India on smart way with smart grid

“We are a market leader in India with an established smart metering partner ecosystem…,” says Shiv Kaushik, Country Manager, Cyan Technologies
 As India gears up for a major push towards smart cities, smart energy and smart grids are going to play a vital building block of every single smart city. In an interview with EPR, Shiv Kaushik shares how Cyan can support the Indian utilities with smart grid technology.
Smart grid and IndiaGlobal private and public utilities are adopting smart meters as vital parts of their energy distribution infrastructure. However, there is a great difference between implementing smart metering as part of an established, well-laid infrastructure dealing with incremental population increases and employing smart meters in emerging markets.
The Indian smart metering market is essentially starting from ground zero. While there are currently 200 million static electricity meters installed in India, smart meters account for less than 1 per cent of all deployed meters. In addition, over 300 million Indian inhabitants are currently living without access to power, according to a recent World Bank study. This means that the potential for the Indian smart metering market is enormous, but the solutions underpinning it must be designed specifically to deal with the economic and environmental conditions in which they will be deployed.
The government’s drive on smart cities and its promise of 24/7 electricity to all homes by 2019 will act as major driving forces on the rate of smart grid adoption in India. In addition, the potential for smart metering to reduce the ever increasing T&D losses suffered by state distribution companies and utilities will stimulate adoption across both private and public sectors.
Cyan and smart grid technologyA successful smart grid deployment requires the integration of a range of technologies, products and services from different vendors, all of which make up the smart grid ecosystem. Cyan is a market leader in the India with an established smart metering partner ecosystem that includes utilities, system integrators, telecom companies and meter manufacturers.
Cyan has invested millions of dollars in the Indian market on research and development. As a result, it is uniquely placed in the market to deliver smart metering solutions designed and other next-generation economies. While the technology is developed in-house, Cyan has qualified two India based Tier-1 contract equipment manufacturers to build its hardware solutions both for the Indian market and for exports.
Cyan today offers a range of India-focused solutions based on its sub-Ghz wireless communication platform, operating in 865-867 MHz band. Cyan’s CyLec technology is an integrated or retrofit solution. The integrated solution allows utilities to incorporate CyLec with new and replacement meter installations, and Cyan’s retrofit technology provides smart metering functionality to existing static meters. Cyan can also proudly showcase its experience of both solutions with both private and public utilities in India.
Cyan has steadily grown its India team and will continue to grow with additional sales and business development staff, and applications and technical staff. Its long-term objective is to significantly contribute to the government’s goals in developing an ‘open system’ and reduce the aggregate technical and commercial losses.

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