The digitalisation of hydroelectric plants (HEPs) is paving the way for substantial improvements in hydropower generation. Digital technologies increase plant utilisation while reducing operations and maintenance (O&M) expenses. Digitalisation also improves power plant monitoring, fault prediction […]
The rapidly burgeoning share of renewable energy in the power mix is increasingly necessitating the incorporation of flexible coal-based power plants that are operationally and commercially viable. India’s renewable energy capacity (including large hydro) currently […]
Generation utilities are at the forefront of digitalisation initiatives. Information technology/operational technology (IT-OT) measures are gaining traction at power plants given their use in improving generation performance, managing the aging asset base and flexibilising units […]
Construction of transmission infrastructure in India faces enormous challenges such as cost and time overruns, owing to right-of-way (RoW) issues, technical difficulties in executing projects on tough topography and problems in land acquisition. The conventional […]
The country’s transmission network has been growing steadily in recent years to meet its growing power transfer capacity requirements, as more renewable energy capacity is being added to the grid. Key requirements for the engineering […]
The demand for towers, which are a vital component of the transmission system, is set to grow as the country’s network continues to expand to meet the rising power demand and increasing renewable capacity. In […]
Data centres require a large amount of electricity for storing, processing and networking data in addition to cooling the servers from overheating. Electricity for HVAC and power provision systems is the biggest component of the […]
The global demand for data is growing at an unprecedented pace as digitalisation enters almost every facet of life. The power sector, including renewables, is also becoming more digitalised and automated. To this end, a […]
The power sector is seeing a surge in demand for cables and conductors, driven particularly by growth in renewable energy. The increasing growth of solar energy has led to a spike in demand for both […]
The exponential growth of renewables, characterised by bidirectional flows as well as intermittency, coupled with rising capacity, is expected to drive utilities to invest in reconductoring and uprating transmission lines over the next few years. […]
The government’s focus on ensuring universal access to electricity has been a major driver in the rapid expansion of the domestic cables and conductors industry over the past few years. The government’s initiatives in the […]
Cables and conductors are among the most essential components of a power transmission and distribution (T&D) network. The cables industry has started gaining momentum after a downturn due to the Covid-19 pandemic, driven mainly by […]
As digitalisation initiatives continue to grow across industries, the demand for data centres, which are essential network facilities that seamlessly store and process huge volumes of data, has increased significantly. The data centre industry received […]
A transformer performance has a major impact on electricity consumption, and operations and maintenance expenses of utilities, given the constant operation of the equipment over its 25-year service life, making it all the more essential […]
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