AREVA India

In November 2008, AREVA opened AREVA India Private Limited, a new subsidiary based in Mumbai. On the first of that month, Arthur de Montalembert was appointed president of AREVA India. The new subsidiary will represent AREVA in India and develop the group’s nuclear business there.




employs 4,200 people, making it one of the largest French employers in the country,
the workforce is spread across 8 industrial sites in Bangalore, Chennai and Pondicherry as well as in Calcutta, Naini and Delhi,
22 regional sales offices,
All 4 business units of the AREVA's T&D division (Products, Systems, Automation and Services) are present in the country.

Transmission & Distribution

Transmission & distribution
market share in India

AREVA’s T&D division in India, a company listed on the Mumbai and Calcutta stock exchange, is 72% owned by AREVA. It makes a significant contribution (approximately 7.5% in 2007) to the global sales revenues of AREVA’s T&D division.
 

Very high voltage laboratory AREVA manufacturing plant in Bangalore

Nuclear businesses

On December 17, 2008, India concluded a foreign uranium supply contract with AREVA – India’s first since nuclear commerce resumed between it and the rest of the world in September 2008.

CEZUS, AREVA's subsidiary, is in discussions with NFC to gauge interest in opportunities for collaboration on the production and commercialisation of zirconium sponges.
 
CANBERRA, AREVA’s nuclear measurement subsidiary, estimates that the potential market for its systems and products in India is worth 20 to 40 million US dollars across all activities. In 2007, CANBERRA had sales of nearly 1 million US dollars, mainly from laboratories.
 
AREVA’s Logistics business unit has signed a supply contract to develop systems for storing spent fuel.
 
AREVA TA, an AREVA company, has established a sales office through its subsidiary 01dB to develop sales of its acoustic and vibratory systems in India.

Renewables business unit operations

Satyamaharshi biomass power plant

AREVA is involved in India’s renewable energy sector, supplying turnkey biomass and biogas power plants. In 2007, AREVA Bioenergies had sales of about 15 million euros in India.
 
There are significant prospects for the development of bioenergy in India. Although existing capacity stands at 1.4 GWe
(2007 figures), the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy estimates potential capacity at 20 GWe.
 
AREVA employs about 40 people at its centre of excellence in Chennai (formerly Madras). Several biomass power plants with capacities of 6 to 10 MWe are in operation or under construction.

Biomass power plants in operation:

SatyaMaharshi (7.3 MWe) at Guntur, in Andhra Pradesh
RUKMANI (10 MWe) at Kharsia, in Chhattisgarh
PRATHYUSHA (10 MWe) at Tirunelveli, in Tamil Nadu

Biomass power plants under construction:

KAMACHI (10 MWe) at Guntur, in Andhra Pradesh
HOTHUR STEELS (10 MWe) at Bellary, in Karnataka.

India is the world’s 6th largest consumer of energy. Its demands are growing rapidly. To support its economic growth, estimated at an average of 8% over the last 3 years, and to ensure access to electricity for all, the government is planning massive investments in the power generation sector over the next 5 years.

Key figures

* : Population living on less than USD 1 per day.
Source: World Development Indicators 2006

Electricity needs

India - Electricity production in 2006 : 744 TWh (source : "Energy balances", IEA, 2008)

Energy policy

The energy policy of the Indian government is aimed at generating abundant supplies of electricity at a low cost while taking account of supply security constraints and the risks associated with climate change. The key elements in the energy policy seek to:

Accelerate investments in conventional production methods, such as coal, hydraulic and nuclear,
Conserve and manage energy with a view to increasing productivity,
Optimize the use of the country’s existing capacity,
Develop and exploit renewable sources of energy to meet the electricity requirements of rural communities,
Intensify research and development activities with regard to new and renewable energy sources,
Train the personnel involved at different levels of the energy sector.

The electronuclear production and the existing Indian reactor fleet

India - Map of nuclear power plants in operation and under construction in 2007 (source : IAEA, PRIS data base, 2007; World Nuclear Association, 2008) 17 reactors in operation on 7 sites, 6 reactors under construction on 4 sites

Nuclear energy production reached 15.6 TWh at the end of 2007, representing 2.6% of the country’s total production (source: World nuclear association, 2008). By way of comparison with other countries in the Asia-Pacific zone at the same time, nuclear energy represented 39% of electricity capacity in South Korea, 30% in Japan and 2% in China.
 
All nuclear power plants are operated by Nuclear Power Corporation of India Limited (NPCIL), a state-owned company.
 
At the end of 2007, 17 reactors were in service on 6 sites. These include 15 CANDU reactors (3,800 MWe) and 2 BWR reactors (320 MWe) for a total gross capacity of 4,120 MWe. Six reactors were under construction on 4 sites, including 3 CANDU reactors (660 MWe, scheduled for 2008), 2 PWR reactors (VVER, 2,000 MWe, scheduled for 2008) and 1 rapid neutron reactor (500 MWe, scheduled for 2010), giving a total gross capacity of 3,160 MWe.

India’s transmission and distribution network