A research team led by scientists from City University of Hong Kong (CityU) has recently developed a new form of droplet-based electricity generator (DEG) that features a field-effect transistor (FET)-like…

The wires and cables market in India comprises nearly 40 percent of the electrical industry and is growing at a CAGR of 15 percent as a result of growth in…

UA30..RA 3-pole contactors for capacitor switching can be used in installations in which the peak current far exceeds 100 times nominal rms current. The contactors are delivered complete with their…

Routine tests, often referred to as production tests, are performed to ensure that each gas-insulated substation (GIS) operates as it has been designed and type-tested for. The routine tests are…

Transformer oil is essential in the overall functioning of a transformer. Moreover, an inadequate level or leakage of transformer oil could lead to a major mishap that can affect assets…

Minister of Petroleum & Natural Gas and Steel, Dharmendra Pradhan, stated that the future of India’s energy sector will be noticeably different from its current avatar and will be driven…

When you have decentralised operations, a lot of connections can be managed better. Our core agenda is to transform our systems business in India. Our systems include medium voltage switchgears…

Industry leaders discuss the benefits of green cables and how they are changing the image of the power sector positively. According to World Health Organisation estimates, 240 million people globally…

Power Exchange India Limited (PXIL), a power trading platform, is positioning its stake on renewable energy after its re-launch. It will focus on reviving the Renewable Energy Certificates (REC) market,…

Growing implementation of building automation in urban commercial spaces and high rate of replacement and reconditioning of aging power distribution networks will remain the key factors bolstering sales of industrial…

Industry experts discuss how important it is to have condition monitoring of switchgears and its solutions. Switchgear’s operation condition is very important for system reliability. To detect any defects in…

Solar driven lights have garnered unmatched popularity in keeping the streets illuminated all through the night irrespective of power cuts or grid failures. Mostly adopted in rural areas than urban,…

Industry leaders discuss the challenges being faced while implying net metering in the urban areas. Net metering is a simple mechanism that credits the solar energy system. If a residential…

With the government’s push for achieving 175GW of renewable energy generation by 2022, India is willing to go solar, and have least dependency on fuel based electrical consumption. The industry…

Smart meter is one of the advancements to the grid systems, and is common form of a grid technology. It’s primarily monitors and records your electrical consumption, digitally. As an…

A special report on what the industry peeps expects from the Government 2.0. Rajiv Ranjan Mishra, Managing Director of CLP India Over the last five years, India has made significant…

To make India the country of choice for the production of electrical equipment is what every Indian manufacturer is trying to achieve. The industry players of insulator industry discuss how…

Evaporative cooling tower (wet cooling tower) is the best equipments to reject process heat with lowest power. But, it evaporates some percentage of circulation water to cool the water temperature.…

In the past, consumers had no option to view the real-time data of how much electricity has been used and had no control over the budgeting. The idea of smart…

Few sectors highlight the challenges posed by the energy/water nexus so clearly as coal power in India. Coal will remain central to India’s base load generation for the foreseeable future.…

Digitisation helps in improving performance and reliability of switchgears, but to what extent? The experts discuss it out! Digitisation will have a great impact on electrical distribution as it will…

In a developing world, which is yet to mitigate the rural-urban transition and associated population dynamics, the global urban dwellers are sometimes restricted to live in limited access to water,…

Assessment of plant status and estimating the plant life can easily be done by oil condition monitoring. Oil testing done on a regular basis can determine oil deterioration at an…

Neeraj Nanda, President – South Asia (T&D, Solar), KEC International Ltd “Advanced project management tools are helping EPC companies to micro-plan and effectively monitor the projects and achieve a high…

Amit L Goti, Director, Zenium Cables Limited “The world is going through a transition where people are more concerned about the environment” Electrification is the first step to development after…

Dilip Kumbhat, President Indian Society of Lighting Engineers and CEO, K-Lite Industries “Government should impose restrictions so that except the LED chips from reputed manufacturers, other imports are curtailed” Dilip…

Piyush Garg, Director, Balaji Switchgears “Switchgear market is now being termed as an FMEG market” Piyush Garg, Director, Balaji Switchgears discusses what makes the switchgear industry click and how switchgears’…

Krishnendu Mukherjee, COO, Sova Solar Limited “Rather than irrigation being a large abler for solar, it should go like irrigation has a huge scope with solar as its complementary” Krishnendu…

Ashish Joshi, Director, Addin Power Limited “Subsidy in residential rooftop solar is one of the best initiatives in solar sector, which has enabled several individuals to take the benefit of…

Storage is meant to bring stability to an infirm life. If set up domestically, it is bound to make solar more exciting than ever. However, there is still miles to…