INDUSTRIAL VISIT REPORT

SUBMITTED IN PARTIAL FULFILLMENT OF THE REQUIREMENT FOR THE

COMPLETION OF THE INDUSTRIAL VISIT TO MINDRA IN SECOND SEMESTER OF

MBA- POWER MANAGEMENT

Under the supervision of

Prof. Avishek Ghosal,

Department of Power Management
School of Business, Kandoli,
Dehradun

BY
SAURABH BARANGE (500074689)

Batch: 2019-2021
Semester: II

University of Petroleum & Energy Studies

Kandoli Campus Knowledge Acres, PO Kandoli
Dehradun (248007)

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 ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

It gives us a great sense of pleasure to present the report on the Industrial Visit to Mundra,

Undertaken during the Second semester. We owe a special debt of gratitude and like to thank

Prof. Avishek Ghosal, Professor, Department of Power Management, School of Business,

UPES, Kandoli Campus, Dehradun, for his constant guidance and great support with all the

help he has to provide us with theory and practical implication on our projects. His sincerity,

Thoroughness, and Perseverance has been a constant source of inspiration for us.

We would like to thank Dr. Mohammed Yaqoot and Dr. Anil Kumar for being the

backbone for the successful completion of the visit and for always providing guidance

whenever required.

Our sincere thanks to all the friends, teaching and non-teaching staff members of Power

Management Department for their cooperation and guidance.

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 DECLARATION

This is to certify that the report entitled “INDUSTRIAL VISIT to MUNDRA” by Mr.

SAURABH BARANGE, submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the course

in the second semester of MBA in Power Management in the University of Petroleum and

Energy Studies, Dehradun, during the academic year 2019-21, is a bonafide record of work

carried out under my guidance and supervision.

Date:

. Prof. Avishek Ghosal.,

Department of Power Management
School of Business, Kandoli Campus, Knowledge Acres,
Dehradun- 248 007

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TABLE OF CONTENT

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1 Day 1 ADANI PORT 5-8
2 Day 2 ADANI POWER PLANT 9-15
3 Day 3 CHARANKA SOLAR PARK 16-18
4 Conclusion 19

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Day -1 ADANI PORT

Adani Ports and Special Economic Zone Limited (APSEZ) is the largest commercial ports
operator in India accounting for nearly one-fourth of the cargo movement in the country. Its
presence across 10 domestic ports in six maritime states of Gujarat, Goa, Kerala, Andhra
Pradesh, Tamil Nadu and Odisha presents the most widespread national footprint with
deepened hinterland connectivity. The port facilities are equipped with the latest cargo-
handling infrastructure which is not only best-in-class, but also capable of handling the
largest vessels calling at Indian shores. Our ports are equipped to handle diverse cargos, from
dry cargo, liquid cargo, crude to containers.

Through its subsidiary Adani Logistics Ltd., APSEZ operates three logistics parks located at
Patli in Haryana, Kila-Raipur in Punjab and Kishangarh in Rajasthan. With the ability to
handle 500,000 twenty-foot equivalent units (TEUs) annually, the Adani logistics business is
growing at a rapid pace.

Over the years, APSEZ has evolved into a provider of integrated port infrastructure services,
of which the Mundra SEZ in Gujarat is a landmark validation. Spanning over 8,000 hectares,
the Mundra Economic Hub offers investment options as the largest multi-product SEZ, Free
Trade and Warehousing Zone (FTWZ) and Domestic Industrial Zone.

The Company’s integrated services across three verticals, i.e. Ports, Logistics and SEZ, has
enabled it to forge alliances with leading Indian businesses making APSEZ an undisputed
leader in the Indian port sector.

Along with its expertise in providing end-to-end logistics solutions, operational excellence,
low-cost operations and synergies through acquisitions, the Company is backed by a young
and dynamic workforce that propels it to greater heights

With deep draft berths and multipurpose terminals, the port efficiently handles the largest
bulk carriers in the world. The port has covered and open storage areas with enormous
capacity. Excellent cargo evacuation and receiving infrastructure support smooth cargo
movement in and out of the port. expertise in successfully handling over-sized and
overweight Project cargo

Export at handling diversified cargo like Fertilizer, Agri, Mines & Minerals, Steel & Project
Cargo

Feature of the port:-

 Round the year, all weather port with no LOA restrictions.

 Single window service by APSEZ, Mundra for all activities related to berthing,
stevedoring, back-up handling to dispatch

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  State-of-the-art commodity specific facility which enables consolidation of cargo,
helping traders benefit from spot future arbitrage.

 High-heaping equipment’s for heaping the cargo in open plots.

 Complete covering of cargo during monsoons

 Berths capable of handling post-panamax and capsize vessels

 State-of-the-art technology Goliath cranes attached with vacuum lifters to get scratch
free handling of quality sensitive cargo of steel pipes.

 Best-in-class infrastructure for coastal movement. Mundra port is known for its
customer centric approach by providing higher productivity, innovation logistics
solutions, faster turnaround of vessels and faster evacuation of containers from the
port through double stacked trains.

 Natural gateway to cargo clusters in North & Northwest India offering undisputable
logistics cost advantage to exporters & importers

 Flagship port with efficient multi-modal transport connectivity for seamless

movement of cargo

 Four container terminals with a combined capacity of 7.5 million TEUs

 State-of-the-art port that can accommodate leviathans of sea

 More than 35 services operating from Mundra offering global coverage of trade lanes

 EDI facility for logging service requests, vessel & container status updates & billing

 Two single point mooring capacity to evacuate imported crude oil.

 Capable to handle Very Large Crude Carriers (VLCC) and Ultra Large Crude
Carriers.

 Transportation to refineries in North India through cross country pipeline network.

The port’s multiple births equipped with different types and sizes of pipelines from jetty to
tank farm, ensure safe and efficient handling of liquid products in big parcels. The tank farm
at the port is capable of storing multiple types of liquid cargo including veg oil, chemicals
and petroleum, oil & lubricants (POL) products. The infrastructure at the Liquid terminal
ensures best in class storage, safe and contamination free handling of cargo for the customer.

 Tank farm has a combination of SS tanks, CS tanks & MS tanks enabling storage of a
wide range of chemicals and petrochemicals.

 Dedicated Tanks with Heating and heat tracing facilities.

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  Handles diverse and range of Vegetable Oil Products ( Edible and Non-Edible Oil
Grades )

 More than 4,60,000 Litters of Tank Storage.

 The tanks in the enclosure for POL cargo have insulation facility and a floating roof
capable of storing any class of Petroleum products.

 Mundra port is the only port terminal which handles Bulk Bitumen on the North-West
coast of India

 Diversified operational experience of handling vessels of different categories (LNG,

Crude, RO-RO, Bulk Cargo etc.) and sizes (VLCC, Panamax, Suezmax etc.) at
various ports in India

 Capable of carrying Fifi and Oil Spill Combat operations.

 State-of-the-art manoeuvrability in lieu of Azimuth Stern Drive 360 degrees steerable

propellers

 Able to perform Navigational Buoy Maintenance

 Diving Support Vessel with full-fledged surface supplied air diving spread

 Competent enough to perform salvage operations

 Handling the largest volume of cargo and ships in the country under a single
company.

Mundra port established Automobile Roll On – Roll Off (RO RO) Terminal in the year 2009
and since then has been serving as a gateway port for Automobile companies situated in
Delhi NCR, Rajasthan and Gujarat region. Mundra port handles exports of Cars, Buses, and
Trucks. The port operations team is mindful of the specificities involved in Automobile
exports has highly skilled personnel and systems in place for the same. Mundra port has a
highly innovative floating pontoon and link span which is also one-of-its-kind in India for
round-the-clock RO-RO operation without any tidal restriction. The port also has a buffer
yard along with a washing facility for parking and washing of vehicles.

 Natural gateway to cargo clusters in North & Northwest India offering undisputable
logistics cost advantage to exporters & importers

 Flagship port with efficient multi-modal transport connectivity for seamless

movement of cargo

 Four container terminals with a combined capacity of 7.5 million TEUs

 State-of-the-art port that can accommodate leviathans of sea

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  More than 35 services operating from Mundra offering global coverage of trade lanes

 EDI facility for logging service requests, vessel & container status updates & billing

Adani Mundra Port is the largest private port of India located on the north shores of the Gulf
of Kutch near Mundra, Kutch district, Gujarat. Formerly it was operated by Mundra Port and
Special Economic Zone Limited (MPSEZ) owned by Adani Group which later it was
expanded into Adani Ports & SEZ Limited (APSEZ) managing several ports. The multi-
purpose terminals contain nine berths of a total 1.8 thousand meters long with alongside
depths ranging from 9 to 16.5 meters. Berth 1 is 275 meters long with alongside depth of 15.5
meters and can accommodate vessels to 75 thousand DWT. Berth 2 is 180 meters long with
alongside depth of 13 meters and can accommodate vessels to 30 thousand DWT.
Accommodating vessels to 60 thousand DWT, Berths 3 and 4 are each 225 meters long;
Berth 3 has alongside depth of 14 meters, and Berth 4 has alongside depth of 12 meters.
Berths 5 and 6 are each 250 meters long with alongside depth of 14 meters, and both can
accommodate vessels to 150 thousand DWT. Berths 7 and 8 are each 175 meters long with
alongside depth of 12 meters and can accommodate vessels to 40 thousand DWT. The Barge
Berth is 80 meters long with alongside depth of 6 meters and capacity for vessels of 2500
DWT. The Mundra Port offers 21 closed dockside warehouses with capacity for 137
thousand square meters to store wheat, sugar, rice, fertilizer and fertilizer raw materials, and
deoiled cakes. The port offers 880 thousand square meters of open storage for steel sheets,
coils, plate, clinker, scrap, salt, coke, bentonite, and coal. An additional 26 thousand square
meters of open storage is available alongside the railway. The port also offers a wheat-
cleaning facility with capacity to handle 1200 metric tons per day and a rice-sorting and –
grading facility that can handle 500 metric tons per day.

West Port of Adani:- The Coal Port. The coal arrives here is from 4 different countries
Australia, South Africa, Indonesia & China. The port was having India’s biggest Crain with
Capacity of loading coal up to 200000 tons in a single turn. West Basin, the world’s largest
coal import terminal, is an ultra-modern fully mechanised infrastructure with unparalleled
capabilities in coal handling. We handle all types and grades of coal including steam coal,
coking coal imported into the country or moved from domestic sources.

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Day-2 ADANI THERMAL POWER PLANT

ADANI POWER PLANT is located in Kutch district of Gujarat state. It covers 734 Acres of
land alongside auxiliaries like cooling towers, a 47-mld [million litres a day] desalination
plant and the flue gas desulfurization [FGD] plant.” India’s Central Electricity Authority
allows for 0.5 acre per megawatt, which for the Mundra TPP could have meant 2,310 acres—
over three times its actual area. Total plant capacity of the power plant is 4620MW of having
total 9 numbers of unit. Among 9 units 4 units are of 330MW (4x330MW=1320MW) and 5
units of 660MW (5x660MW=3300MW). The 5 units of 660MW are super critical power
technology. DM water is for process is purchased at ₹1 / unit from nearest facility.

The Phase III of the Mundra Project, which is based on supercritical technology, has received
‘Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) Project’ certification from United Nations
Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). This is the world’s first thermal
project based on supercritical technology to get registered as CDM Project under UNFCCC.

Mundra power plant is incurring operational losses currently due to increase in imported coal
prices. Moreover, the existing PPA does not allow increased fuel prices to be accommodated
as compensatory tariff increase. Hence, it was decided to demerge Mundra plant so that APL
can focus on investment and power generation separately. During the reporting year, name of
Adani Power (Karnataka) Limited was changed to Adani Power (Mundra) Limited. The
assets and liabilities pertaining to Mundra plant of Adani Power Limited was demerged with
APMuL

Coal Handling Plant:- Coal for Adani power plant is primarily (70%) imported from
Indonesia. The imported coal landed at Adani Coal Port, Mundra which is connected with
Adani power plant with 9.5 KM of conveyor belt running at 7.5m/sec. It consumes about
5500 MT of coal per day and yearly consumption is of about 17 million MT per year. It has
also and supply agreement with Coal India Ltd. Of 6.405 MTPA on subsidiaries basis.

Plant Boiler and Associated system:- Adani power have 5 super critical boilers of 660 MW
each. It is India’s first power plant to commission super critical power plant. These
supercritical boilers are of once-through type unlike subcritical boilers, where water and
steam remain in saturated condition in the boiler drum and water is recirculated for
generation of steam.

Plant Turbine and Associated system:- The 600-MW supercritical turbine has three turbines,
including a combined high-pressure and intermediate pressure section, and is configured as
tandem compound with four-flow exhaust to the condenser. Main steam pressure is 24.2MPa,
main steam temperature and Reheat temperature is 5660C.

Plant generator:- The 330MW generator Synchronous generator is moved with the help of
prime movere that is turbine , and thus help to generate electricity .The Excitation system
helps to generate magnetism I the generator in order to create magnetic flux. This electricity
generated is evacuated out through bus bar via Generating Transformer.

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Process for power evacuation:- To help the state and regional utilities evacuate electricity
from the plant and into the grid, Adani Power had constructed two power lines. The 433 km,
400 KV transmission line to transmit 1000 MW from Mundra to Dehegam in Gujarat and the
989 km, 500 KV high Voltage Direct current (HVDC) dipole line with the capacity to
transmit 2500 MW from Mundra to Mohindergarh in the northern state of Haryana. The latter
is the first and longest HVDC system by a private player in India.

Water Flow System and Steam Generation:- Mundra is India’s largest TPP to function off a
sea-water based closed- cycle induced draft circulating cooling water system. The system
draws on sea water that is recycled up to 4 times, conserving water & requiring a smaller
discharge pipeline into the sea than an open- circuit cooling system. Though seawater is used
for the cooling system, other Auxiliary systems use sea water purified by a reverse osmosis
plant that can produce 47 Million litres of fresh water every day.

Boilers require Demineralized water that is produced in Demineralization plants. Each 660
MW Boiler can convert more than 2000 MT of water per hour into Steam that is 250 times
the atmospheric pressure & at a high of 566 Deg. C steam is send to the turbine through high
pressure pipes, after which it is collected & indirectly cooled in a condenser with sea water &
recycled back to the boiler.

The Requirement of RO Water for the plant has been estimated as 1500 M3/hr. Sea water
from Gulf of Kutch has been chosen as the reliable source for the CTP complex which is
adjacent to the selected CTP site. Around 5000 M3/h Sea water would be fed to Desalination
Unit and around 3500 M3/h RO rejects would be discharged to Sea through Outfall
channel/pipe. This RO water would be utilized to meet the DM water and Plant/Utility water
requirement of CTP Complex. The water system, after RO system, is highly integrated and is
designed for Zero Liquid Discharge (ZLD). Since the proposed CTP Complex is very close to
Sea, once through Sea Water for Cooling Sweet Water in closed Circulation through Plate
type Heat Exchangers has been proposed for this project. Around 85,000 M3/h Sea water
(based on 7 o C ∆T) would be required in once through cooling process and almost same
amount would be discharged to Sea through pipeline. The pipeline specification details would
be covered during the modelling study. There would be sea water intake point and sea water
out fall as well. Delta T (∆T) of the discharged water (from Cooling Exchanger to sea) would
be maintained as per the GSPCB/CPCB/MoEF Guidelines.

Fuel and Disposal system:- The coal is converted to Raw Syngas in the Gasification Section.
The Raw Syngas produced out of the Gasifier would be cleaned to produce pure Syngas. The
treated syngas is used in Methanation to produce SNG, in Methanol Reactor to produce
Methanol and in FT reactor to produce FT Fuels.

The CTP Project produces 4 MMSCMD SNG, 5000 TPD Methanol and 4000 BPD FT Fuels
based on the Coal Gasification route. CTP project comprises of various units such as Coal
Handling and Preparation, Gasification Unit, Gas Purification, Methanation Unit, FT
Synthesis/Product Upgrading, Methanol Synthesis Unit, Air Separation Unit (ASU). In
addition to this a Steam Turbine of 320 MW has been proposed to generate power from
internal process steam which would partially cater the power requirement of the CTP project.
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Balance power requirement @280 MW would be sourced from Grid/MPSEZ Utilities Pvt.
Ltd (Discom).

FT Fuels: Among the petroleum products, Diesel consumption has been growing steadily in
India. There is a strong Diesel demand in road transportation (both commercial and passenger
vehicles) which is expected to show a robust growth of 7-8% p.a. and is expected to reach 96
MTPA in 2020.

Naphtha: Naphtha is a key refinery product and is used in petrochemicals as a feed to Cracker
units, also as a Fuel grade source in Fertilizer & power plants.

Waste Management:- Coarse ash is removed from the bottom of the gasifier, cooled, and
discharged through a lock hopper system. Ash is conveyed by water cooled screw conveyors
for further cooling and discharged to an ash storage silo in dry state. Ash from the silo is
mixed with water in a pug mill before loading on a truck for disposal.

There will not be any significant gaseous emissions from the Gasification Island during
normal operation. Overall, the plant design minimizes the emissions by process integration
and waste heat management. The Industrial Wastes that could be generated from CTP
Complex are Ash, Process Waste Water and Acid Gases. ASL adopts ZLD system for
Process Waste Water. Besides, the gaseous emissions would be suitably treated with latest
environment technologies before discharging in to the atmosphere.

The main solid waste from the Plant is the Ash from the Gasification Island. The total amount
of Ash generated from the Gasification Island is about 2300 TPD. The Gasification Island
Ash is non-hazardous and easily passes the regulatory limits for metals and organics and
standard waste characteristic tests for toxicity, reactivity, ignitibility, and corrosiveness.
Utilization of Gasifier Ash in the area of Road/Embankment Making, Structural Filling, and
Land Development etc. would be explored. The site philosophy is to minimize the import of
RO water by maximizing the re-use of wastewater within the CTP facility. Zero Liquid
Discharge (ZLD) systems would be adopted for CTP Complex with Bio-Effluent Treatment
Plant and Recycling.

Adani power established and commissioned an Ash bagging unit to achieve 100% Fly Ash
utilization. For ensuring 100% utilization of Fly Ash, we have established a fine Ash bagging
unit at Mundra for bagging and disposal of fly ash generated due to our process. Each
machine has an operational capacity of 18 TPH and the unit operates three such machines
giving it a total capacity of 54 TPH.

The generated sewage waste water would be treated in Sewage Treatment Plant and the
treated water would be utilized for Horticulture purposes. The CTP facility would be well
equipped to deal with air pollutant regulations. Under the reducing environment inside the
gasifier majority of the Sulphur and Nitrogen in the coal is converted into H2S and NH3,
which are absorbed in the Gas Clean-Up Section. So, the quantity of Sox & NOx in the flue
gas from the CTP Complex would be very less. Moreover, these emissions would be reduced
with the latest environmental technologies and are well within the permissive levels of

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emission, as stipulated by Central/State Pollution Control Boards, Ministry of Environment &
forest (MOE&F) & World Bank Standards, before discharge into the atmosphere.

Difference between Subcritical and Supercritical Boiler:-

The key differences between the subcritical boiler units and the Supercritical boiler units are:

Boiler Efficiency:- The main advantage and the reason for a higher-pressure operation is the
increase in the thermodynamic efficiency of the Rankine cycle. Large Subcritical thermal
power plants with 170 bar and 540 / 540 ° C (SH / RH) operate at an efficiency of 38 %.
Supercritical boiler units operating at 250 bar and 600/615 ° C can have efficiencies in the
range of 42 %. Ultra-supercritical boiler units at 300 bar and 615 / 630 °C will still increase
the efficiency up to 44 %. Increase in efficiency directly lead to reductions in unit cost of
power and CO2 emissions.

Operational Flexibility:- Most of the Supercritical boiler units use the once through
technology. This is ideal for sliding pressure operation which has much more flexibility in
load changes and controlling the power grid. However, this also requires more sensitive and
quick responding control systems.

Evaporation End Point:- In subcritical boiler units the drum acts as a fixed evaporation end
point. The furnace water walls act as the evaporator. Not so in the case of a supercritical unit.
The evaporation end point can occur in various levels of the furnace depending on the boiler
load. The percentage of Superheat in supercritical boiler units is higher than subcritical boiler
units. Because of this the furnace tubes act more as superheaters than water walls. This
necessitates the use of higher grade of materials like alloy steels in the furnace.

Heat transfer Area:- Higher steam temperatures in supercritical boiler units results in a lesser
differential temperature for heat transfer. Because of this heat transfer areas required are
higher than subcritical boiler units. Higher Superheat steam temperatures entering the HP
turbine also mean higher reheater inlet temperatures which again results in a higher heat
transfer area.

Water chemistry:- In supercritical boiler units the water entering the boiler has to be of
extremely high levels of purity. Supercritical boilers do not have a steam drum that separates
the steam and the water. If the entering water quality is not good, carryover of impurities can
result in turbine blade deposits.

Materials:- Supercritical power plants use special high-grade materials for the boiler tubes.
The turbine blades are also of improved design and materials. In fact, the very increase in
higher pressure and temperature designs are dependence on the development of newer and
newer alloys and tube materials. The aim of the industry is to achieve power plant
efficiencies in the range of 50 %.

Difference between Indian and Imported coal

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Quality of India Coal:- India has 70 bt reserve of coal; amounting to almost 7 % of the global
reserves. Significantly, 86.4 % reserve in Indian coal lies within easily exploitable depth of
600m. The Indian coal is of mostly sub-bituminous rank, followed by bituminous and lignite
(brown coal). Unlike coals of Australia and America, Indian coal have a rather high
percentage of ash, ranging between 20-40 percent and sulphur content is less than 0.6
percent.

Coal India Limited (CIL’s) sale prices are at a discount to global prices, except for high grade
coal, partly due to low calorific value and partly on account of the government directive to
keep power tariffs low. While, until recently, the majority of CIL’s coal sales were sold at a
price around 50 per cent lower than global prices (on an energy adjusted basis), the fall in
international coal prices has narrowed the discount, which nevertheless remains comfortable
for low-grade coal. However, the low quality of Indian coal and its high ash content, and the
cost of transportation across the country, make some grades of imported coal a more
economic option for customers, particularly those located far away from the mines but close
to coastal ports.

Imported Coal:- Imported coal is of better quality than domestic supplies: it has a lower ash
content, generally not exceeding 15 per cent, as compared to up to 50 per cent for indigenous
coal. Similarly, imported steam coal generally has a higher energy content, with a gross
calorific value (GCV) ranging from 4,900 to 6,500 kcal/kg compared to 3,400 to 5,200
kcal/kg for most indigenous coal. Indonesia mainly exports low-rank coal, the bulk of which
has a calorific value in the 3,600–4,200 gross-as received (GAR) range, whereas typical
Australian or South African coals have a 5,800 (GAR) calorific value or higher. Using higher
calorific value coal means that less coal is needed to produce the same amount of electricity
or industrial output, and therefore less pollutants and CO2 are emitted. Lower rank coal,
mainly from Indonesia, is sold at a discount to higher grades. Indonesian coal is used for
blending with domestic coal to help reduce ash content or as a direct replacement for Indian
domestic coals

With the global coal market remaining oversupplied, coal prices decreased significantly
during FY2015. Prices of low-rank Indonesian coal fell 13 per cent while higher grade South
African and Australian coal fell 13 and 18 per cent respectively. Higher-grade coal therefore
became more competitive than Indonesian low-rank coal. As such, power generators shifted
to higher calorific value coal to compensate for the shortfall of domestic coal. Imports of
bituminous coal (above 5,831 kcal/kg in Indian trade classification) jumped from 5 Mt in
FY2014 to 18.7 Mt in FY2015. Indonesia’s share of the Indian market fell to 70 per cent in
FY2015 while imports from South Africa increased by 54 per cent and imports from
Australia doubled. Furthermore, the stabilization of the rupee in 2014 meant that Indian
buyers were in a stronger position to exploit falling international coal prices, which had
reached their lowest level in four years.

Human Resource in Adani Power Plant:- HR in Adani power Mundra adopts the global best
practices and continually take initiatives to improve our policies, employees’ communication

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and engagement, talent management, training and development, employees’ well-being and
grievance management and health and safety.

HR policies: HR policies cover a wide gamut of areas related to human resources

management. There are 28 employee centric policies made available for our people on our
internal web portal. Further, HR have HR policies of the Group, which are uniform across the
business verticals. This uniformity gives the flexibility to internally transfer the workforce
and quickly meet the requirements from within the organisation. They have a structured
process in place to take feedback from all employees. During the year, 22 policies were
reviewed and modified based on the feedback received from the employees. Any change in
policy is communicated to all employees through various communication channels. During
the year, they specifically brought some changes to increase the benefits for junior and
middle management cadres.

Learning and Development (L&D):- The L&D requirements of employees are identified
through a structured framework. For this purpose, as part of the performance management
process, all employees engage in Training Need Identification (TNI), with assistance from
their reporting managers. The identified training needs are classified into two categories, i.e.
technical and behavioural. Technical trainings are imparted by internal and external resources
organised by Adani Power Training and Research Institute (APTRI). APTRI also provides
training to other external clients from Indian and foreign utilities for capacity building
programmes in the infrastructure and energy sector. Behavioural trainings are organised by a
dedicated team. All TNIs for behavioural areas are classified and aligned with 15 thematic
areas and specific training programmes are developed for each thematic area. The main
objective of behavioural training interventions is to create a culture of learning in the
organisation, which is anchored around the Group’s Vision, Values and Culture. A Centre of
Excellence (CoE) for L&D and Talent Management has been established at the corporate
office to provide greater impetus to this function.

Employee Welfare The welfare of employees is of the highest priority in our organisation,
extending to their families. This helps to improve the quality of life of our employees.
Remuneration and benefits are routinely revised to retain and attract talent. Employee
benefits include medical and healthcare support, interest-free loan, interest subsidy on
housing loan and scholarship to the children of our employees for higher education. Medical
benefits are also extended to the family and parents of the employees. Housing in the
Company’s township and transport are also provided to the employees at all remote locations.

Employee Wellness Adani power encourage employees to lead a healthy life. They offer a
range of facilities designed to improve the quality of life of our employees. Apart from
providing world-class facilities such as gymnasium and indoor and outdoor sports clubs at
our operating locations, they have also initiated multiple programmes such as parenting
sessions for employees and their spouses, and sessions for employees’ children on career and
character building.

Occupational Health and Safety (OH&S) Some activities of business also involve health and
safety hazards at the project and O&M stages. Therefore, prioritise the health and safety of
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their employees. They have developed health and safety policies that are approved by
Chairman and accord strict adherence to these policies. It has an established OH&S function
at all sites that facilitates effective implementation of all policies and protocols. They have
also implemented OHSAS 18001 as part of integrated management system. Communication
for safety starts before new employees join the organisation and before the on boarding of
any contract agency. To continuously improve health and safety system, on-site training and
regular awareness and refresher sessions are conducted for both permanent and contractual
employees.

Safety Awards and Recognition To motivate all employees and inculcate a culture of positive
competition between our operating locations, they have institutionalised an internal safety
reward and recognition scheme. They appreciate the safety stars and departments for their
outstanding performance, which has contributed significantly in achieving operational
excellence. Their inter-plant safety award is based on a structured framework of 15 lead and
lag indicators

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Day – 3 CHARANKA SOLAR PARK

Solar power generation capacity at Charanka Solar Park in Patan district, the first such
project in the country, is soon expected to touch 790 MW. The generation capacity is at about
600 MW at present. The Charanka Solar Park was inaugurated in 2012 by then Chief
Minister Narendra Modi. It was home to about 250 MW capacity at the time, which has gone
up by nearly 2.5 times since then. "Installed capacity of 600 MW solar power has been
commissioned by 31 developers in the Solar Park. GACL (Gujarat Alkalis and Chemicals
Limited) is setting up 30 MW Solar PV plant, and GSFC (Gujarat State Fertilizers and
Chemicals) is in the process of setting up 10 MW project. Looking at the availability of land
in the Park, it can go for further capacity addition of 150 MW. Thus, total capacity of Gujarat
Solar Park will be about 790 MW.”

Land 2000 hectares (4,942 acres) acquired by the Government of Gujarat

Bid Variable Developers selected on basis of technical- commercial criteria

Power Off-taker Gujarat Urja Vikas Nigam Limited (GUVNL)

Project Financing Multilateral: ADB has provided a concessional loan of USD 100 Million
for transmission and evacuation Infrastructure (Around: 44% of project cost) Government:
Rest of the financing for the solar park infrastructure for provided by the Gujarat Government
(56%)

Stakeholders

 The GPCL: It is the nodal agency for implementing the solar projects within the solar
park.

 The GEDA: The agency will process applications put forth by developers in order to
develop projects inside the park.

 Project developers: Entities which are interested in developing solar power projects in
the solar park.

 The GETCO: The agency has the primary role of arranging the evacuation of power
from the solar park.

 The GUVNL: The agency’s main role is to guarantee the off-take of t solar power at
the tariff determined by the GERC. Applications from new projects under the
Jawaharlal Nehru National Solar Mission are also being accepted.

Contract period: The PPA is valid for period of 25 years and the lease to developers is valid
for 30 years.

PPP Model: The BOO model

Key Features of the solar park:

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  First of its kind in the world

 Fastest Implementation

 Multi Developer, Multi Facility, Multi Technology and Multi Beneficiary Solar Park

 Integrated hub of Solar power generation

 Unique Integration of Environment benefit, Infrastructure development and Social up

gradation

 Benchmark project for other states.

 Hybridization of Wind and Solar

 Up gradation in the standard of living in the rural area

 Utilization of waste lands

 Local employment

Infrastructure provided in the solar park:

 Roads

 Raw Water Pipeline

 Rehabilitation of existing reservoir

 Water Treatment Plant

 Water Distribution Network

 Water Tank (GLSR/OHT)

 Sewage Treatment Plant

 400/220/66KV&66KVAuxiliarySS

 Auxiliary Power Distribution Network

 Telecom Network

 Fencing(Boundary)

 Compound wall  Entrance

 Security Towers

 Training Institute
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  Common facilities

 Helipad

 Greenbelt / buffer

 Water to meet the irrigation demand

 Landscaping

 Internal (plot) fencing

 Land levelling/Grading

 Fire Station

Power Procurers:- Solar project have signed PPAs with the Gujarat Urja Vikas Nigam
Limited (GUVNL) at a levelized tariff of 12.54 INR perkWh for the entire useful life.
However, only one project with a capacity of 5 MW commissioned after 28 January 2012 is
currently availing the levelised tariff of 10.37 INR per kWh, as mandated by the GERC, for
its entire useful life. New projects as well as projects coming up under central policies are
eligible for the respective feed-in tariff.
The list of IPPs operating in the Charanka Solar Park along with their capacities is:
Developer Capacity
AES Solar Energy Gujarat Pvt. Ltd. 15
Alex Asatral Power Pvt. Ltd. 25
Avatar 5
Emami Cement Ltd. 10
GMR Gujarat Solar Power Pvt. Ltd. 25
GPCL 5
GPPC Pipavav Power Company Ltd. 5
Kiran Energy Solar Power Pvt. Ltd.(Solar Field) 20
Lanco Solar Pvt. Ltd. 15
NKG Infrastructure Ltd. 10
Palace Solar Energy Pvt. Ltd. 15
Roha Dyechem Pvt. Ltd. 25
Sun Clean Renewable Power Pvt. Ltd. 6
Sun Edison Energy India Pvt. Ltd. 25
Surana Telecom & Power Ltd. 5
Yantra 5 ZF Steering Gear (India) Ltd. 5
EIT 1 Universal Solar 1

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CONCLUSION:-

During the industrial visits, a lot of experience, knowledge, and exposure that I have earned.
All disclosures were awakened me in a boost of self-confidence to face life more challenging
now. Practical is a complement to the science or theory learned. This is the concept of science
and charity, where they have learned without practice will be lost and will not give anything -
what effect. So if we do without the knowledge, of course, there will be problems in terms of
grip and stance ever-changing. During my industrial visit, there are many changes from the
point of learning environments and discussion among colleagues. It can directly increase the
dedication and rational attitude toward myself. Therefore I conclude that the industrial
training program has provided many benefits to me even if there are minor flaws that are
somewhat disfiguring conditions so that this can be rectified in the future.
I can conclude that this Industrial visit has received a lot of exposure. I would like to thank
the Department of Power Management, University of Petroleum and Energy Studies for
giving such an opportunity to find our own experience by having Industrial Training like this.

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