Resilience Tactics for Indian Thermal Power Plant Endurance Using AHP

Abstract

Introduction: India is in the era of Industry 4.0 in which we are focusing in Digitalization, Automation, Artificial Intelligence, Internet of Things, big data, e-commerce, innovation etc. Resilience tactics for Indian Thermal Power Plant (TPP) Endurance is must to be sustainable.Objectives: To ensure affordable & socially acceptable Power for all, one of the critical requirements is to operate Commissioned Power Plants at the best capacity & performance within optimum possible cost. The primary objective of this research is to analyse the Resilience Tactics for Indian Thermal Power Plant Endurance. To review strategies to overcome challenges of TPP.Methods: To explore Operational Strategies for major challenges, primary data has been collected with Subject Matter Experts (SME) & Analytical Hierarchy Process (AHP) has been used for statistical analysis.Results: Major operational challenges like Cost Optimization, Job Quality and Skill-Knowledge-Experience and their respective strategies like Contract Management, Knowledge Management and Innovation have been reviewed in depth.Conclusions: Contract Management is crucial strategy impacting on major challenges. Effective Contract Management shall be impactful for Cost Optimization, Job Quality and Skill-Experience-Knowledge related challenges.