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ENERGY MANAGEMENT
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WHY ENERGY MANAGEMENT ?
India is a Developing nation. Its per capita Energy Consumption is very low. To achieve
Economic Growth, we need to & have to use more & more energy to increase the pace of development.
We need to increase the manufacturing of good in Quality & Volume.
It is estimated that Industrial energy use in developing countries constitutes about 45-50 % of the total
commercial energy consumption. Much of this energy is converted from imported oil, the price of which
has increased tremendously so much so that most of developing countries spent more than 50 % of their
foreign exchange earnings. Not with standing these fiscal constraints, developing countries need to
expand its industrial base like us if it has to generate the resources to improve the quality of life of its
people. The expansion of industrial base does require additional energy inputs which becomes more &
more difficult in the present scenario.
Generation of power needs resources. Resources available on earth are of Diminishing Nature. It
is getting depleted very fast with time as use is increasing exponentially. There are some resources,
which are Renewable e.g. Solar Power, Wind Power and Geothermal Power. Technology is also being
developed to harness these Renewable Resources to generate Power. The capital investment requirement
is very high as compared to normally available resources. It can be quoted here that with the available
technology, we could hardly generate 5% of total power generation as on date .Hence, to restrict the use or
increase the life of diminishing type of resources.
Let us see the other aspect of life, whereas everybody can’t understand all technical reasons or
benefits of the whole world until he himself realizes some benefit for his action or efforts. In this
competitive world, cost competitiveness is very very essential for survival of every individual. To
establish any work / motive or task, energy in one or other form is an essential component.
Thus the need to conserve energy, particularly in industry and commerce is strongly felt as the
energy cost takes up substantial share in the overall cost structure of the operation.
HOW TO MANAGE ?
Energy management is not by chance / incident / accident. It is a Mission with a Target.
It can’t be done single handedly or by sitting on a table. It needs coordinated effort by team of
energy conscious people with a milestone to be established.
Very concerted efforts in a planned manner to established Energy Management. Strategy needs to
be established based on the Target of Energy Conservation.
Self Knowledge & Awareness Among The Masses:
For the successful Energy management & implementation, the knowledge of process & machine
for the leader is very important. On the first instance, there is always a resistance from the user. There
might be psychological mind blocks in the user’s mind. This needs to be made known & clarified. It is
further more important to make the owner of the process understand the cost benefit of the energy
conservation. Creating Awareness to the process owner can give most economic & low cost solutions to
save energy. We have realized about 5 % of energy saving just because of Awareness of the people.
Re-engineering and Technology Up gradations:
After utilizing the low cost or awareness concept, we need to do in depth study the process /
machine. We need to ascertain, the scope & extent of Energy Conservation in the area under
consideration. Evaluate the existing situation / employed technology interms of process requirements &
production capacity & capability. Sometimes, we do land into a situation of handicap with machine
capacity & capability for the sake of Energy Conservation. It must not be done.
Once it is established, that there is a potential of energy optimization. We need to start evaluation
& re-engineering of the process / equipment. It may be terms of layout, motor capacity, types of starters
employed, nature of loads etc.