May 2024

Demerger of Siemens’ energy business approved

    The board of directors of Siemens Ltd has approved the proposal to demerge its energy business into a separate legal entity – Siemens Energy India Ltd. Siemens Energy India Ltd, currently a wholly-owned subsidiary of Siemens Ltd, will be Read more

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Lower transmission line addition expected by private sector in FY25

    Private sector entities are likely to commission a lesser quantum of transmission lines in FY25 as compared with FY24, official statistics indicate. An analysis by T&D India based on statistics newly released by Central Electricity Authority ( Read more

Five ISTS-TBCB projects scheduled to complete in Q1FY25

    By end of the first quarter of FY25, five interstate transmission schemes (ISTS) schemes awarded under the tariff-based competitive bidding (TBCB) mechanism are scheduled to complete, thereby capitalizing assets worth over Rs.5,000 crore. According to a special study done Read more

ABB India sees record order inflow in Jan-Mar 2024

    ABB India has witnessed record inflow of Rs.3,607 crore during the quarter ending March 31, 2024. In a release, ABB India said that this order inflow was the highest first-quarter order inflow since the past five years. Read more

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PGCIL declared successful bidder for two ISTS-TBCB schemes

    Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd (PGCIL) has been declared successful bidder for two interstate transmission system (ISTS) schemes, under the tariff-based competitive bidding (TBCB) route. This has taken PGCIL's cumulative wins in this fiscal Read more

Grew Energy plans mega solar cell manufacturing unit in J&K

Grew Energy, part of the Chiripal Group, has planned to set up a mega manufacturing unit in Jammu & Kashmir, for manufacturing solar cells and high-efficiency solar modules. In a release, Grew Energy said that it would be the Read more

T&D India — May 2024 (Power T&D Hardware Special)

  Click here to view the May 2024 edition of T&D India in PDF format   (This edition is a special issue on power T&D hardware. It is also proposed for distribution at the "ELAsia 2024" Read more

Polycab sees 27 per cent growth in wire & cable business

    Polycab India Ltd has reported a 27 per cent year-on-year growth in its revenues from the wire & cable business in FY24. In a release, Polycab said that the company’s revenues from the wire & cable (W&C) business reached Read more

Uttar Pradesh tops in transmission line addition by state utilities

    Uttar Pradesh has emerged as the leading state with respect to addition of transmission lines by state transmission utilities in FY24, statistics by Central Electricity Authority (CEA) suggest. In FY24, state utility Uttar Pradesh Power Transmission Read more

Sumitomo Electric receives order for HVDC cable project in Japan

    Sumitomo Electric Industries Ltd announced that that it has received the contract for a 250kV HVDC cable link in Japan. In a release, Sumitomo Electric said that the 250kV DC XLPE cable project is a pivotal part of the Read more