Utilities

Forecast of River Flows To Evaluate Feasibility of Run-of-River Hydro Projects for SinoHydro

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Term: 

2017

Students: 

Aditya Pisupati, Tej Vohra, Naveen Badampudi, Bharadwaj Mundle, Anoop Thomas, Nishidh Biyani

University: 

ISB

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Description of Business Problem
Run-of-river (ROR) hydro projects harness the energy in flowing water to generate
electricity. There is total dependency on the flow rate measured in cusecs. As there is
an absence of a dam and reservoir, the power generation is susceptible to the effects of
daily and seasonal flow infrequencies. SinoHydro is a global Hydro Project construction
company, looking for construction projects in the next quarter. It is looking to bid for six

Forecasting fuel consumption at nation level for Valero

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Term: 

2017

Students: 

Dhruv Goel, Naireet Ghosh, Diwakar Sanduja, Prabhjot Kaur, Amey Rajput, Sri Ram

University: 

ISB

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Business Problem Description: To help Valero Energy Corporation (a fortune 500 company involved in manufacturing and marketing of fuel and petrochemical products/power) to effectively plan for production planning, strategic procurement, pricing contracts and financial hedging and investment strategies for 2016.

Predicting Daily Wind Power Forecast for Optimal Thermal Power Backup

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Term: 

2017

Students: 

Rahul Gupta, Souvik Sen, Srikanth Akkapeddi, Avinash Dhanuka, Mihir Kedia, Animesh Biyani

University: 

ISB

Presentation: 

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Business Problem
Wind power has recently started gaining an important role in the energy mix. Several utility
companies have switched to wind power to meet most of their demand. However, there is one
big problem associated with wind power - intermittency. As a result utility companies have to
maintain backup power which is generated using coal. This makes it expensive and dirty. In
order to maintain an optimal level of backup power, the utility companies must have accurate

Forecasting the power generation requirement for Duke Energy Corporation

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Term: 

2017

Students: 

Adhyan Anand, Uday Kumar Susarapu, Raveesh Vyas, Mugdha Dhavalikar, Shyam Chandra Gudla, Reuben John

University: 

ISB

Presentation: 

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This document outlines the procedure for forecasting the future power generation requirements from
various fuel sources. Our client is Duke Corporation, who has a current market share of 4.01% in U.S. It
uses three major sources of power generation-coal, nuclear and natural gas. Duke Corporation wants to
understand the future power generation requirements. Our business objective is to estimate capacity
requirements for Duke Corporation in the next year, by forecasting demand of power generation by

Predicting Project Failures for California Solar Initiative Projects

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Term: 

2010

Students: 

Hakan Ozalp, Peter Protopappas, Nitin Sawant, Prem Swaroop

University: 

UMD

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The California Solar Initiative (CSI) provides incentives to customers in territories administered by Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E), Southern California Edison (SCE), and San Diego Gas & Electric (SDG&E). These three utilities represent about 68 percent of California’s electric load. The CSI provides cash back for solar energy systems for existing homes, as well as existing and new commercial, industrial, government, non-profit, and agricultural properties – within the service territories of the three above-listed utilities.

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