Growing demand for customised energy-saving solutions

Growing demand for customised energy-saving solutions
“People are embracing green technology with more open mind and willing to invest in such devices and technology,” says Tushar A. Morakhia, CEO, Gloabtel Convergence
Gloabtel is an established name in energy management. How do you see the acceptance and demand of such solutions in India?People are moving toward energy conservation and renewable energy. Minimising losses and wastages, and conserving are undertaken not only by the industry but also by individuals. There is increased sense of conservation and people of various economic backgrounds are coming forward. They are embracing green technology with more open mind and willing to invest in such devices and technology. The manufacturing sector is also realising that energy saving cannot be always measured monetarily. All these factors have resulted higher acceptance and demand for our solutions. In fact, there is increased determination for saving, and goals are set by the industry. Our systems help set the conservation and save goals, and also determine whether targets are achieved or not.
The government is also pursuing industry to reduce their carbon footprint and save energy. Targets are set for high energy users to reduce their consumptions in coming years. There is also provision under Income Tax Act for depreciation of up to 80 per cent in first year on the most of our products. Thus the acceptance and demand for such products are high.
The areas you cater are rapidly evolving. What are your strategies in meeting the increasing and changing demand?We believe that evolvement is the way of life. If you don’t evolve, you are not dreaming and limiting your progress. If you look back to last decade, we were pioneers of two-way automatic meter reading. We were the first to provide energy manager compatible with the most panel meters available in the market. Besides, we have launched windmill monitoring and battery monitoring systems. We also diversified into panel manufacturing, MagFLux energy saving panels, and RTPFC. We provide energy audit services to our clients. Last year we introduced LED lights for industry and commercial establishments. Late in 2012, we brought EBOX, a small PC useful for office, home and SCADA application. We’re again aiming at saving energy and green energy. The PC consumes only 15 watt while normal PC consumes 60 watt. It is excellent for thin client, POS, security applications, converting TV into smart TV, outdoor advertising and for SCADA/HMI solutions. Currently, it is being mainly used in SCADA application throughout the world. We also tied up with a Turkish company to manufacture single-phase meters in India. We are evolving and providing more solutions at economical rates. The consumers are also demanding customised energy-saving solutions. Our energy management solution is customised for 99 per cent of our clients.
Last year India has experienced the world’s largest blackout, keeping half of the population under dark. How can we ensure reliable power supply while achieving optimum efficiency?Whatever happened last year was totally avoidable. India has one the highest T&D loss and that scenario is not healthy for the industries as well as for the country. Because of this reason, it is not meeting the generation targets, although the demand is increasing many. Take an example of Palghar in Maharashtra. Earlier, there was power for only few hours a day. Now with the help of local residents and politicians, they are able to reduce the T&D losses, and the power is available for the most of the day. This is just one example and same can be repeated at many places. Other problem is capital investment. We need to upgrade our distribution system across the country and provide inter connectivity among all the states. There are plans for upgrading it, but due to high losses of DISCOMs, it has become difficult to upgrade. The system should be smart and upgraded keeping in mind the future requirements. Only this way, we can ensure reliable, optimal efficiency. At least we can save, and each unit saved is equal to three units generated.
Brief about the products and solutions you offer under energy management segment.We have combination of software and hardware under energy management. For manufacturing industry, we provide software that has excellent features of analysis, reports, and trending. It provides the micro- and macro-level analysis of the energy and helps plug the leakages. As I told earlier, it is meter independent and can work with the most meters, so the clients do not have to change their existing meters and can implement the system with minimal cost. It helps user monitor each and individual consumption point in the plant and also overall consumption pattern. It also helps determine whether machineries are running at optimal levels or not.
For the renewable energy generator companies, we also provide similar system with remote monitoring features. Remote monitoring allows user to access the data from anywhere and get alerts on their mobile in anomaly.

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