Enabling Technologies for Smarter Grid
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.
Transmission sector on the move
The article focuses on growth drivers of the transmission sector that is witnessing the upward trajectory movement. - Ashok Upadhyay
CHALLENGES & THEIR MITIGATION PART 1
In India power utilities are under tremendous pressure to meet the growing demand for power as the country is on a firm footing on...
SPVS DELIVERED FOR INTER STATE TRANSMISSION PROJECTS THROUGH TBCB PROCESS
REC Power Development and Consultancy Limited (RECPDCL), a wholly owned subsidiary of REC Limited – the NBFC Maharatna central public sector enterprise under the...
Artificial Intelligence: An Advanced Approach in Power Systems
This article elucidates the application of Artificial Intelligence methods in power system expansion. - Rajesh Chourishi
AT & C Loss Reduction
A T & C loss is nothing but the sum total of technical and commercial losses and shortage due to non-realisation of billed amount... - Robbin Pramanick
Smart Grids
Smart energy grid indicates an energy network that allows a two-way communication between suppliers and consumers, while monitoring the network condition in real time i.e., electricity production, consumption and distribution... - Jayesh G Priolkar
CABINET NODS FOR PGCIL SUBSIDIARIES’ ASSET MONETIZATION
The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs, chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, has approved monetisation of assets of Powergrid, a Public Sector Undertaking (PSU)...
All eyes on DISTRIBUELEC 2019
A sneak peek of the mega event on power distribution sector. – Subhajit Roy, Group Editor
Powering India Steps For The Coming Days
India needs reliable and high quality power supply at all places for its all round growth. As the major portion of our power comes from thermal power plants, where coal is the mostly used fuel, the union government has already taken steps to ensure a smooth supply of coal to all those plants. The government is also working on expanding our transmission capability and modernising the distribution system… -P K Chatterjee
POWER T&D OUTLOOK
The power T&D market in India is undergoing a significant change that has redefined the industry outlook. By Subhajit Roy, Group Editor
Steps to Revitalise GENCOs
The last month, I mean February 2022, was quite eventful for the Indian power industry considering revelations of some of the trendy outlooks and...
INTENTIONAL ISLANDING & RENEWABLES
Islanding is an electrical system phenomenon in which distributed generators, say Diesel Generators (DGs), continue to power a site or location in the absence...
STERLITE POWER RECEIVES ITS THIRD GEC PROJECT IN THE STATE OF RAJASTHAN
Sterlite Power, a leading private sector power transmission developer, has secured the order for Rajasthan REZ Ph-IV (Part-1-Bikaner Complex): Part-B Transmission project. With this...
IMPLEMENTED MEASURES FOR REDUCING AT&C LOSS YIELD GOOD RESULT
Aggregate Technical and Commercial Loss (AT&C Loss) and ACS-ARR gap are key indicators of DISCOM performance. In the last two years, the AT&C loss...
Preparing for the Next Stage of Power Reform
For the Ministry of Power (MoP), October 2021 was the month for preparing for several future actions. Most interestingly, the Supreme Court of India...
Powering up the transmission infra
"We are undertaking massive revamps of transmission lines across various states and transforming power delivery networks," shares Manish Agarwal, CEO - Solutions Business, Sterlite Power.
MODERNISATION OF GRID SMART GRID TECHNOLOGY
The article gives a glimpse of smart grid technology that represents an unprecedented opportunity to move the energy industry into a new era of reliability, availability, and efficiency. - Dr. Lata Gidwani
Clean energy mini-grids: Powering the Indian rural economy
Based on REEEP calculations, clean energy mini-grids could serve at least 36,5 million people and mitigate greenhouse gas emissions of up to 122 million tonnes of CO2 between 2020 and 2035 in Bihar and Uttar Pradesh alone. - Jens Jaeger
GE T&D India Limited to modernise Rajasthan’s transmission grid
GE T&D India recently announced that it has been awarded a technology-driven grid modernisation project by Rajasthan Rajya Vidyut Prasaran Nigam Limited (RRVPL).