Recent power cuts Vs CSE

ISURU wrote:How the power cuts will be affected to the CSE?
Your comments are welcome!

MarketResearch wrote:There would be a big demand for the power supply.
It would be a big demand for PAP and others.


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It would be badly affected to those firms?

themask wrote:

MarketResearch wrote:There would be a big demand for the power supply.
It would be a big demand for PAP and others.


OR

It would be badly affected to those firms?

Don't make such comments if you don't know the sector and the IPP agreements. Usually these renewable plants can supply whatever the amount of units they produce and CEB is bound to buy. Then again for plants like ACE Power(Thermal Plants), there is a minimum guaranteed amount of units that CEB has to buy per a year and the plant is expected to supply it.
So what you should understand here is, there would be no additional demand for PAP and other mini hydros because CEB is already buying what they can supply. But then again these are Mini Hydros, not some large battery banks or something where they can store energy and supply whenever they wish. Since these plants are run from water, if the water levels are low in the feeding streams then they are no longer capable of producing electricity since they don't have reservoirs to store water. The dry conditions will only reduce their revenue and not otherwise.
However thermal plants like ACE Power/AES will gain a little bit from this since they have to run continuously to cater the demand because sometimes CEB asks them to stop their plants when the demand is low. For example there are 14 Diesel engines in ACE Power Embilipitiya and sometimes CEB asks them to run only about 8 engines for shorter periods (Say 1am to 4am in the early hours). But these days they have to run in full capacity the whole day.

themask wrote:Sorry my bad. Just figured it was a bit harsh. Nothing personal mate.

MarketResearch wrote:

themask wrote:Sorry my bad. Just figured it was a bit harsh. Nothing personal mate.

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