Posts by Venugopal Pillai

Our aim is to create environments that care: Siemens

In this exclusive interview, Robert Demann, Head – Smart Infrastructure, Siemens Ltd, shares keen insights on “Smart Infrastructure”—a term that if often used but never fully appreciated. Demann explains that smart Read more

Odisha CESU

Pursuing the distribution licensee model

In a very significant recent development, Odisha Electricity Regulatory Commission (OERC) awarded the letter of intent to Tata Power as the successful bidder to own the licence for the distribution and retail supply of electricity in Odisha’s five Read more

Our vision is to become the most admired yield vehicle in Asia: IndiGrid

The India Grid Trust (IndiGrid), sponsored by Sterlite Power Grid Ventures Ltd, one of India’s leading private power transmission companies, is India’s first infrastructure investment trust (InvIT) in the power Read more

India already holds one of the top spots for Terra Drone’s current business

Terra Drone Corporation, the world’s largest provider of industrial drone solutions, recently launched a new UAV and AI-based solution set for the maintenance of power transmission and distribution equipment. Read more

EDF

Harmanjit Nagi, Director and Country Head, EDF India

Smart metering is crucial to India’s energy policy as it helps real time monitoring of energy consumption, help discoms in load curtailment and improving the billing cycle, help customer to plan the consumption smartly and efficiently, and enables Read more

TBCB

TBCB-based Green Energy Corridor projects taking off

Power transmission projects, structured on the tariff-based competitive bidding (TBCB) mechanism and associated with large-scale evacuation of renewable energy, are seen to be taking off, after a sustained period of lull, recent developments suggest. Sterlite Power recently won its Read more

Power will be a big business driver for Atlas Copco

Atlas Copco recently launched five new air compressors for applications across diverse industry segments. T&D India caught up with Conrad Latham, General Manager, Compressor Technique, Atlas Copco India, at Read more

PGCIL

Mega transmission projects see slowdown in FY19

Large power transmission projects being developed under the tariff-based competitive bidding (TBCB) route appear to be progressing very slowly. During FY19, not a single new project was awarded. This inference is based on an analysis done by T&D Read more

We are expecting participation from over 120 countries: ELECRAMA 2020

ELECRAMA—the world’s largest show in the electrical equipment industry, brought by industry body IEEMA—will be hosting its 14th edition in January 2020. We have Anil Saboo, Chairman, ELECRAMA 2020, discussing the Read more

We are continuously innovating and developing smarter products: HPL Electric

Incorporated in 1992, HPL Electric & Power Ltd, popularly known as HPL, is a diversified electrical equipment manufacturer with seven manufacturing facilities and a truly pan-India distribution network. Though HPL Read more