Indian manufacturers should turn serious on the concept of “reverse engineering” – as a stepping stone to building adequate domestic manufacturing capacity, observed Union power minister R.K. Singh. He was addressing, as Chief Guest, the digitally-conducted IEEMA Annual Convention: 2020 with “Atma Nirbhar Bharat” as its theme.
R&S Rauscher & Stoecklin is part of the Swiss-based R&S Group, a leading provider of electrical infrastructure products in key markets. Recently, the company recently launched a new transformer design for earthquake-prone regions. T&D India got in touch with a senior official of R&S Rauscher & Stoecklin, who, requesting anonymity, discussed the new product and its relevance to Switzerland.
The share of clean energy sources has crossed one-third in terms of India’s power generation capacity, according to the latest statistics.
In terms of new power transmission lines and substations constructed, the performance in July 2020 has been much better than in the preceding month, latest statistics indicate.
There has been no movement – in terms of projects awarded or completed — in the TBCB-based power transmission landscape, during the first quarter of the current fiscal year.
In its latest Load Generation Balance Report (LGBR), Central Electricity Authority (CEA) has envisaged India to have an energy surplus of 2.7 per cent in FY21 with the peak surplus for the year estimated at 9.1 per cent.
The latest report on project implementation released by Ministry of Statistics & Programme Implementation (MOSPI) shows that projects under the power ministry have seen total cost escalation of 44 per cent.
The COVID-19 related lockdown appears to have had a detrimental effect on the country’s power transmission infrastructure upgrade programme, according to information released by Central Electricity Authority (CEA).
The southern region comprising Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana and Kerala account for most of the power transmission infrastructure currently under construction, according to government statistics.
Pushing towards more renewable energy sources, and shifting to e-mobility are two areas in the energy space that India needs to seriously pursue, according to Cedrik Neike, CEO of Siemens Smart Infrastructure.