Adrian Flewitt is vice-president, technical solutions for the Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) and Asia-Pacific (AP) regions at Sensus. The company delivers end-to-end technical solutions to utility customers in these regions. Flewitt has been […]
The power sector is going through a period of exciting transformation,” says Debashish Majumdar, member, Haryana Electricity Regulatory Commission (HERC). He started his career with BHEL, where he pioneered the concept of end-use solar PV […]
Shivendra Nath Verma, managing director, UJVN Limited, brings to the table over three decades of experience in the power sector. He is a versatile hydro professional with multi-disciplinary experience. Prior to joining UJVN in 2015, […]
Distribution utilities today need to meet power demand with efficiency and reliability. They need to address changing consumer demand at low cost and without losses, while maintaining power quality and availability. However, there are challenges […]
The chemicals industry is the oldest and one of the most important industries of the country. It includes basic chemicals and their products – petrochemicals, fertilisers, pesticides, paints, varnishes, gases, soaps, perfumes and toiletries, and […]
FLUKE Corporation is offering the Fluke 438-II Power Quality and Motor Analyser for a streamlined and cost-effective method for testing motor efficiency, while eliminating the need for external mechanical sensors and costly downtime. Using data […]
Avantha Group Company CG Power and Industrial Solutions Limited (formerly Crompton Greaves Limited) has announced the sale of its B2B automation business to Alfanar for an enterprise value of Euro 120 million. The transfer of […]
The Power Finance Corporation (PFC) has won the One Globe Award for Excellence in Enabling a Mobile Economy for its URJA app, at the 6th Annual One Globe Forum. The forum recognises organisations that have […]
Essar Power Hazira Limited’s 270 MW power project in Hazira is consistently operating at close to 100 per cent capacity utilisation, within three months of the commissioning of the second unit (135 MW). The plant […]
mjunction Services Limited is providing an efficient e-solution for the sale of idle assets and hazardous scrap of power utilities. Given that out of 396 power plants, 188 are past their ideal economic life, mjunction […]
ABB India has received the Smart Technology of the Year 2016 Award from the India Smart Grid Foundation, for restoring and modernising the 1,035 MW Sharavathi hydropower plant in Karnataka in a record time of […]
Power quality is increasingly becoming a key area of concern and is being widely regarded as a vital constituent of the well-developed power distribution segment. While issues associated with power quality are largely perceived as […]
To accommodate the growing grid capacity, the distribution network is undergoing rapid development, mainly at the substation level. Further, the need for evacuation facilities to meet the ever-increasing demand for power has resulted in considerable […]
Over the past few years, the number of substations installed at the transmission level has increased significantly, with the overall capacity registering a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 12.7 per cent between 2011-12 and […]
Over the years, there have been significant advancements in substation technologies. New and emerging technologies aim to address the challenges faced in the transmission and distribution network, such as space constraints, high downtime in case […]
Rapid network expansion has rendered the management of grid operations much more complex. Forecasts made by Cigré, an international council on large electric systems, claim that in the future, electric power systems will be characterised […]
Trading of energy saving certificates (ESCerts) under the Perform, Trade, Achieve (PAT) scheme has inched a step closer to reality with the Central Electricity Regulatory Commission (CERC) approving the ESCerts transaction procedure in February 2017. […]
Renovation and modernisation (R&M) of hydropower projects is a cost-effective way of bridging the gap between demand and supply of power. The life expectancy of a hydropower station depends largely on its service conditions. Normally, […]
Tunnelling for hydro projects, especially in the Himalayan region, has always been challenging. This is owing to the weak rock formation with a high ingress of water, which creates flowing ground conditions. In addition, it […]
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