CONTENTS Undertaking i Certificate iii Acknowledgements v Abstract vii List of tables xii List of figures xiv List of graphs xv 1 Introduction to the dissertation 1 1 1 Background and Context 1 1 2 The Problem 3 1 3 Aim and Scope of the Study 5 1 4 Overview of the Study 6 1 5 Significant contribution from the Study and Way Forward 6 2 Literature Review 9 3 Research Methodology and Data Collection 29 3 1 Research Questions 29 3 2 Objectives 29 3 3 Study Hypothesis 30 3 4 Study Design 30 3 4 1 Parameters of the Study 31 3 4 2 Performance Indicators 33 3 4 3 Methods Used 35 3 5 Data Collection 40 3 5 1 General Profile of the Thermal Power Plants in Gujarat 41 3 5 2 Details of Ownership 48 3 5 3 Thermal Power Plant Profile based on Fuel-type 51 3 5 4 Thermal Power Plant Profile based on Age 54 3 1 1 PAT Targets assigned to the TPPs of Gujarat 57 3 Calculation and Analysis 61 3 1 Calculation of Performance Indicators 61 3 1 1 Net Heat Rates of TPPs 61 3 1 2 Greenhouse Gas Emissions 64 3 1 3 Emission Intensity 66 3 1 4 Thermal Efficiency 67 3 1 5 Deviation from Design Heat Rates 68 3 2 Performance Appraisal of individual power plant 70 3 2 1 Dhuvaran CCPP, Anand 70 3 2 2 Gandhinagar Thermal Power Station 71 3 2 3 Kutch (Lignite) Thermal Power Station, Panandhro 72 3 2 4 Sikka Thermal Power Station, Jamnagar 73 3 2 5 Ukai Thermal Power Station, Tapti 74 3 2 6 Utran CCPP, Surat 75 3 2 7 Wanakbori TPS, Kheda 76 3 2 8 Surat (GSEG) CCPP, Hazira 77 3 2 9 Akrimota (GMDC) TPS, Kuchchh 78 3 2 10 Essar Power, Hazira 79 3 2 11 Paguthan CCPP, Bhuruch 80 3 2 12 Sabarmati (Torrent) TPS, Ahmedabad 81 3 2 13 Vatva (Torrent) CCPP, Ahmedabad 82 3 2 14 Surat Lignite Power Plant, GIPCL 83 3 2 15 Vadodara CCPP, GIPCL 84 3 2 16 Jhanor CCPP (NTPC), Bhuruch 85 3 2 17 Kawas CCPP (NTPC), Surat 86 3 3 Contribution of TPPs in total energy consumption in Gujarat 87 3 4 Statistical Tests of Hypotheses 89 3 4 1 Variance in NHR across Fuel-type 92 3 4 2 Variance in NHR across Ownership categories 95 3 4 3 Variance in NHR across Age classes 97 3 4 4 Correlation of the categorical variables with operating NHR 101 3 4 5 Correlation between GHG Emissions Intensity and NHR of the TPPs 104 3 4 6 Significant difference in operating NHR and target NHR 106 3 5 Case Study of Sabarmati Thermal Power Plant /Torrent Power Ahmedabad 108 3 6 Compliance to the PAT Targets – Quantitative Analysis 113 4 Results and Discussions 119 4 1 Overall results and findings 119 4 2 Net Heat Rates of TPPs with respect to ownership, fuel-type and age categories 124 4 3 Operating NHR vis-à-vis Target NHR 126 5 Conclusions 129 6 References 133