Interview
Power T&D will be integral to our growth journey: Jakson Group
Established in 1947, Jakson Group is a diversified conglomerate with business interests in distributed energy, EPC, solar energy, real estate, hospitality, etc. In this interaction with T&D India, we have Raghav Gupta, Managing Director — EPC Business, Jakson Group, discussing the company’s current strengths and envisioned opportunities in the power T&D-related EPC business. Raghav Gupta is confident that given the government’s focus on a robust and self-reliant power grid, upcoming opportunities in the power T&D space are going to be an integral component of Jakson group’s growth journey.
Smart meter deployment needs consumer-centric approach: IntelliSmart
- Aug 4, 2023
IntelliSmart Infrastructure Pvt Ltd (IntelliSmart), a joint venture between National Investment & Infrastructure Fund (NIIF) and Energy Efficiency Services Ltd (EESL), is India’s leading smart metering and digital solutions provider. In this exclusive interaction, we have Anil Rawal, MD & CEO, IntelliSmart Infrastructure Pvt Ltd, discussing how IntelliSmart is contributing significantly to India’s smart metering endeavours, especially through the RDSS programme. Rawal feels that while smart metering can help discoms to become commercially efficient, smart meter deployment needs a consumer-centric approach.
We are eager to drive India’s energy transition: Envision
- Jul 12, 2023
Envision Energy is a world-leading company, designing, manufacturing and operating smart wind turbines and energy storage systems, also providing green hydrogen solutions. In this exclusive conversation with T&D India, we have RPV Prasad, CEO, Envision Wind Power Technologies India, giving us an in-depth understanding on Envision’s wind turbine business. Prasad asserts that Envision’s growth plans in India are in tune with India’s thrust on renewable energy, and that Envision is poised to make a significant contribution to India’s net-zero targets.
LED lighting technology opens a big platform for integration: Bajaj Electricals
- Jul 7, 2023
With a longstanding presence of 85 years, Bajaj Electricals is widely regarded as the pioneer in India’s lighting landscape. Even in the relatively new LED lighting industry, Bajaj Electricals took the lead and has made immense contribution, not just in meeting local demand but also creating domestic manufacturing competence. In this insightful conversation, we have Rajesh Naik, Head – Lighting Solutions, Bajaj Electricals Ltd, speaking to Venugopal Pillai, on how Bajaj Electricals is leveraging its leadership in LED lighting technology to introduce value-added solutions like integrated lighting and human-centric lighting.
There is immense scope for batteries to support the power grid: Sheru
- Jun 30, 2023
Energy storage company Sheru recently partnered with power utility BSES Rajdhani Power Ltd to set up India’s first vehicle-to-grid (V2G) EV battery swapping station in New Delhi. In this interaction, we have Ankit Mittal, Co-founder & CEO, Sheru, expounding on V2G technology whilst explaining the criticality of this technology in the EV ecosystem. Mittal is confident that for a country like India where EVs are seeing rapidly growing acceptance, EV batteries can provide much needed energy-storage support to the power grid. An interview by Venugopal Pillai.
IndiGrid is actively evaluating transmission schemes under TBCB modality
- Jun 21, 2023
India Grid Trust (IndiGrid), India’s first power sector investment infrastructure trust (InvIT), experienced some very interesting developments in the recent past. These included winning a greenfield TBCB project, securing additional transmission components under the RTM route and signing of a framework agreement with G R Infraprojects. In this email interview, Harsh Shah, Chief Executive Officer, India Grid Trust, tells us more on these developments, whilst maintaining that IndiGrid would continue to remain interested in bidding for both interstate and intrastate TBCB-based transmission schemes. An interaction by Venugopal Pillai.
India should see single-digit AT&C loss by 2030: Arthur D. Little
- Jun 20, 2023
Founded in 1886, Arthur D. Little (ADL) is the world’s first management consulting firm linking strategy, innovation & transformation, in tech-intensive converging industries, ADL operates 40 offices globally and serves most of Fortune 1000 companies. In this exclusive interview, we have Brajesh Singh, President – Arthur D. Little, India, responding in detail to a range of questions on India’s power distribution sector – the weakest link in the electricity value chain. Brajesh, whilst sharing keen insights into power distribution reforms, believes that India’s journey to powering its energy sector has begun and the country shall see an aggregate single digit AT&C loss by 2030. An interview by Venugopal Pillai.
Power transmission is a very promising sector: G R Infraprojects
- Jun 15, 2023
With a standing of nearly three decades G R Infraprojects Ltd (GRIL) is a leading infrastructure EPC player and developer, traditionally focusing on roads & highways, tunnels, railways and metro projects. Very recently, GRIL entered the power transmission development space by clinching an interstate transmission scheme, under the competitive bidding route. In this exchange, we have Ashwin Agarwal, Business Unit Head – Power Transmission, G R Infraprojects Ltd, expounding on GRIL’s foray in power transmission. Ashwin is confident that power transmission can potentially be a growth driver for GRIL, in the years to come.
We are well positioned to go completely SF6-free: Siemens
- Jun 13, 2023
Sulphur hexafluoride (SF6) gas is a very popular insulating medium and has been the bedrock of gas insulated switchgear (GIS) for over four decades. Today, the world is getting increasingly conscious of the high global warming potential (GWP) of SF6 that is now recognized as a greenhouse gas. In this engagement, we have Dr. Karthik Reddy Venna, Product Lifecycle Manager – Gas Insulated Switchgears & Sustainability, Siemens Smart Infrastructure, discussing the role of SF6 in GIS and how Siemens is taking the global lead in developing innovative switchgear technologies, completely devoid of SF6, under what is known as Siemens’ “Blue Portfolio”. An interaction by Venugopal Pillai.
We are committed to developing high-quality infrastructure: Sterlite Power
- May 27, 2023
Very recently, Sterlite Power commissioned a mega interstate scheme – Lakadia Vadorara Transmission Project (LVTP) – that will help evacuate significant quantum of green energy from Gujarat. In the backdrop of this successful commissioning, T&D India caught up with Manish Agarwal, Director & CEO, India Transmission, Sterlite Power to understand LVTP in better light, and also to know more about other ISTS schemes in Sterlite Power’s development portfolio. Manish Agarwal is confident that Sterlite Power will be a big contributor to India’s power transmission infrastructure ambitions, both as a developer of greenfield interstate and intrastate lines, as well as strengthening existing transmission corridors through its Master System Integrator (MSI) line of business.