Smart meters provide remarkable solutions to increase the operational efficiency of discoms. Due to a plethora of proven commercial benefits offered, discoms have been adopting smart meters increasingly and this has created a huge market […]
Smart meter implementation has been a major focus, for discoms and policymakers in recent years, as a means of addressing the issue of commercial losses. One of the most important government programmes for the installation […]
The implementation of smart grid technology is the need of the hour to meet consumer requirements for secure, reliable and affordable supply as well as to balance the electricity grid with the increasing penetration of […]
The transmission segment in India has witnessed phenomenal growth over the years in terms of network length/ capacity as well as technology. The formation of a national grid, increase in interregional capacity from near zero […]
Sales of electric vehicles (EVs) in India are growing exponentially, given that around 300,000 EVs were sold in calendar year 2021, registering a growth of 160 per cent compared to the previous year. EV sales […]
As per industry experts, there are three high-level smart grid security objectives: availability, integrity and confidentiality. The use of information is of utmost importance in a smart grid network. This is because a loss of […]
The power sector in India faces huge financial losses due to energy wastage during transmission and distribution, besides being susceptible to considerable electricity downtime arising from various faults. Besides, recent technology breakthroughs in energy storage, […]
Energy storage is an integral component of electricity generation, transmission and distribution systems. Traditionally, energy storage needs have been met by physical storage of fuel for thermal power plants as well as through large-scale pumped […]
The traditional electricity grid is gradually evolving to become smart, driven by growing digitalisation and the changing energy mix. The smart grid journey in India began in 2010 when the Ministry of Power (MoP) constituted […]
Smart metering is essentially the first step towards a smart grid. It involves not only the installation of smart meters but also the setting up of communication networks, control centres and data management systems. It […]
The increasing influx of renewables, greater variability in load and varied sources of generation have necessitated greater flexibility and automation in grid operations and stepping up the smart grid efforts for dynamic monitoring of grid […]
In 2017, the government announced its ambitious plan to shift to an all-electric car fleet by 2030. To this end, it is planning to invest Rs 1.8 trillion in electric vehicle (EV) infrastructure. In the […]
Distributed generation, also known as on-site generation, distributed resources, distributed energy resources and dispersed power, is the use of small-scale power generation technologies located close to the load being served. Meanwhile, microgrids are groups of […]
With increased adoption of smart technologies in the country’s power sector, the need for cybersecurity has become paramount. To this end, the central government has been undertaking a number of initiatives to address the growing […]
Since the sanction of 72 towns under the SCADA component of the R-APDRP (which has now been subsumed in the IPDS), significant progress has been achieved. As of January 2017, 47 SCADA control centres have […]
Effective implementation of smart grids depends on flexible and dynamic regulations. Regulations need to be conducive to investments in smart grids while at the same time protecting consumer interests. Moreover, given that smart grid technologies […]
The power sector is undergoing a transformation with the mainstreaming of alternative energy and the decentralisation of power from centralised to interactive smart grids. Smart grids constantly interact with power consuming devices, while drawing real-time […]
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