Emphasising smart energy

“Strengthening our presence further in the smart city space and ensuring best quality products to our customers always is our aim,” Sandeep Selot, Director – Marketing & Strategy-Energy Business (India Region), Schneider Electric India
 Schneider Electric, one of the leading players in the energy management domain, focuses on virtually every segment of smart city operations. Schneider lays emphasis on industrial energy-efficiency and solar-energy management and its distribution. In an interview with EPR, Sandeep Selot talks about the importance of smart energy and how it can be an integral part of Indian smart city movement.
Smart electricity in a smart cityElectricity and related frameworks are the spine of any economy, and availability of reliable, affordable power is a key impetus that puts the economy on higher growth trajectory. India primarily consumes thermal power with 70 per cent of electricity demands being met by that source. Smart electricity can be defined as a concept that integrates power and IT to interconnect all users (producers, operators, marketers and consumers) with the goal to efficiently balance demand and supply over an increasingly complex network. As the Indian government looks to bring its vision of 100 smart cities to reality, it is imperative that to boost productivity in different segments and enhance manufacturing.

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