Total power generation increased by 14.73 per cent in April 2016 as compared to the same month last year, with an increase of 18.62 per cent in thermal and nuclear generation, and a 17.07 per […]
Total power generation stood at 99.2 billion units. At around 35.86 billion units and 31.81 billion units respectively, the central and private sectors accounted for the major share of generation.
The electricity traded in the day-ahead market at the IEX and PXIL in May 2016 was 2,928.71 MUs and 19.66 MUs respectively. The average market clearing price range at the IEX was Rs 1.57 per […]
Abhay Raina began his solar journey in 2010, the year India’s National Solar Mission was launched. Attracted by the prospects that the solar segment offered, he switched from financial services to Sterling and Wilson and […]
Vivek Sharma has over 15 years of experience in the area of energy and natural resources. He has worked closely with the central and state governments on power sector reforms, restructuring, regulations, policies and programmes, […]
The renewable energy sector is going to grow by leaps and bounds in the short as well as long term,” says Lt Colonel Monish Ahuja (Retd), managing director, Punjab Renewable Energy Systems Private Limited (PRESPL). […]
A postgraduate in economics from the University of Kashmir, Basharat Ahmad Dhar joined the state civil services in 1976. In his over four-decade-long career, he has held key positions in various departments of the state […]
Manoj Kumar Upadhyay, founder, chairman and managing director, ACME, is still lean, hungry and restless because he wants his company to leave an imprint on society… A brilliantly inventive mind can often be glimpsed in […]
Technology advancements have helped in the overhaul and transformation of the traditional electric power grid into a smart grid. However, this, in turn, has transformed the electric grid into a complex network of networks, which […]
Switchgear requirements differ in conventional substations and automated substations. In a conventional substation, all signals, controls and interlocks are hardwired and records are manually maintained in a logbook. Therefore, a lot of work and effort […]
The need for proper maintenance of switchgear has been increasing over the years as electricity networks are expanding and carrying increasing energy over longer distances. Maintenance of switchgear is critical to maintaining equipment integrity, ensure […]
Long distance transmission of power is one of the focus areas of the power sector. The need for ensuring efficient long distance power transmission emerges from the huge distance between generating stations and demand centres. […]
The different kinds of switchgear can be classified on the basis of their load bearing capacity (or voltage class), the medium used to interrupt the current, the interrupting rating (which is the maximum short circuit […]
The power sector in India has been growing at a healthy pace supported by various policy initiatives by the government. Generation capacity has grown at a brisk rate of over 10 per cent over the […]
Increased economic development and burgeoning population levels over the years have created power transmission challenges in urban centres. In such a scenario, transmission utilities need to take steps such as design modifications of substation equipment […]
Given the country’s complex power grid, ensuring system security and stability is a formidable task. The key emerging technologies in this regard are flexible alternating current transmission systems (FACTS) and high voltage direct current (HVDC). […]
Substation automation involves the integration of operations-related activities like system protection, control and data acquisition into a unified control system. The objective of automating substations is to reduce overall costs and eliminate redundant equipment and […]
The configuration of transmission towers depends on several parameters such as voltage levels, the number and configuration of circuits, the number of conductors in each phase, geographical conditions at the site (whether the terrain is […]
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