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As an integral part of the Smart Grid, smart transformers work independently to constantly regulate voltage and maintain contact with the smart grid in order to allow remote administration if needed and to provide information and feedback about the power supply and the transformers themselves.

Implementation of high voltage distribution system (HVDS) for agriculture consumers will result in reduction in losses, increase in energy saving and improve voltage profile.

Sterlite Power has received an order of US$ 47 million from GS S Korea for supply of High-Performance Conductor (ACCC).

Programs are simultaneously working on many fronts to ensure technical up-gradation of distribution network, to ensure stability of power supply to consumers.….

The investments under the Nigeria Electricity Transmission Project will increase the power transfer capacity of the transmission network and enable distribution companies supply consumers with additional power.

Sterlite Power Transmission Limited is one of the leading companies which is at the forefront of power transmission industry. Sterlite has four business units namely Solutions, Infrastructure, IndiGrid & Convergence. Government should mandate the planners must evaluate all possibilities to upgrade existing lines, before building any new lines. Besides, benefit span over increased power transfer, faster implementation vis-à-vis creating new parallel corridors conservation of scarce land, RoW and forest resources, etc. So, it is prudent to uprate or upgrade the existing corridor that can serve next 20 years, suggests Manish Agarwal, CEO – Solutions, Sterlite Power in an interaction with Electrical India…

The project will deliver an incremental 400kV feed to Goa and scale up the transmission network for power evacuation from generation projects pooled at Raigarh (Chattisgarh).

It is essential to ensure that the available renewable sources are utilized in the best possible manner. In order to maintain uninterrupted power supply, the authors propose that a pump hydro storage unit is used to manage the intermittencies associated with renewable energy sources…

IndiGrid has completed the acquisition of three assets - RAPP Transmission Company Limited, Purulia and Kharagpur Transmission Company Limited and Maheshwaram Transmission Limited (together ‘MRP’) from its Sponsor - Sterlite Power Grid Ventures Limited.

In global utilities, information technology plays a central role in best of class distribution utility as the platform for execution of business processes and the information base for decision making at operational and strategic levels. A huge investments will be required to attain global standards but given the financial position of utilities in India, this much investment is not feasible at one go. …

The replacement of overhead cables providing an electrical power with underground cables is undergrounding. This serves the significant purpose of avoiding power lines from outages due to high wind thunderstorms or heavy snowfall or ice storms…

As microgrids are becoming more common, the issues linked with micro-grids need to be addressed to effectively improve the quality of delivered power. This article discusses the architecture of micro- grids, control components and systems and integration strategies to achieve higher efficiency, resilience and sustainability…

WAGO is expanding its range of EPSITRON® ECO Power Supplies with special models that have an even greater price/performance ratio.

As the technology behind protection equipment has progressed, simple single-phase and transformer-based test devices are no longer up to the job. The transmission, transformer, motor or generator protection standards to be met in these systems tend to be numerical and three- or multi-phase in nature…

The smart grid is a self-healing network equipped with dynamic optimization techniques that use real-time measurements to minimize network losses, maintain voltage levels, increase reliability, and improve asset management...

With respect to installed capacity, Kerala stands at 16th position with approximately 1.66% of the total in the country. The per capita consumption of power in Kerala has been 549 units which is much lower than the National Average of 1010 units as observed during FY 2014-15…

He will be responsible for advising the Board and senior management on matters of talent, strategy and operations.

Adani Transmission has valued the business at a total consideration of 12,101 crore.

Emami is setting up advanced and energy-efficient cement plants to meet the future demand of cement coming out of steadily rising infrastructure spend in the country.

The 1800 km transmission project represented one-third of the total auction value, which had global majors such as State Grid of China, Engie and Elecnor in the fray.