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Seven key trends for a sustainable energy future identified
Regional and global business leaders, policy makers and government representatives throughout the energy sector that convened at the Asia Pacific Energy Week to discuss regional challenges and opportunities, identified seven key trends for a sustainable energy future..
Central Odisha already seeing benefits of CESU privatization: Praveer Sinha
- Feb 20, 2021
Electricity consumers of Central Odisha are beginning to see the benefits of privatization of the power utility CESU, noted Praveer Sinha, MD & CEO, Tata Power.
‘Power Distribution Reforms Will Usher In New Technologies’
- Feb 11, 2021
Ongoing reforms coupled with budgetary allocations will give rise to new technologies in the power distribution value chain, according to Sandeep Zanzaria, Chairman of DistribuELEC 2021, an upcoming event for power distribution stakeholders, being organized by apex industry body IEEMA.
Expectations from Union Budget: 2021-22
- Jan 23, 2021
Here is a collection of expectations of industry captains across a broad spectrum of industries, from the upcoming Union Budget 2021-22 that is proposed for presentation on February 1, 2021.
‘Government is a big procurer of modular UPS systems’
- Jan 20, 2021
Rather contrary to popular belief, government agencies are big procurers of modular UPS systems, noted Palash Nandy, CEO, Numeric, in a recent media interaction.
Electricity demand reviving but discom woes to persist: ICRA
- Jan 7, 2021
The all India electricity demand is expected to witness a growth of 6.0– 7.0 per cent in FY22 against an estimated decline of 2.0–2.5 per cent in FY21, driven by a favourable base effect and likely recovery in demand from the commercial and industrial (C&I) segments, noted ICRA in a release. However, the outlook for state government discoms continues to be negative.
‘Choice of transmission technology depends on system restoration philosophy’
- Dec 10, 2020
The Maharashtra government recently approved a plan to construct an 80-km underground HVDC link to augment power supply to Mumbai. This was done with a view to forestalling events like the major grid failure of October 12, 2020, that severely affected Mumbai and neighbouring areas. T&D India got in touch with Hauke Jürgensen, Head of Large Transmission Solutions at Siemens Energy, to understand some underlying technical issues.
Sterling and Wilson sees immense opportunities in T&D sector
- May 10, 2018
Shapoorji Paloonji Group company Sterling and Wilson sees major opportunities in the power transmission and distribution (T&D) sector. Speaking at a select media roundtable in Mumbai, Pradyot Kumar Paine, Chief Operating Officer of the power T&D division of Sterling and Wilson, said that the company has end-to-end capabilities in the power T&D sector projects. “We are ready to deliver anything in the power T&D space across voltages from 415V all the way to 765kV, right from engineering to procurement to construction,” was how Paine summarized the capabilities of the power T&D division of his company.
Improving quality and safety awareness in LV cables
- Jan 23, 2018
In terms of number of manufacturers and consumers, the low-voltage cable segment is the largest in the electrical cable industry. Also known as the building wire industry, this segment refers to cables that have low voltage rating, usually 1.1kV. The estimated market size of the building wire segment is around Rs.12,000 crore and the current growth rate is in the region of 8-9 per cent. Real estate is of course the biggest demand driver for this industry.
Record year for Power Grid Corporation of India
- Jun 10, 2017
Power Grid Corporation of India (PGCIL) placed orders worth Rs.30,200 crore in FY17, making it the highest level in any single year in its history. PGCIL CMD, I.S. Jha, highlighted this achievement and elaborated on several others during a recent press meet in Mumbai to discuss the company’s financial results for FY17. PGCIL commissioned assets worth Rs.32,000 crore (including projects under the tariff-based competitive bidding route) in FY17, also making it the highest such commissioning in any year so far. The highest-ever capital expenditure, at Rs.24,429 crore in FY17, was also the maximum in any year thus far. Read more