The three-day 4th Energy Expo 2009 international exhibition will commence in Ahmedabad on Friday, while India Energy Conclave 2009 began on Thursday under the chairmanship of Sudhir Trehan, Managing Director, Crompton Greaves Ltd.

The Expo will focus on key issues in the energy sector, including power, coal, gas, renewable energy, non-renewable energy, clean and green energy, power transmission and distribution equipments and financing options.

The event will also see the release of the CII–A T Kearney report on ‘Sustaining Growth – Future of Indian Power Sector’. The event is supported by the Ministry of Power, Government of India. The report presents an insight into the changing outlook of the power sector from generators perspective and highlights the success factors for the future.

“The power demand in the base case is expected to grow at a steady rate of 7.5 to 8 per cent till 2017. Further, the low ‘power penetration’ levels indicate large latent/unmet demand. The power markets will have to achieve consistent high growth rates to bring our per capita consumption to comparable levels of some of the other countries,” says the yet to be released report.

The report also presents emerging perspectives across all major fuel types such as thermal (coal & gas), hydro, nuclear and renewable. It also highlights the change in market dynamics in terms of demand-supply, regulations and operational challenges.

The expo is sponsored by the leaders in the energy sector, including WinWinD, Suzlon, ACME, Aggreko, Quippo Rental Energy, Forbes Marshall Enercon India and Adani Power.