capacity generates power at a variable cost of less than Rs2.5 per unit.
· Going overboard in closing down plants brings with it a political risk in the event of outages, the call to set up new thermal plants will increase, introducing further environmental and financial risks. A measured approach to the issue is the need of the hour.
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