Certain investigations on power management systems for st...
S, Saravanan INTRODUCTION
1.1 BACKGROUND
The power sector of India is the fifth largest in the world. The
power sector has grown enormously from the installed capacity of 1363 MW
during independence in August 1947 to 258701.46 MW as of 31st January
2015. Of this, 180361.89 MW i.e. 69.71% of the generated energy comes
from thermal power plants which emit large amounts of greenhouse gases and
enhance global warming. The share of various renewable energy sour...