2019

Tata Power has been a benchmark performer in power distribution

  Tata Power is India’s oldest power utility present in the entire value chain – generation, transmission and distribution. It has successfully formed landmark public-private partnerships in Read more

distribution

Reforming power distribution

IEEMA recently organized “DistribuELEC 2019” event in Mumbai. The event had a series of covenant conferences and panel discussions where extensive deliberations on the Indian power distribution sector took place. This story by Venugopal Pillai, based on views Read more

Sterlite

Sterlite Power completes live-line reconductoring project

Sterlite Power, in a statement, said that it has successfully completed India’s first live-line project in Bengaluru. The company successfully undertook the reconductoring of a 66kV transmission line connecting to Bengaluru’s Electronic City under live-line conditions. The project up-rated Read more

Polycab

Polycab sees opportunities in EHV cable business

Polycab India sees good business potential in extra high voltage (EHV) cables, according to R. Ramakrishnan, the company’s CEO. Ramakrishnan was addressing a press conference in Mumbai, ahead of the company’s initial public offering (IPO) of equity shares Read more

Towards better Project Cost Management

A crucial element in maintaining control over project costs is estimating inflation and escalation over the life of a project. Since capital projects run over a Read more

Legrand

Legrand India launches experience centre in Dehradun

Legrand India, on March 27, 2019, inaugurated its state-of-the-art experience centre Innoval in Dehradun, the capital city of Uttarakhand. Innoval will host its India group company products – Legrand, Numeric and Valrack. Globally Innoval’s are present at France, Greece, Read more

Waaree

Waaree Energies introduces customized solar modules for EVs

Waaree Energies has launched customized solar modules, a solar power solution to electric vehicles. These indigenous modules, specially designed for the transport industry in India, are portable, flexible, lighter, durable and more efficient, making them ideal for vehicles. They Read more

Railway Electrification

KEC lands diversified orders worth over Rs.1,300 crore

KEC International Ltd has secured new orders of Rs.1,323 crore across its various businesses. The Railway business has secured domestic orders for composite and overhead electrification works aggregating Rs.644 crore. The T&D business has secured turnkey orders of Rs.287 crore Read more

STM

STMicroelectronics launches STM32MP1 microprocessor series with Linux distribution

STMicroelectronics,  a global semiconductor leader serving customers across the spectrum of electronics applications, is applying its Arm® Cortex® expertise to expand the capabilities of its industry-leading STM32 MCU portfolio to applications requiring even more performance, resources and large open-source software. Read more

hydropower

Large hydropower to get renewable energy status

Large hydropower projects, which mean hydropower projects of installed capacity 25 mw or more, will now be considered as part of renewable energy. The Union Cabinet recently approved a proposal to this effect. So far, hydropower projects of Read more