In 1988 while working on the Optimized expansion of network and Master plan we worked on calculating how much it costs to bring one KW of power to a consumer. Swedish engineers also worked on it with me and the Figure was 2850 USD for one KW of power to be supplied to a consumer- that is the investment required  in generation/ transmission/ distribution etc

Currently this figure could be any where between 4000 to 4500 USD.Now no Renewable energy of any type is that costly not even Fission Energy if it ever comes.

On purely economic terms It is far cheaper to resort to distributed generation based on renewables / natural gas generators etc

It appears to be so.In any power installation 56-60 percent investment  Goes towards the Transmission and Distribution. Now Rural feeders are long so this figure could be upto 70%. Add the Tec...
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Yes they can. The bio mass plants are almost base load power plants except that properly designed they have a lower carbon print. Ringing the cities is often massive availability of the  bio m...
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Enginers not linked to telcos say it is simple to temper the meter with GSM communicaqtion Hang a coat over the Antenna! Now I am not talking of massive electromagnmetic devices exploded in...
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Experts say that any time you put data, which is sensitive in The air,  you are prone to hacking By that logic GSM is not a secure medium to handle Utility data. Reports that theft has increas...
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