T&D

North East Transmission Company Limited (NETCL) has constructed & is operating the 662.8 Km, 400 kV Double Circuit inter-state transmission corridor through difficult hilly...

Simulation results The simulation was done for the IEEE 30 bus system. The system data is presented Table 1. The load variation was represented by a...

India is the world’s third largest power consumer country. Of late, it has been certified by several agencies. Many of its states have by...

The earthing system has an important role in safe operation of Transmission Lines. In the hilly terrain / terrain of high soil resistivity or...

For many reasons, electric utilities and power network companies have been forced to restructure their operations from vertically integrated mechanisms to open market systems....

The most important constraint of the power system i.e., supply-demand balance constraint can be met either by optimizing the generation side or the demand...

When a live wire is joined with a properly grounded, deep & wide enough metal piece, the brunt of the high voltage directly reaches...

The economic growth of the country has led to an increase in power demand but it is affected by limited energy resources, which have...

Islanding is an electrical system phenomenon in which distributed generators, say Diesel Generators (DGs), continue to power a site or location in the absence...

Several initiatives have been taken by the Government of India (GoI) to increase the renewable energy generation, which will not only be useful to reduce the emission of greenhouse gases, but also result in some increase in per capita energy demand…

Right understanding of the classification of voltages is very important for everyone working in the field of electricity. This article aims to put a clear picture on that...

Sony CSL has made its independently developed Autonomous Power Interchange System (APIS) software open source: to help tackle climate change, an issue that impacts all humankind…

The developments in the Indian power sector from the very beginning to the present have been analyzed and discussed in this article. It has also highlighted the reforms that laid the foundations for India’s power sector – and addresses the key points of each reform. Also, it highlights some of the challenges and the current efforts to overcome those…

NZ’s invention may be the next power system maverick addressing long distance transmission blips…

Frost & Sullivan estimates that the Indian smart grid products and solutions market is expected to grow three times from $6.5 billion in CY 2019 to $18.5 billion by CY 2030. This will help reduce India’s staggering 18.5% (approximately) transmission and distribution loss rate in FY 2019 to 15% in the next two years, according to the Central Electricity Authority of India. India is expected to have a market share of 5% - 6% by 2030 in the global smart grid products and solutions market…

This paper presents an overview of industry trends and practices in the deployment of technologies needed to support the implementation of smart asset analytics in electricity distribution systems. The paper discusses the strategic opportunities and benefits in pursuing specific applications of smart asset analytics e.g., failure prediction, asset optimization and power distribution efficiency improvements, and the role of modern innovative practices in achieving them...

Modern communication technologies like fibre optic lines, satellite communication etc,. have come forward to address the long-existing communication challenges between the substations...

The Indian power sector has gone through many innovative reforms for improving the grid discipline. The implementation of the Availability Based Tariff (ABT) was the most economical approach to stabilize the varying grid frequency. This article is to appraise the major changes in the permissible operable frequency range by certain amendments in Indian Electricity Grid Code (IEGC) and it encompasses all the changes in the ABT. This article seeks to investigate the efficiency of the implementation of the availability based tariff by reviewing the frequency profile of the grid. The article also highlights one scenario where Indian power system exhibited excellent discipline when suddenly load fell by 31 GW in just 4-5 minute on 5th April, 2020.

Reliability of the power source is very important for running a large scale steel plant. Coal-based captive power plant is a good option from the OPEX angle.

Industrial enclosure is an important element of any power distribution projects. This article focuses on better selection and planning for industrial enclosures.