TNPSC Geography Free Notes – Conventional Energy Sources

இந்தக் கட்டுரையில், TNPSC குரூப் 1, குரூப் 2, குரூப் 2A, குரூப் 4 மாநிலப் போட்டித் தேர்வுகளான TNUSRB, TRB, TET, TNEB போன்றவற்றுக்கான  முறைகள் இலவசக் குறிப்புகளைப் பெறுவீர்கள்.தேர்வுக்கு தயாராவோர் இங்குள்ள பாடக்குறிப்புகளை படித்து பயன்பெற வாழ்த்துகிறோம்.

Conventional Energy Sources

Thermal power
 National Thermal Power Corporation [NTPC] was established in 1975. At present
 NTPC has 13 Coal based super thermal power projects and 7 gas / liquid fuel based
combined cycle projects in the states.
 Neyveli, Mettur, Thoothukudi and Ennore (Chennai) are the important thermal power
stations in Tamil nadu

Nuclear power
 The energy released during nuclear fission or fusion is used to generate electricity.
 Nuclear energy is generated mainly from the minerals of Uranium and Thorium.
 Nuclear power programme in India was initiated in 1940’s when ‘Tata Atomic research
commission was incorporated in August 1948.

 The first nuclear power station was setup at Tarapur near Mumbai in 1969 with the
capacity of 320 mw.
 Later atomic reactors were installed at Rawatbhata (335 MW), near Kota in Rajasthan
(100 MW), Kalpakkam (440 MW) and Kudankulam (2,000 MW) in Tamil nadu and Narora
(235 MW) in Uttar Pradesh, Kaiga in (235 MW) in Karnataka and Kakarapara (235 MW)
in Gujarat.
Hydro power
 It contributes nearly 7% of global electricity production
 NHPCL imite d (National Hydroelectric Power Corporation) is located in Faridabad, India
 The first hydro-electric power station in India was established at “Darjeeling” in 1897.
Solar Energy
Solar Energy Corporation of India Limited is a Government of India Enterprise.Its head quarter is
located at New Delhi.
Wind Energy
 Tamil nadu has the largest installation of wind turbines in the country in the
Aralvoimozhi area near Kanniyakumari is the largest concentrations of wind farm
capacity at a single location in the world.
 The development of wind power in India began in 1986 with fi rst wind farms were set
up in coastal areas of Gujarat (Okha), Maharashtra (Ratnagiri) and Tamil nadu (Th
oothukudi) with 55 KW Vestas wind turbines
 The National Institute of Wind Energy (NIWE), Chennai was established in Tamil Nadu in
1998
Biomass Energy
India has a capacity of 18 GW of biomass energy production.

Tidal and wave Energy
 There are two main sources of ocean energy. They are Ocean tides and Ocean waves.
 The Gulf of Cambay is the best suited area for tidal energy. Th is is followed by Gulf of
Kachch (1,000MW) and sunderbans (100MW)

 An wave energy power plant of 150 KW(maximum) has been installed at vizhinjamnear
Thiruvananthapuram.

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