GE T&D India would be pursuing opportunities in the Advanced Distribution Management Space (ADMS), the company’s senior management said at a recent investor conference.
Addressing an investor conference discussing the company’s performance in Q1 of FY22, the senior management of GE T&D India said that the company would be tapping opportunities in the ADMS area that aims to make power distribution systems smarter.
GE T&D India’s management was responding to queries on opportunities arising for the company from the newly-approved revamped power distribution scheme. The company said that though the company catered to power equipment of 66kV or higher, it could not directly benefit from the scheme. However, it would be participating in the form of offering automation solutions to make power distribution systems smarter.
The company felt that to make power distribution systems more efficient in terms of controls and monitoring, there would be a requirement of ADMS packages for hundreds of towns. This is an area where GE T&D India could provide its services.
Speaking of power distribution equipment, GE T&D India said that while most distribution utilities have equipment up to 33kV level, some utilities—especially in Gujarat and Chandigarh—even have 66kV and 132kV-rated equipment. Such utilities—however small be the actual requirement—are potential customers for GE T&D India.
VSC Technology
It was also learnt that GE T&D India is now in a position to bid for HVDC projects based on VSC (voltage source converter) technology. This technology, it may be recalled, was deployed in India for the first time in the 320kV Pugalur-Trichur HVDC link, which is an extended component of the 800kV Raigarh-Pugalur HVDC line.
It is further leant that GE, as a group, has completed a VSC project in Europe that makes it eligible to bid for VSC-based HVDC projects. GE T&D India, it may be mentioned, has been involved in several HVDC projects in India, especially the Champa-Kurukshetra UHVDC line.
In India, there are plans to use VSC technology for mega HVDC systems like the Leh-Ladakh transmission system and a newly-approved HVDC system from Rajasthan to Uttar Pradesh. Both these projects will involve evacuation of electricity from large renewable energy projects.
(Note: This story is based on an investor conference recently held by GE T&D India, the transcript of which was filed on stock exchanges. Featured photograph is for illustration only.)
