The industrial sector accounts for 30-34 per cent of the total energy consumption in India, of which about 70 per cent is electrical energy consumption. Electric motors are known as the “workhorses” of industry. They […]
Given the competitive and predictable day-ahead market prices, a large number of industrial customers have made forays into the day-ahead market, utilising open access to supplement their offtake from utilities and reduce their effective cost […]
The Indian cement industry is the second largest in the world with an installed capacity of 509 million tonnes (mt) per annum in 2018. Cement production stood at 298 mt in 2018, as compared to 217 […]
High efficiency heating, ventilation and air-conditioning (HVAC) systems are being increasingly adopted in buildings to save operational costs. HVAC systems and boilers are critical components of energy consuming equipment. HVAC systems can help buildings achieve […]
The Bureau of Energy Efficiency (BEE) launched the Perform, Achieve and Trade (PAT) scheme in 2012, under the National Mission on Enhanced Energy Efficiency, to improve the efficiency of energy-intensive sectors in the country. PAT […]
Cogeneration, or combined heat and power (CHP), is the simultaneous generation of electrical or mechanical energy and thermal energy from a single primary energy source. Cogeneration systems can achieve efficiencies of up to 85 per […]
Trigeneration, as the name implies, is the production of three types of energy, electricity, heat and cooling, from one fuel. An absorption chiller is linked to the combined heat and power (CHP) plant to enable […]
Ensuring safety against electrical accidents is of paramount importance for utilities and end users. Snapping of conductors, accidental contact with live electric conductors/equipment, and the use of defective appliances and tools are some of the […]
Ensuring safety in power plant operations is essential as any negligence could lead to accidents. These accidents could range in severity from minor incidents to major boiler blasts such as the one that occurred at […]
Commercial and industrial consumers account for 51 per cent of grid power consumption in India. Owing to the high cost and unreliable nature of grid power, most of these industrial consumers have been relying on […]
Distributed generation (DG) refers to a variety of technologies that generate electricity near the end users. Some of the DG technologies are solar panels, and combined heat and power (CHP). They may serve a single […]
Uninterrupted electricity supply is key to industrial operations as every blackout affects production processes and ultimately results in revenue loss. Captive power plants (CPPs) set up by industrial and commercial consumers play a significant role […]
With one of the largest rail networks in the world, Indian Railways is an energy-intensive sector. Reducing its energy footprint is one of the top priorities of the Ministry of Railways (MoR), which has set […]
Electrical machines that consume electrical energy and convert it into mechanical energy are widely known as electric motors. The conversion process involves interaction between the magnetic fields set up in the windings of the stator […]
Industrial consumers have various options to meet their power procurement needs. To begin with, they have for a long time relied on grid-connected power from discoms and account for a significant 42 per cent of […]
The cement industry plays a key role in the economic development of emerging markets. Along with aggregates and water, cement is the key ingredient in the production of concrete, and is an essential construction material […]
Heating, ventilating and air-conditioning (HVAC) systems constitute a large part of a commercial building’s energy consumption. Industry estimates suggest that these systems account for around 40 per cent of the energy bill. Therefore, improving the […]
The chemicals industry in India is an important contributor to the economy, sustaining a variety of downstream industries such as textiles and pharmaceuticals. With a market size of $145 billion, India is the seventh largest […]
The perform, achieve and trade (PAT) is one of the flagship schemes launched by the Bureau of Energy Efficiency (BEE) in April 2012 under the National Mission for Enhanced Energy Efficiency, which is one of […]
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