HBRP Publication Page 1-6 2020. All Rights Reserved Page 1 Recent Trends in Automation and Automobile Engineering Volume 3 Issue 3 Cost Analysis of SHP Potential in Maharashtra-A Review Charlie Fulzele* Assistant Professor, RGCER, Nagpur * Corresponding Author E-mail Id:-charliefulzele@gmail.com ABSTRACT North East States in India are rich with the Small Hydro Potential; even then the Maharashtra State has ample potential for the Renewable Energy including SHP (Small Hydro Power). Renewable Energy includes the solar, wind, biomass etc. Fossil fuels are very limited and supposed to be end in future. Therefore there is a need of application of the renewable resources for the generation of power. Small Hydro is one of the options available under renewable resources. The detailed analysis of these potential sites was every time done by the affiliated agencies. Based on the data available for the Maharashtra State is considered for this paper and analysis is done. Keywords:-Small Hydro Power Plants (SHP), renewable resources, components. INTRODUCTION The conventional sources of energy which are finite and therefore we must utilize the renewable sources like small hydro and solar. One of such source is SHP besides Solar, Wind, Biomass, Geothermal and Fuel Cell etc. There is tremendous scope in developing small hydro plants by constructing power projects on rivers and canals or at small dams [1]. Based on the Installed Capacity, the SHP’s are decided. Table 1:-Maximum installed capacity for SHP in different regions of the world. S.No. Country/ Region Installed Capacity (MW) 1 India <25 2 China <25 3 Sri Lanka <10 4 Sweden <1.5 5 France <5 6 European Union <10 7 USA <30 8 Brazil <30 The Small Hydro in India is classified as bellow by Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE) and Central Electricity Authority (CEA) according to Power generation. Table 2:-Classification of SHP in India [5] Sr. No. Classification of Small Hydro Power (kW) 1 Micro Hydro Upto 100 kW 2 Mini Hydro 101-2000 kW 3 Small Hydro 2001-25000 kW Following Tables [1-3] shows region wise installed hydro capacity. Table 3:-Classification of SHP in India [5] REGION INSTALLE CAPACITY (MW) NORTHERN 18376.78 EASTERN 4378.12 WESTERN 7447.50 SOUTHERN 11689.03 NORTH EASTERN 1242