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AWS Cloud: Empowering Digital Utilities
The AWS Cloud allows utilities to harness unlimited elastic computing resources that can spin up and down in seconds, as required by changing grid conditions or innovative new programs, notes Pritam Muppuri.
The carbon-neutral future is electric
- Feb 14, 2022
Electricity has improved our standards of living since its invention more than two hundred years ago. But the changes that deepen electrification in the name of sustainability over the coming 30 years will go beyond anything that we’ve seen so far, notes N. Venu
Renewables can contribute towards poverty alleviation
- Jan 26, 2022
As the nation gets set for Net Zero target announced by Hon’ble Prime Minister at COP26, we are seeing a pivotal shift towards collective policy and industry effort, focused on generating equitable economic growth for the people through a green pathway, notes Jaideep Mukherjee.
Challenges in de-carbonizing India’s power sector
- Jan 3, 2022
Maintaining a low carbon footprint is an irrefutable global objective. For a developing nation like India, achieving this in the midst of rapidly growing energy consumption, is even more challenging. Shashank Agarwal, in this article, shares his thoughts on the need of and challenges involved in the massive task of decarbonizing India’s power sector.
Emerging growth drivers for the wire and cable industry
- Dec 10, 2021
Urbanization and industrialization have been traditional growth drivers for the Indian wire and cable industry. However, in the coming years, growth in this sector will also be determined by new-age drives like the 5G spectrum, robotics & automation, and the increasing role of cloud-based data sharing, notes Gary Bateman.
The rising demand for elevators in tier-2 and tier-3 cities
- Dec 3, 2021
The India elevator industry is today the second largest in the world, only after China. There are several drivers that are propelling the industry growth of around 5.2 per cent per year over the next five years. Urbanization is the key to growing demand of elevators, and it is tier-2 and tier-3 cities that are evincing higher demand, notes Manish Mehan.
Energy Storage Systems in the APAC Region: Opportunities, challenges and business cases
- Nov 29, 2021
The Asia Pacific (APAC) region is witnessing a widespread shift from fossil fuels to variable renewable energy sources like solar and wind power. In fact, renewable energy penetration in the APAC region is likely to grow by 47 per cent between now and 2030. In this backdrop, energy storage systems (ESS), a crucial link for grid stability, are becoming increasingly viable, assert Dr George Garabandic and Anirudh Sharma.
How the National Hydrogen Mission can fuel the rise of India
- Sep 9, 2021
India’s National Hydrogen Mission (NHM) is a very significant step and can sow the seeds of the country’s eventual energy-independence, notes Ashwini Kumar.
Infrastructure upgrade needs effective deployment of capital
- Jul 21, 2021
The most impactful strategy to stimulate infrastructure growth is effective deployment of capital resources by the government, notes Shashank Agarwal.
Solar Energy: The Answer to India’s Climate Degradation
- Jul 1, 2021
Climate change is indeed a developmental challenge. It has had wide-reaching impact on not just the environment but also on the socio-economic fabric. It is time to move on from a fossil-based economy to a solar energy-driven one, feels Chiranjeev Saluja.