Smart Charging
India’s electric vehicle (EV) sector is growing at a phenomenal pace with annual EV sales expected to hit 630,000 by […]
Distribution
Smart Charging
Technology Reboot
Digitalisation strategies for TPPs
Changes are taking place in the power sector at a fast pace. The country is nearly power surplus, renewables are […]
“Leading the world in energy transition”
Interview with BEE’s Abhay Bakre
The Bureau of Energy Efficiency (BEE), set up in 2002, has played an instrumental role in transforming the country’s energy […]
Digital Imperative
Role of IT-OT in the changing power landscape
The power sector has made significant strides towards performance efficiency and improvement. In the past two decades, the Ministry of […]
Blockchain Use Case
Tata Power-DDL’s pilot project demonstrates the potential of the platform
Blockchain is a distributed digital ledger of transactions that are simultaneously stored and updated across several computers connected in a […]
Focus on Convergence
OPTCL’s IT-OT initiatives
The Covid-19 pandemic has accelerated efforts towards information technology (IT)-operational technology (OT) convergence. Utilities are prioritising their IT-OT initiatives and […]
Asset Management Strategies
Power utilities deploy IT-OT solutions for improving process efficiency
Information technology (IT) and operational technology (OT) systems are useful to help gain control over equipment and machinery for asset monitoring […]
Smart Grid Journey
Progress so far under NSGM
The power system value chain has undergone significant changes globally. Today, consumers are looking for a digital-grade power supply that […]
A Growing Threat
Power utilities pay increasing attention to cybersecurity
The threat of cybercrimes is alarming every sector across the world. In 2020, about $6 trillion worth of losses due […]
Positive Impact
Discoms derive efficiency and performance gains through smart metering
Smart metering holds the potential to significantly improve the financial and operational performance of power utilities. The adoption of smart […]
Distribution Revamp
New scheme focuses on smart metering in mission mode
The government’s approval of the much-anticipated Rs 3 trillion reforms-based and results-linked Revamped Distribution Sector Scheme on June 30, 2021 […]
New Paradigms
Distribution technology trends
The emergence of new paradigms in the distribution segment such as decentralised generation systems, net metering, energy storage, and electric […]
Moving to the Cloud
Power utilities set to transition to a new SCADA architecture
The power sector is witnessing an uptick in data generation and aggregation owing to the rapid growth of digital systems […]
Adding Value
Benefits of meter data management and analytics for utilities
One of the key focus areas of power distribution utilities is revamping the metering infrastructure with the deployment of smart […]
Unlocking Efficiency
Role of AI and ML in grid operations
Power transmission companies are adopting digitally empowered technologies such as artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) to unlock efficiency […]
Discom Automation
Distribution utilities become more data-driven
Utilities in the power distribution segment are adopting new technologies to lower their losses, increase revenues, improve power quality, ensure […]
Seamless Supply
Digital substations become the need of the hour
Substations are indispensable equipment. Because of their role of receiving high voltage electricity, moderating it and rerouting it to consumers, […]
Grid Control
SCADA emerges as a key tool for ensuring seamless transmission system operations
Over the past few years, the power grid has shifted from manned substations to a remotely monitored and controlled system, […]
Smooth Operations
Key role of SCADA in ensuring efficient power plant performance
Supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA) systems are used for real-time control and monitoring of electrical networks and power systems […]