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Increasing penetration of renewable energy into the electricity grid is posing new challenges to ensure grid stability and reliability. The impact of volatile renewable generation and decentralisation of energy is driving the industry towards exploring options like IoT, robotics, Cloud computing and Artificial Intelligence.

As climate change continues to affect our planet, the frequency, and intensity of natural disasters, such as wildfires, have increased dramatically. One of the...

In India power utilities are under tremendous pressure to meet the growing demand for power as the country is on a firm footing on...

Due to the continuous increase of power handling capacity, increase in network voltages, continuous design improvements and operational requirements of switchgear. In this article, short circuit test duty requirements of 12kV circuit breaker are discussed. By Yugal Agrawal

Transmission  &  Distribution  line  equipment  are  stressed with a variety of transients, fluctuations and abnormalities. These abnormalities affect the dielectric strength of equipment. Dielectric...

The Deming Prize is an award that carries great prestige in the industry sector. It is considered as the last word in the world on ‘total quality management”. Of late, the Electrical Standard Products (ESP) business unit and the New Product Development (NPD) function of L&T Electrical & Automation (E&A) have been awarded with this prestigious prize. Dr. Hasit Joshipura, Member – Executive Committee, Larsen & Toubro and Senior Vice President & Head of L&T E&A and Mr. Girish Tiwari, Vice President & Head - Electrical Standard Products at L&T E&A talk to us about this achievement and give us an insight into the company’s roadmap - Subhajit Roy, Group Editor

India is determined to be the world’s greatest solar energy success story. This report outlines the country’s recent large-scale efforts towards achieving 100 GW solar capacity by 2022 highlighting the performances of a few companies. By Subhajit Roy, Group Editor

Solar investments can be put at risk by climatic factors, inappropriate component selection and poor handling and installation quality: Study - By Subhajit Roy, Group Editor

Although the mid-May is well known as the hottest season in Northern India and for the western and southern regions it is April to...

Every year, the coastal states of India, especially Odisha, incurs a huge monitory loss because of natural calamities like cyclone. These areas need proper power infrastructures that can withstand the effects of all natural disasters...

How we can expect the Indian switchgear industry to evolve in the future? Here’s an overall analysis of market status, growth drivers and future outlook. - By Subhajit Roy, Group Editor

The population, technology, and per capita energy consumption are all growing at an exponential rate, which is driving up energy demand. The load demand...

Escalating demand of solar application increased the use of Inverter-duty transformers especially of multi winding type. For design verification, short circuit withstand test is to be conducted on these transformers. This article describes the procedure of short circuit withstand test on multi winding Inverter-duty transformer as per national and international standards (IS, IEC, ANSI/IEEE, etc.) - Yugal Agrawal, K. Sharath Kumar

Artificial Intelligence is emerging as a money saving answer to climate change and to improve efficiency of the oil and gas sector.

Power electronics plays a vital role in smart grid implementation and its development. This article outlines the various applications of power electronics in smart grid. - Prof. Kalyani Kurundkar, Prof. (Dr) G.A. Vaidya

Work is manifestation of energy. Energy is a basic need for any activity. There is no change in the status of any object without...

Among several switching devices largely used in medium voltage distribution systems, which change the grid configuration, isolates faulty parts from the grid, etc. Load break switch is a remarkable one. For the reason to analyse the interrupting capabilities, load break switch rated up to 52kV has to undergo various test duties according to IEC 62271-103. This article focuses on the parameters involved in evaluation of its behaviour during make-break tests. - Yugal Agrawal, K.Sharath kumar

Transformers play a vital role to help in ensuring that the UK continues to enjoy safe and reliable electricity supplies. Thus, the country needs...

Renewable energy has started playing an increasingly important role for augmentation of grid power, providing energy access, reducing consumption of fossil fuels and helping...

The steep rise in module prices over the past 1.5 years has been due to a severe shortage in polysilicon, translating to a massive...