From the President’s Desk
Dear Friends, The new government completes its one year this month and I must say that the power sector witnessed focused attention in this one year. The generation grew 8.4 per cent and the peak deficit was down to 3.5 per cent in 2014-15 from 4.5 per cent in 2013-14. The honourable Prime Minister’s foreign visits have brought in qualitative change in the way our economic diplomacy is being pursued. Programmes like Make-In-India, Smart Cities and Swachch Bharat have received positive responses overseas. The government has tried to strengthen collaborations with respect to R&D activities, technology transfer, manufacturing and joint development initiatives with other nations. On our PM’s recent visits to France and Germany, India entered into several landmark agreements in the renewable energy and energy efficiency space. At the Hannover Messe, world’s largest industrial trade fair, India was the partner country and the enthusiasm shown by leading companies from across the world in the Indian renewable industry is a testimony to India’s growing might in the clean energy space. Another area which is receiving a lot of priority space is the power including non-renewable energy like solar, wind and others. This is also receiving a lot of investors’ interest which is likely to materialize, maybe after, some more clarity and policy measures. With pressure from the industry and the government, the coal production has improved in the last one year. In the power sector, the reforms must be pushed fast in the area of distribution and transmission. In consonance with issues of transmission and distribution, the journal this month is focusing on Conductors as its theme. Conductor demand is linked to transmission and distribution infrastructure growth which in turn tightly knitted to the government’s response to energy challenges. In last one year, the government’s response has been to address macro drivers with an ultimate view to provide reliable, quality and round the clock power to all. For the last one decade, IEEMA METERING INDIA Seminar has been a catalyst of change in the Indian Energy Metering Industry. An interactive and thought provoking bi-yearly event, it enjoys widespread popularity amongst the stakeholders of the Metering Industry. IEEMA Energy Meter Division organised the 6th edition last month in New Delhi, and received an overwhelming response of around 60 papers but since we had to close in two days, only 25 papers could be presented. We are proud to say that the total manufacturing activity of design, development, testing is done in India and this is 100 percent Made in India. It gives me immense pleasure to share with my readers that from this issue onwards we dedicate one page in the journal recollecting the initial years of ELECRAMA’s birth and the journey ahead. We are near completion in terms of the exhibition space sell out for the 2016 edition, and I am sure that the fresh brand positioning of ELECRAMA as ‘The World Electricity Forum’ permeates well with all players in the power value chain, policy makers, regulators and the discerning gamut of CxOs across various industries. IEEMA will continue its consistent efforts to be relevant to its Members, conforming to the ‘Made In India’ brand promise!
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I would like to laud the Ministry of Power for ‘bringing back confidence into the power sector’, while viewing through the lens of IEEMA – ‘your link to electricity’. From a troubled power sector to welcome changes, such as, auctioning of the cancelled coal blocks, the multi-billion dollar investment commitments elicited for renewables and the launch of two mega schemes DDUGJY and IPDS to overhaul the distribution segment have been key drivers to a much stable power sector. Electricity is a State subject and IEEMA, as an association, across the power value chain has been responding to the changing environment and positive steps taken by the Government, to understand and work in a Public-Private Partnership, especially to propose working solutions for a stable distribution system. It goes without saying that the overall objective is ‘Electricity for All’. Our interaction with Power Secretaries at State level and Chairman’s of respective Utilities has become more meaningful, with Members’ expectations being heard and the forums for discussion becoming more transparent. In fact a $ 100 billion target by 2020 for the electrical industry with a balance in exports and imports is achievable, with our astute focus on quality indigenous manufacturing, and consistent resistance to cheap electrical equipment imported into India. Five new initiatives in the pipeline are – 1. Need of further visibility of Indian Companies in overseas markets through international exhibitions 2. To promote Indian engineering as a brand in identified markets 3. Focus on small industries for which a new division has been created 4. Deepen engagement with North Eastern States 5. Initiate Skill development programme I welcome your suggestions to further enhance IEEMA presence on the world map, and consistently link back to ‘Made In India’.
Sunil Misra
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the leading electrical & electronics monthly
Volume 6 Issue No. 10 June 2015 CIN U99999MH970GAP014629 Official Organ of Indian Electrical & Electronics Manufacturers’ Association Member: Audit Bureau of Circulation & The Indian Newspaper Society
Contents the leading electrical & electronics monthly
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ISSUE NO. 10
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Interview
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Mr. Suman Lahiri, Regional Director, European Business and Technology Centre (EBTC) speaks to IEEMA Journal on the MoU signed between IEEMA and EBTC
Appointments This new space in the IEEMA Journal will incorporate recent important appointments in the power and related sectors.
Cover Story Efficient Power Transmission & Distribution Systems
IEEMA Event Metering India 2015 BIS Roundtable African Utility Week
Face2Face Mr Nitin Yadav MD, HVPNL
SME Talk Reviving ELECRAMA Memories (...turn to page 104)
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20 Cover Story Focusing on Efficient power Transmission and Distribution systems
26 Face to Face Haryana Vidyut Prasaran Nigam Limited, Managing Director, Mr Nitin Kumar Yadav speaks to IEEMA Journal about the initiative being undertaken to reduce the transmission and distribution losses in the State
29 In Focus India’s transforming Power Sector
The conductor industry has been range bound in last five years, numbers reveal that industry produced around 4.2 Lac MT of conductors in year 2010-11 and production figure peaked in the year 2012-13 (around 5.5 Lac MT), while industry witnessed production settle at the levels of around 4 Lac MT in last two years.
Power supply to towns of our country is fed through various 33 KV substations. Since power consumption is increasing year by year rapidly and conventional conductors are unable to handle the load, an ideal solution would be to replace the conventional conductors by a new improved high ampacity HTLS conductor to improve efficacy.
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49 New Member-Institutional Mr Ashok and Madhu Chitkara of Chitkara University speaks to IEEMA Journal about their expectations from IEEMA in connecting them with industry partners, nodal agencies, governmental institutions and international organizations. From (L to R): Mr Sunil Misra, Director General, IEEMA, Mr Vishnu Agarwal, President, IEEMA, Mr Narendra Taneja, National Convener, Energy Cell, BJP, Mr B N Sharma, Joint Secretary, Ministry of Power and Mr Rajeev Sharma, CMD, Rural Electrification Corporation
In Focus
Metering India 2015 BIS- IEC CEO’s Round Table Meeting
Addressing the Technical Part of the AT&C Loss Problem
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The rapid pace of urbanization and development of infrastructure in big cities and rural electrification initiatives is bound to result in the growth of electricity demand. A key area of focus is the revamp of existing distribution infra to make it robust and reliable. Team, Sterlite Technologies Ltd.
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70-71 Power Scenario Global Scenario Indian Scenario
72-73 IEEMA Database Basic Prices & Indices Production Statistics
Tech Space
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Overhead Transmission Line Hardware & Accessories In early stages during India’s Independence period the transmission line used to generally consist of only a single bundle conductor and the stringing of Insulator & conductor on the tower/pole with Insulator hardware conductor fitting/accessories was comparatively easier. Mr Rajesh Mangalvedhe, EMI
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46 SME Talks MSME - Development Institute
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78 ERDA News
80 Country Profile - France
France is at the heart of the European Union which, combining the GDP of its 28 Member States has the highest GDP in the world The European Single Market is also the first market in the world:
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500 million consumers with high purchasing power.
88 International News • JICA to lend Rs 1,150 crore for power transmission in Odisha • India-Bangladesh agree on private sector partnership to swap electricity
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Product Showcase
• MNRE launches wind power forecasting project • EPDCL targetting 100MW rooftop solar power units
94 Corporate News • Alstom T&D India to supply Power Grid’s first ‘Make in India’ gas-insulated substations • Azure Power commissions 100 MW solar power plant in Rajasthan
100 Seminars & Fairs
104 My Memories of ELECRAMA - Mr R G Keswani
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106 Index to Advertisers
Editorial Board Advisory Committee Founder Chairman Mr R G Keswani
Chairman Mr Vishnu Agarwal
Members Mr Babu Babel Mr Sunil Misra Mr Sri Chandra Mr Mustafa Wajid
Content Co-ordinator Ms Shalini Singh
Advertisements Incharge Ms Vidya Chikhale
Circulation Incharge Ms Chitra Tamhankar
Statistics & Data Incharge Mr Ninad Ranade Designed by Reflections Processed at India Printing Works
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Appointments
Mr Vinod Behari
Mr KV Kamath
Appointed CEO, Power Sector Skill Council
Appointed as the chief of BRICS Bank
Mr Vinod Behari has been appointed as Chief Executive Officer of Power Sector Skill Council, assumed charge of the position. An alumnus of XLRI Jamshedpur, he earlier held the position of Executive Director, Human Resources at Rural Electrification Corporation, New Delhi.
India has named private sector banker Mr K.V. Kamath as head of the New Development Bank, the so-called Brics bank of the big emerging economies of Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa.
Mr Subir Purkayastha
Appointed Chairperson of AMCHAM India
Joins as Director (Finance), GAIL Mr Subir Purkayastha has taken over as Director (Finance) of GAIL (India) Limited. A Chartered Accountant and Company Secretary by professional qualification. Subir Purkayastha has a rich experience of nearly 30 years in the areas of Corporate Finance and Treasury including Forex Risk Management, Capital Budgeting, Corporate Budgets, Corporate Accounts, Finalization of Long Term LNG and Gas Agreements, Liquefaction and Regasification Terminal Service Agreement, Shareholders Agreements and Joint Ventures Agreement etc.
Mr S K Ray Appointed CBDT Member Senior IRS officer Mr S K Ray has been appointed as the new Member in the Central Board of Direct Taxes, the apex policy making body of the direct taxes (Income Tax department). With orders for Ray’s posting issued by the Finance Ministry recently, all vacancies of Members in the seven-member body have now been filled. Ray, a 1978-batch officer of the Indian Revenue Service (Income Tax), was till now serving as the Principal Chief Commissioner of I-T in Ahmedabad.
Mr P Rajendran Appointed Executive Director (WR), IOC Mr P Rajendran has been appointed as the new Executive Director (WR) of Indian Oil Corporation. Earlier he held the post of Executive Director (lubes) at IOC’s head office in Mumbai.
Mr Kapil Dev Tripathi Appointed Secretary, Petroleum & Natural Gas Kapil Dev Tripathi, an Indian Administrative Officer (IAS) officer of the Assam cadre (1980 batch), has been appointed secretary in the ministry of petroleum and natural gas. Tripathi, earlier secretary in the department of public enterprises, replaces Saurabh Chandra, an Uttar Pradesh cadre IAS officer (1978 batch). Tripathi also headed the Central Vigilance Commission, the country’s top anti-corruption organization that oversees the work of state agencies and companies.
Mr SK Bhattacharya Recommended for Director (Mining), HCL The PESB has recommended the name of Mr SK Bhattacharya for the post of Director (Mining), Hindustan Copper Limited (HCL).
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Ms Vanitha Narayanan American Chamber of Commerce in India has appointed Ms Vanitha Narayanan as new Chairperson, the first woman to hold this post since the industry body’s inception here in 1992. Narayanan, who is the Managing Director of IBM India, holds an MBA in Marketing and Information Systems. She has been responsible for taking up multiple challenging assignments for India and several other countries.
Mr Sanjay Chadha Appointed Joint Secretary, Ministry of Commerce Mr Sanjay Chadha, IRSME,1985 batch officer appointed as Joint Secretary, Department of Commerce for a period of 5 years, vice A K Tripathy, IAS, (Or:1986).
Ms Anita Praveen Appointed Joint Secretary, Ministry of Commerce Ms Anita Praveen, IAS, 1989 appointed as Joint Secretary, Department of Commerce for 5 years, vice Sumanta Chaudhaury, IAS, (WB:85).
Mr Manu Srivastava Appointed Principal Secretary Renewable Energy, MP Mr Manu Srivastava has been appointed Principal Secretary Renewable Energy in Madhya Pradesh. He is 1991 batch IAS officer. He is a post graduate in Telecommunication from IIT Delhi. He has served as Collector & District Magistrate in Balaghat, Chhindwara and Khandwa. He has even served as PS to Minister of Commerce & Industry, Government of India.
Mr Sanjay Shukla Appointed MD, Energy Holding Company, MP Mr Sanjay Shukla has been appointed as MD, Energy Holding Company in Jabalpur. He is 1994 batch IAS officer of Madhya Pradesh cadre.
BHARAT ELECTRONICS LTD Post: Director (OU) PESB is inviting applications for the post of Director (OU), BHARAT ELECTRONICS LTD. Government officers of the level of Joint Secretary or on equivalent scale of pay or Major General in the Army/ Navy/Air Force, on the date of application will be eligible for consideration on immediate absorption basis. The last date for filing applications is June 25.
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he power distribution segment in India has suffered numerous problems which have accrued over the years. In addition to this India’s rural power distribution networks is exemplified by huge losses, poor design and construction, inadequate maintenance, and large numbers of interruptions. Thus there is an urgent need to bring in high-quality concepts for distribution network development, technical loss assessment and new technology introduction for rural networks has to be given due importance as these improvements will also expedite the pace of sector reform. Further, for optimising power transfer per unit Right Of Way (ROW), the ampacity of conductors used in the transmission lines has to be raised by technological development. A report
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until 2011-12 and bulge in its inventory levels in the following years. Another significant change the conductor industry underwent in last 2-3 years is large manufacturers reducing their dependence on PowerGrid to broader cross-section of customers to exports generally. IEEMA Journal spoke to the Chairman of IEEMA Conductor Division Mr Manish Agarwal to get a better insight on the subject. He said, “Conductor demand is linked to transmission and distribution infrastructure growth which in turn tightly knitted to the government’s response to energy challenges. In last one year, the government’s response has been to address macro drivers with an ultimate view to provide reliable, quality and round the clock power to all.”
The conductor industry has been range bound in last five years, numbers reveal that industry produced Generation capacity additions, debottlenecking fuel around 4.2 Lac MT of conductors in year 2010-11 supply through Coal Block Auction, boosting RE, and production figure penetration in rural India, peaked in the year 2012improvement in quality “The Indian conductor industry is not able to compete effectively in the world market because 13 (around 5.5 Lac MT), of power in urban and of strong support of governments of some while industry witnessed industrial area, speedy countries to their industry, like China, Middle production settle at the project clearances East in terms of export subsidy, subsidy on levels of around 4 Lac etc shows the size, raw material, subsidy on social security, and MT in last two years. scale and sentiment of long-term line of credit at low rates of interest, Largely, the trend is government’s initiatives. which are also helping those countries in their reflection of PowerGrid The domestic demand is economic development.” conductor contracts expected to significantly
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improve in the near future under the stable and predictable policy framework
Challenges faced Talking about the challenges faced by Indian Conductor industry Mr Agarwal opines, “While, one would be tempted to highlight mismatch between supply capacities and demand of conductors in the country capacities are approx. 10 Lac MT against annual demand hovering over 4-5 Lac MT levels. I would be happy to put more macro issues in focus impacting conductor demand, uptake of new conductor technology, procurement mechanisms etc.
on Equity for cost plus project can be proposed to reward reduction in congestion. Such incentives are common in European grid. c) Procurement policies & practices of equipment buyers: which more often than not are central and state utilities; do not encourage new & innovative products. Elaborating on this aspect, practices such as Pre-Qualification Requirement & operational experience restrict new technologies, tendering processes reward L1 bids titling in favor of Least-Cost-Components than Best Value Solution. Furthermore, in TBCB projects, there are strict control on the technical specification as BPCs microspecify various technical and commercial aspects especially s e l e c t i o n o f c o n d u c to r. This restricts uptake of new technologies and practices.
a) Re-conductoring of Existing Transmission Line: At present scenario, Regulator and State Transco are in favor of new line builds, de-facto. However, the fact that transmission lines Engaging private sector in utilize many natural resources, “While it is too early for the specification development government initiatives to show like land and forest cover etc is and policy making will allow t angible result s , domes t ic overlooked in many instances. developers a free hand on demand is expected to accelerate A better alternative to laying the innovation, subject to a in predictable future. A holistic out new lines (in many cases) conductor technology meeting policy agenda is required to be could be to upgrade the the carrying capacity and chalked out for debottlenecking existing corridors to higher p e r f o r ma n c e p a r a me te r s. the MW transmission capacity in voltage or to re-conductoring Uptake of High performance the country.” the lines to higher capacity conductors will spring-in not only - Mr Manish Agarwal, Chairman, conductors benefit span over technological advantages such IEEMA Conductor Division Increased power transfer, as increased current carrying faster implementation (within capacity but also conservation 6 months) vis-à-vis creating new parallel corridors of scarce land by increasing the RoW intensity. (which take 4-5 years). Conservation of scarce land, The key benefits of high performance conductors RoW and forest resources, etc. European countries are: can transfer up to twice the power using the such as Italy has extensively opted re-conductoring same towers and line corridor. Lower sag than the over new lines build or use power electronic for conventional conductor at the higher operating congestion reduction. temperatures help in reducing tower weight and b) Transmission Losses Accountability: At present increasing span and hence reducing the total steel scenario, there is no real owner of system losses requirement which results in a lower carbon footprint. in transmission space in India, apparently. Transco are not appropriately incentivized to invest in Expectations from the Government for congestion and loss reduction. Member States and conductor industry regulatory authorities should ensure that appropriate Stated earlier, demand is closely linked to performance incentives, notably financial incentives, are given to of power sector. Policy paralysis has often been Transmission System Operator to act in a rational cited as the key reason for the poor performance and economic way with regard to congestion and of the power sector in the past fuel shortages (coal loss reduction. Incentive over and above Return
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shall further dampen the and gas), slow pace of While it is too early for the government initiatives conductor exports and environmental and forest to show tangible results, domestic demand is market share is expected clearances and poor expected to accelerate in predictable future. A to slide, significantly. We health of the state-owned holistic policy agenda is required to be chalked distribution utilities, lack recommend higher export out for debottlenecking the MW transmission of incentives for private incentive at least 5% credit capacity in the country. participation and the scrip to capture existing absence of a strong regulatory framework etc and upcoming opportunities. Also, I would like to hindered the growth of power sector, albeit, the new recommend signing of FTAs, including the expansion government has brought fresh enthusiasm to the of existing PTAs already signed, in markets such sector. He explained, “what comforts me is the fact as Brazil, Colombia, Chile, Egypt, Algeria etc. that it was the first time in India that providing ‘24x7 where duties are very high making these markets access to all’ became an election agenda. Another inaccessible for Indian manufacturers.” intriguing fact is arresting Power Loss was another Industry perspective point in manifesto of the party in power. While it is too early for the government initiatives to show tangible results, domestic demand is expected to accelerate in predictable future. A holistic policy agenda is required to be chalked out for debottlenecking the MW transmission capacity in the country. The elements of such agenda should cover uprating/ upgrading of existing corridors and use of HPCs in certain upcoming & critical corridors.” He further added, “On the export front, Indian manufacturers are losing market share and the exports are dipping due to stiff competition. The Indian conductor industry is not able to compete effectively in the world market because of strong support of governments of some countries to their industry, like China, Middle East in terms of export subsidy, subsidy on raw material, subsidy on social security, and long-term line of credit at low rates of interest, which are also helping those countries in their economic development.” “The combination of these factors gives foreign counterparts an estimated 15-20% pricing advantage over Indian conductor manufacturers. To make matter worse, export incentive for Alunimium conductors has been reduced in the New Foreign Trade Policy, in many cases to Zero percent. This
He articulates, “The Conductor Industry should make efforts at various levels including customer, regulatory and policy to drive upgrade of aging infrastructure. In many states, the sub-transmission and distribution infrastructure is well past its life. Conductors are in dilapidated state and need urgent attention. Replacement of old conductors shall help state ensure reliability of network, lower losses, quality of power etc and on the other hand, this will not only stimulate demand, but escalate it.” Sharing his views on the achievements and challenges and the way ahead for IEEMA Conductor division, he said, “The division has established strong footing in the last few years, making representation to the government, conducting seminar on next generation technology etc. Way ahead for the division is to strengthen industry-government partnership to stimulate growth in domestic market and provide a level playing field in international market. Emphasis of the division shall be contributing towards ‘Make-in India’ drive, availability of state-of- the-art facilities for testing at par with global standards.” - Shalini Singh, IEEMA
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ELECRAMA 2016 is an important opportunity for European SMEs: Mr Suman Lahiri, EBTC Mr. Suman Lahiri, Regional Director, European Business and Technology Centre (EBTC) speaks to IEEMA Journal on the MoU signed between IEEMA and EBTC which allows EBTC to scout for innovative technologies and companies in Europe, giving IEEMA’s members the benefit of access to superior technologies and best practices. Excerpts of the interview
How do you see this collaboration between IEEMA and EBTC? The IEEMA-EBTC MoU is an important strategic collaboration which can cut across EBTC’s focus sectors of energy, environment and transport. IEEMA has a solid member base from the electrical and electronics industry which are potential businesses to diversify into cleantech manufacturing and services. The collaboration allows EBTC to scout for innovative technologies and companies in Europe, giving IEEMA’s members the benefit of access to superior technologies and best practices. It is also infinitely valuable for EU SMEs who will now be able to access a rich cross-section of Indian SMEs. We are already witnessing such steps through some recent business meetings in small-hydro sets.
energy efficiency, smart grids, etc. But as mentioned beforehand, it may find applications in environmental as well as transport applications depending on the competency and the strategy of the businesses.
How do you see the Indian power sector? This is an interesting time for the Indian power sector. There is an increasing need for energy to propel India’s growth economic growth, as well as for energy security, and it is exciting to see that the Indian power sector is on the verge of a second round of reforms. In light of this, there will only be increasing opportunities for renewable energy generation, smart grid and energy efficient applications.
Given the recent campaigns by the Government of India, such as ‘Smart cities’ and ‘Make in India’ as well as expected sector reforms on the cards in water and power, it made perfect sense for us to join hands with IEEMA.
Since ELECRAMA 2016 is being organized how do you see this event as an opportunity? ELECRAMA 2016 presents an important opportunity for European SMEs to meet and engage with IEEMA’s member companies, and vice versa. From visibility, to sharing best practices and knowledge, and direct business opportunities, the event appears to be a very promising affair. Most importantly, faceto-face interactions / meetings are critical to generate social capital and trust across-borders, especially in the electricity sector. If this is successful, it will open doors to infinite opportunities for EU organisations and IEEMA members alike.
What are the focus areas identified? The focus areas currently identified are in the areas of energy generation such as clean coal and renewable,
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Mr. Joerg Uehlin (Head of Operations, EBTC) and Mr. Sunil Misra (Director General, IEEMA) sign the MoU during Hannover Messe 2015 in the presence of Hon. Minister of Corporate Affairs and Industry, Nirmala Sitharaman
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The transmission losses in Haryana is very low as compared to other states - Mr Nitin Yadav Haryana Vidyut Prasaran Nigam Limited, Managing Director, Mr Nitin Kumar Yadav speaks to IEEMA Journal about the initiative being undertaken to reduce the transmission and distribution losses in the State.
What are the plans of HVPNL for next 5 years?
}} Re-location of consumer meters outside the
HVPNL has envisaged capacity addition for next five years in the transmission system 66 kV & above (new substations) as under:
}} Automatic meter reading (AMR) of high value
Year MVA Addition Total installed capacity as on 31.3.2015
201516 4200
2016- 2017- 201817 18 19 2400 3100 1500
201920 1500
38599 MVA
What are the steps taken to improve T&D losses and theft scenario in the state? The transmission losses in Haryana is very low as compared with most of other states, wherein the transmission losses are in range of 4%. The transmission losses of HVPNL are indicated in the table below: Year 2005-06 2006-07 2007-08 2008-09 2009-10 2010-11 2011-12 2012-13 2013-14 2014-15 (up to Feb, 2015)
Intra State Losses (%) 2.77 2.35 2.44 2.57 2.68 2.63 2.76 2.494 2.737 2.635
Distribution Losses The Distribution Losses in Haryana are in the range of 27.47%. Following steps have been taken to reduce Distribution losses: }} De-loading of distribution network to reduce
overloading by augmentation and erection of new lines transformers at load centers. }} Bifurcation/trifurcation of overloaded feeders
having load more than 200 Amps.
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premises to prevent tampering of meters. consumers to prevent theft and any revenue loss in meter reading and billing. }} Improved meter specifications to have tamper
proof features and optical port to have electronic downloading of meter reading and to avoid human intervention.
As a State power body, do you have any plans to put in place smart meter? Other technology inventions/ innovations? }} The Power Utilities are implementing various
advance technology projects for their operations under R-APDRP Part-A project and other initiatives. }} Large scale meter data acquisitions projects for
11 KV feeders, DT meters and high value consumers have been implemented in the above mentioned schemes. }} Regarding smart meter, the implementation
is only at pilot stage and first experiment is being undertaken in Panipat under Smart Grid Pilot Project. }} The IT back bone in terms of IT infrastructure i.e.
data centre, disaster recovery centre, customer care centre, MPLS VPN network connecting all the offices and data centre is already in place. }} Online services like online payments facility, online
registration of FIR, online consumer grievance redressal system is already in place. }} The distribution utilities are further looking
forward in next five to ten years to automate the distribution system with large scale implementation of distribution SCADA and ERP packages for various business processes like HR, Material Management, Stores etc.
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What challenges you are facing while dealing with manufactures? What is your advice to address the same? HVPNL is dealing with manufacturers in the following two ways: }} Indirect dealing with manufacturer through EPC
contractors in turnkey projects. }} Direct dealing with manufacturer for procurement
of material.
be borne by utility. }} Tentative Timelines of the Project: }} Feasibility Study started from December 2014
– will be completed in 6 Months i.e. up to May 2015. }} Installation & commissioning – 6 Months i.e.
From Sep. 2016 to March 2016 }} Demonstration Period – 2 Years i.e. from March
2016 to March 2018.
Indirect dealing: There are two types of EPC contractors viz the EPC contractors who are also manufacturers of some equipment e.g. Alstom/Areva, CGL, Siemens, EMCO, etc and others who are not manufacturers. The challenges being faced while dealing with this type of manufacturers are as under: 1) Even being manufacturer of the costly equipment the manufacturers are not using their equipment while executing turnkey projects and third party equipments. This affects the performance of the substations/transmission lines. 2) Where the manufacturers install their equipments in its turnkey projects they adhere with the warranty clause even if any design defects found after expire of warranty and don’t cooperate with the employer to rectify the problems. 3) There is also a gap between manufacturers and employer while dealing with the manufacturer through EPC contractors in turnkey projects which has repercussion on the progress of project e.g. the issue of short circuit test for power transformers after the facility available in CPRI, India.
Are there any technical skill gaps in your organization? Would like IEEMA to provide assistance in this regards? HVPNL, has notified training policy in 2014. This training has been imparted to the technical officers/ officials of HVPNL from PGCIL/NPTI/CPRI/HPTI.
Other issues of Power Utilities to be discussed with IEEMA }} In case IEEMA is providing any technical training,
we request IEEMA to supply the training module, calendar with cost to enable HVPNL for providing the appropriate training to technical officers. }} The price indices circulars issued by IEEMA
for various items for calculation of price variation are available to members only. In the event of requirement of any circular, the Nigam has to approach the member supplier for providing particular circular. This practice delays the processing of cases. To avoid this kind of situation, the Nigam is willing to have direct access to the various circulars issued by IEEMA for faster disposal of the cases as well as for helping to create price trends based on the historical data by Nigam. }} As per the instructions of Govt. of India BIS
certification for distribution transformers upto and including 250 kVA rating is mandatory for central sponsored schemes and as such the Nigam is in process of implementing purchases of transformers from BIS certified manufacturers only. Any reservations by IEEMA in this regard may be brought to notice. }} DLMS compliance of all type of static energy
Smart Grid Projects are Initiatives of MoP. It has allotted 14 pilot projects in India including Haryana.
meters being implemented in Haryana power utilities to ensure inter-operability with the meters supplied by various meter manufacturers. Any issues with respect to DLMS compliance including single phase meters may be brought to notice.
}} UHBVN has selected City Subdivision of Panipat
}} It has been observed that the performance of
Smart Grid Project at Panipat
town as the project site. }} Ministry of Power [MoP] has sanctioned
Project with the features of Advance Metering Infrastructure [AMI] & Peak Load Management [PLM] costing Rs. 20.07 Cr. }} MoP shall give 50 % grant and balance 50% is to
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HT AB cable is not up to the mark and it fails frequently. IEEMA is requested to find out the reasons of the same. Can HT U/G armored cable be used in place of HT AB cable on overhead lines and for this what changes are suggested in the design? - Shalini Singh, IEEMA
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ow is the time for India to have an energy revolution. India is transforming into a noticeable economy across the globe, but its success is highly dependent on the development of the energy sector. According to International Energy Agency (IEA)'s chief economist, Fatih Birol, India's energy investment requirement is $100 billion a year.
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Faith Birol further opined that our country requires an investment of at least US$100billion towards the development of power plants, refineries, grids, oil and gas fields. The investment towards the power sector should further get divided in between power plants, transmission and distribution lines. In India as a whole, 700 million people, or more than half of the population, suffer unreliable connections to the national grid or none at all. But the government is now supporting investments in rural electrification to spur economic development.
Fact Sheet The 17th electric power survey of India report claims, the electrical energy demand for 2016–17 is expected to be at least 1,392 Tera Watt Hours, with a peak electric demand of 218 GW. If current average transmission and distribution average losses remain same (32%), India needs to add about 135 GW of power generation capacity, before 2017, to satisfy the projected demand after losses. A demand of 300 GW will require about 400 GW of installed capacity. The extra capacity is necessary
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to account for plant availability, infrastructure maintenance, spinning reserve and losses.
Issues One of the issues in India’s power sector is average transmission, distribution and consumer-level losses exceeding 30% which includes auxiliary power consumption of thermal power stations.
Government Initiatives State-owned and privately owned companies are significant players in India's electricity sector, with the private sector growing at a faster rate. India's central government and state governments jointly regulate electricity sector in India. State-run Power Grid Corp. of India’s board has recently approved six new investment plans worth Rs.5,500 crore. In a meeting held on 17 April 2015, the board of directors gave investment approvals to two projects involving implementation of two green energy corridors, three communication investment projects and implementation of interconnection between India and Bangladesh. Fresh investment in the power sector in the last two years has remained muted. But in the last few months, there has been an uptick in investments, mostly by public sector companies like Power Grid. Telengana state is planning to invest more than Rs 45,000 crore in the next five years for capacity additions besides improving transmission network.
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In the transmission sector, the state government is planning an investment of over Rs 19,000 crore in the next five years under various evacuation and system strengthening schemes. Besides, the Discoms are committed to reduction of transmission and distribution losses from the current 16.1 per cent to less than 13 per cent in 2018-19.
HTLS Conductors: answer to transmission loss Power supply to towns of our country is fed through various 33 KV substations. Since power consumption is increasing year by year rapidly and conventional conductors are unable to handle the load, an ideal solution would be to replace the conventional conductors by a new improved high ampacity HTLS conductorto improve efficacy. Thermal sag is often responsible for causing grid outages on electrical transmission and distribution (T&D) lines. It happens when the current running through an electrical conductor cable exceeds the cable’s transmission capacity and overheats the wire. In a traditional bare Aluminum Conductor
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lbeit, various initiatives point to government’s intent to provide reliable, quality and round the clock power to all, the power sector faces some of the most intractable problems today - plagued by host of issues including the usual suspects low tariff settings, fuel shortage, large T&D losses, lack of supply linkages. The rapid pace of urbanization and development of infrastructure in big cities and rural electrification initiatives is bound to result in the growth of electricity demand. A key area of focus is the revamp of existing distribution infra to make it robust and reliable. Also, important is the need to augment capacity in line with emerging power demand and projected rise in domestic & commercial categories. India’s distribution system (at 33KV and below) included more than 6.76 million Ckt kms of lines and over 482,000 MVA of distribution transformer capacity as of March 2012**. Each state has its own distribution network, and the old vertically integrated SEBs have been unbundled into smaller distribution companies in many states. However, poor financial performance of DISCOMs is a major stumbling block in development of new and management of existing infrastructure. Distribution infrastructure in many states is old and in dilapidated state. The difference between ‘Average Cost of Supply’ and ‘Annual Revenue Requirement’ is large and hence, DISCOMs lose money on power sold, ironically.
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Poor performance is often attributed to high AT&C loses, with persistent case of DISCOMs reporting AT&C looses of over 30%. While, distribution utilities are putting concerted efforts to contain commercial losses by adopting better metering, billing and collection practices etc, however, load shedding as a means of managing demand and minimizing losses is still rampant. Technical losses are another vexing problem in India’s transmission distribution sector, power transmission and distribution losses (Million kWh) in India were last measured at 222,412 Million Units in 2011, according to the World Bank. Putting in perspective, T&D Losses in 2011 costed Indian Economy aproxx. 1% of GDP. Alternatively, reduction in Transmission & Distribution losses by 1% would result in a saving in capacity by about 800-900 MW, according to varying estimates. Government programs such APDRP and DDUGJY are concentrating on Commercial loss reduction and improving the communication system, only a part of problem is expected to be addressed. Inter-alia, permanent and sustainable reduction in losses shall come from curbing Technical losses. One of the ways for sustainable reduction in line losses lies in the most simple yet most critical component of a distribution system ~ the conductor. Overhead conductor carries the load current and contributes to 30-45% of the line cost. Interestingly, another 30-45% of the line cost (of tower, foundations etc) depends on
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Conductor
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36.88
36.88
36.88
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Nominal DC Resistance of conductor at 20 deg C
ohm/km
0.90756
0.89254
0.79706
Nominal DC Resistance of conductor at 75 deg C
ohm/km
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conductor ~ wind load, tension load, height of tower. An efficient conductor is largely defined by having more ampacity, more conductivity, better weight to strength ration and optimal cost. The main stay of conductors used in India is ACSR which is a 100 year old product and a few utilities have adopted AAAC. In both cases the average conductivity of the overall conductor is close to 53%. But over the past few years some of Indian transmission utilities have moved towards AL59 which as the name suggests has a conductivity of 59%. This 6% additional conductivity can be used in two ways, }} Increase line efficiency reducing the losses on the
line by over 5%. }} Increase line capacity by 23% to 30% - Directly
increasing revenue Drawing references from global practices, it is possible to reduce the losses in a reasonably short period of time and such investments have a high IRR. The scale of the challenge is enormous and requires the pursuit of all economic options to achieve success in the realm of efficient transmission Advantages
and distribution of energy. Sustainable development mandates emphasis on new technologies. There are several promising technologies on the horizon that could help modernize and expand the electric delivery system ~ AL59 is definitively is one of them. ** Statistics are reported from India Infrastructure Research.
Author Team, Sterlite Technologies Ltd
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n early stages during India’s Independence period the transmission line used to generally consist of only a single bundle conductor and the stringing of Insulator & conductor on the tower/pole with Insulator hardware conductor fitting/accessories was comparatively easier. However, with passing of time, as the demand for power grew, it was felt that there was need for higher power generation and higher power transmission. Accordingly, many new Power generation plants were developed and to evacuate this power, new transmission lines were constructed. Since huge power was to be transmitted, theoretically a big size conductor was required for transmitting power from one point to other point. This was impractical or very difficult from stringing point of view. Hence this big size conductor was divided into small bundles of two/three/four or six and was arranged in a different geometrical configuration for better symmetry, distribution and ease of stringing. With the evolution of time, a hardware designer and manufacturer also had to upgrade himself as per this requirement and slowly this has led to development of hardware fittings and conductor accessories for different bundles of conductors for different kV ’s and different sizes and types of conductors. In fact, in today’s scenario, with the thrust on more power transmission the traditional conductors like ACSR & AAAC conductors are being replaced by High Temperature/ Performance and HTLS conductors,
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a Hardware fitting designer is facing a challenge to develop and manufacture fittings and accessories compatible to these conductors. First with the basics of fittings/accessories For better understanding line hardware accessories can be broadly classified as – 1 Line hardware insulator fittings 2 Line conductor/earth wire fittings (commonly referred as conductor/earth wire accessories)
Line Hardware Insulator Fittings }} These fittings are used to string a power
transmission conductor and insulator on a transmission tower. Broadly there are two types of Line hardware insulator fittings:
A) Suspension These hardware fittings with suspension clamp is used on suspension towers generally classified as "A" type tower. These strings are always strung in vertical mode/direction.
B) Tension These hardware fittings with tension clamp/dead-end is used on Tension/angle towers generally classified as "B" "C" & "D" type towers. These strings are always strung in horizontal mode/direction.
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A) Suspension String: This can be further classified into }} Normal Suspension string for line }} Suspension string for jumper/pilot }} Heavy suspension string (Particularly for road/
river/railway crossings)
Normal Suspension string for line This comprises of combination of forged items like anchor shackles, Ball and Socket fittings and fabricated items like Yoke plates and/or Extension links and arching horns. This combination depends on the length of the string required which includes the creepage requirement and can vary for different kV’s and different bundle of conductor and can vary for every individual Manufacturer. In addition, this string also consist a Suspension clamp which holds a conductor and is a current carrying component.
2. Armour grip type/AGS The sketch drawing of armour grip suspension clamp is shown below:-
Typical sketch for Suspension string with composite insulator used in 400kV is shown below:-
3. Envelope type The sketch drawing of envelope clamp is shown below:-
4. Corona free type The sketch drawing of Corona free type clamp is shown below:-
Suspension clamps There are various types of Suspension clamps which are used in transmission lines. These clamps are made of Aluminum Alloy. They can be used with Armour rods or without Armour rods.These are:
1. Free Centre type The sketch drawing of Free Center type clamp is shown below:-
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5. Trunion type The sketch drawing of Trunion type clamp is shown below:-
Typical sketch used in 400kV for Quad conductor with counter weight in the centre is shown below;
6. Centrally pivoted (aluminum forged) type These clamps are made of Aluminum Alloy. They can be used with Armour rods or without Armour rods. The sketch drawing of centrally pivoted type clamp is shown below:-
Heavy suspension string This is generally used for various Crossings like road, railway or river crossing and two insulator strings are used as an additional factor of safety. This also comprises of combination of forged items like anchor shackles, Ball and Socket fittings and fabricated items like Yoke plates and/or Extension links and arching horns. This combination depends on the length of the string required which includes the creepage requirement and can vary for different kV’s and different bundle of conductor and can vary for every individual Manufacturer. Typical sketch for Double Suspension 400kV Quad Bundle with composite insulator is shown below:-
Jumper Suspension string This also comprises a combination of forged items like anchor shackles, Ball and Socket fittings and fabricated items like Yoke plates and/or Extension links and arching horns. This combination depends on the length of the string required which includes the creepage requirement and can vary for different kV’s and different bundle of conductor and can vary for every individual Manufacturer. In addition, this string also consists a Suspension clamp which holds a conductor and is a current carrying component.
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B) Tension String: This can be further classified into
substation The sketch drawing for single Tension upright string is as shown below:-
}} Normal Tension string }} Heavy Tension string }} Low duty Tension string (Upright and Inverted )
Normal Tension string This comprises a Insulator and combination of forged items like anchor shackles, Ball and Socket fittings and fabricated items like Yoke plates arching horns/ grading rings and/or Extension links and arching horns. This combination depends on the length of the string required and can vary for different Kv’s and different bundle of conductor as well as for every individual Manufacturer. In addition, this string also consists a Tension clamp which holds the conductor and is a current carrying component.
The typical sketch drawing for Single Tension Inverted string is as shown below:-
The typical sketch drawing for normal tension string is shown above
Line Conductor Fittings (commonly referred as conductor accessories)
Heavy Tension string This comprises a Insulator and combination of forged items like anchor shackles, Ball and Socket fittings and fabricated items like Yoke plates arching horns/ grading rings and/or Extension links and arching horns. This combination depends on the length of the string required and can vary for different Kv’s and different bundle of conductor as well as for every individual Manufacturer. In addition, this string also consists a Tension clamp which holds the conductor and is a current carrying component. The typical sketch drawing for Heavy Tension string is shown below:-
As mentioned above normally, the modern day transmission lines are using different types of conductors such as ACSR; AAAC; & AACSR conductors. Normally in a transmission line ACSR or AAAC conductor are used. However, for River crossing, depending on the length of the span, AACSR conductor is used. Depending on the type of conductor and other parameters the conductor fittings/accessories are designed by a hardware manufacturer. Generally, the conductor fittings/ accessories used in transmission line are:a) Midspan Compression joint b) Repair Sleeve c) Vibration Damper d) Spacers e) Spacer damper f) T-Connector g) PG Clamp
a) Midspan Compression joint
Low duty tension string (upright and inverted) for gantry structures These strings are almost similar to normal tension string except that these are used for gantries/
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Midspan Joint is used for joining two lengths of conductor end to end. Generally, these joints should have resistivity less than 75% of the resistivity of equivalent length of conductor. The joint should be designed in such a way that it should not permit slipping off, damage to, or failure of the complete conductor or any part thereof at a load less than 95% of the ultimate tensile strength of the conductor. The
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design of this item depends on the type of conductor. For ACSR & AACSR it is designed with two separate components viz; Aluminum and steel; One for the Aluminum conductor and one for the steel core of the conductor. For AAAC there is only one component of Aluminum for conductor.
on suspension and tension points on each conductor in each span. It can be used along with bundle spacer/Spacer damper to damp Aeolian vibrations on a bundle conductor. The sketch diagram of vibration damper is as shown below:-
The sketch of midspan compression joint is shown below:-
d) Spacers b) Repair Sleeve Repair sleeve of compression type is generally used to repair conductor with not more than two strands broken in the outermost layer. This is made up of two components of Aluminum irrespective of ACSR or AAAC conductor which is compressed into one component after compression.
These spacers are used in bundle conductor system to ensure & maintain the correct sub conductor spacing at various points of the transmission line. These are designed as per the sub conductor spacing requirement. Of the spacers those which are used along the run of the line are known as line/ Bundle spacers whereas those at the jumper points are known as jumper spacers or rigid spacers. The sketch diagram of line spacer is shown below:-
The sketch diagram of repair sleeve is shown below:-
The sketch diagram of jumper spacer is shown below:-
c) Vibration Damper This is a damping device to control the Aeolian vibrations in a transmission Line. Modern day Vibration Dampers are of 4R Stockbridge type with four (4) different resonant frequencies spread within the specified Aeolian frequency bandwidth. It is used
Twin Bundle Spacer Damper
Triple Bundle Spacer Damper
Quad Bundle Spacer Damper
Hexa. Bundle Spacer Damper
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e) Spacer damper These are also used in Bundle conductor system and their function is to ensure & maintain correct spacing between conductors and control Aeolian and sub span oscillations. However, a designer has to check whether only spacer damper is sufficient to control the both the Aeolian and Sub span Oscillations by conducting Vibration/damping analysis. In case it is insufficient than additional damping devices such as vibration dampers has to be used on the line. These are also designed as per the sub conductor spacing requirement.The sketch diagram of Spacer Damper for different bundle of conductor is shown below:Further, the clamp of a spacer damper is a very critical component. Generally, there are various types
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of Clamps used in transmission lines for Spacer Dampers and they are shown below for reference.
sketch drawing of grounding clamp is shown below:-
Sketches for different types of clamps for Spacer Dampers are shown below:
Nut cracker spring loaded.
Open clamp rubber covered with helical rods.
Line Earthwire Fittings (commonly referred as earthwire Accessories) The earth wire fittings used in transmission line are:a) Midspan Compression joint b) Repair Sleeve
Nut cracker rubber liner with latch fastener.
Cantilever single bolted, rubber lined
c) Vibration Damper d) Earthing Aluminum/Copper Bond e) Suspension Clamp f) Tension clamp
Nut cracker single bolted
Cantilever single-bolted
f) T-Connector T-connectors are used at points where the transmission line is required to be tapped for providing power supply to intermediate locations. The sketch drawing of T-Connector is shown below:-
a) Midspan Compression joint Mid Span Joint is used for joining two lengths of earth wire end to end. The joint should have a resistivity less than 75% of the resistivity of equivalent length of earth wire. The joint should not permit slipping off, damage to, or failure of the complete conductor or any part thereof at a load less than 95% of the ultimate tensile strength of the earth wire. The sketch of midspan compression joint is shown below:-
g) ) Parallel Groove Clamp Parallel groove clamp is used for tapping of conductor. The sketch drawing of parallel groove clamp is shown below:-
b) Repair Sleeve Repair sleeve of compression type shall be used to repair earth wire with not more than two strands broken in the outermost layer. The sketch of repair sleeve is shown below:-
h) Grounding Clamp It is used for grounding/clamping conductor. The
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c) Vibration Damper Modern day Vibration dampers are of 4R Stockbridge type with four (4) different resonant frequencies spread
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within the specified Aeolian frequency bandwidth is used for suspension and tension points on each earth wire to damp out Aeolian vibrations . The sketch diagram of vibration damper for E/W is shown below:-
b) Bolted clamp It can be three bolted/four bolted/six bolted depending on the size and UTS of conductor.The indicative sketch of three bolted is attached below:
The indicative sketch is attached below
d) Earthing Aluminum/Copper Bond Grounding aluminum Copper Bond is used for grounding/earthing purpose.
c) Wedge Clamp
e) Suspension Clamp
g) Parallel Groove Clamp
It is used for holding the earth wire.
It is used for tapping of earth wire.
f) Tension clamp It is used for holding earth wire on angled/tension tower.
Design of Line insulator hardware fitting h) Grounding Clamp It is used for clamping earth wire.
Types of Tension clamps/Dead end: Following are the different types of Tension clamps used for conductor and Earth wire.
a) Compression type The indicative sketch is attached below
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While designing line hardware insulator fittings the following parameters are to be considered –
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1. Conductor parameters (UTS, Diameter, type of conductor, Bundle configuration) 2. Insulator UTS as well as type and coupling of insulator Based on the above the design for suspension hardware and tension hardware is finalized. Apart from the above the other important aspects required by a designer for designing line hardware fittings are as follows –
1) Arcing Horn a. Rod type arcing horn b. Pipe type arcing horn c. Ring type arcing horn
a) Rod type arcing horn The sketch drawing of rod type arcing horn is shown below:-
}} Type of tower attachment (line point contact etc) }} Type of attachment of hardware fitting to tower
cross arm (single or double or triple) }} Length of insulator string required
b) Pipe type arcing horn
}} The electrical clearance required
The sketch drawing of pipe type arcing horn is shown below:-
}} The arcing/air gap required }} Type of suspension clamp/tension clamp }} Bundle Configuration of conductor }} Sub conductor spacing
While designing conductor fittings or accessories a designer has to consider the following parameters. 1
Diameter of the conductor/Earth wire
2
Type of conductor/Earth wire
3
UTS of conductor/Earth wire
4
Bundle configuration of conductor
5
Slip strength required for Suspension and tension clamp
6
Electrical conductivity of conductor
Protective fittings used for Line Insulator fittings Arching horns or grading rings or Corona control rings are used to protect the Insulator and conductor from damages due to electrical/lightening faults. In addition these protective fittings ensure uniform voltage distribution throughout the insulator string particularly for Disc Insulators. A designer has to design these protective fittings in such a way that it protects the insulator as well as conductor from all electrical faults as well as from corona & RIV losses.
c. Ring type arcing horn The sketch drawing of ring type arcing horn is shown below:-
2) C. C. Ring The sketch drawing of CC ring is shown below :-
Following are the various types of protective fittings used in transmission lines/Substations1. Arcing Horn 2. CC Ring 3. Grading ring
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3) Grading Ring The sketch drawing of grading ring is shown below:-
acceptance of that lot in the works of the manufacturer. The tests are carried out as per IEC/IS/BS standards.
3. Routine Tests These are those tests that are to be carried out on each hardware fitting to check the requirements that are likely to vary during production. The tests are carried out as per IEC/IS/BS standards. Listed below is list of standards required for testing:-
• Indian standards:Sr Standard No No
Test
Name of standard
1
IS:2486 (part 1)
Specification for metal fitting of insulators for overhead power lines with nominal voltage > 1000 v [part 1 general requirements & test]
1. Type tests
2
IS : 731
These are the tests that are to be carried out to prove the design, process of manufacture and general conformity of the material in accordance with these specifications.
Specification for porcelain insulators for overhead power lines with a nominal voltage > 1000 v
3
IS: 8263
Methods of RI test on HV insulator
4
IS:8269
Methods for switching impulse test on HV insulators
5
IS: 2121 (Part I)
Specification for conductors & earth wire accessories for overhead power lines [part 1 armour rods, binding wires & tapes for conductors ]
6
IS 2486 (Part IV)
Specification for insulators for overhead power lines with nominal voltage > 1000 v [part iv test for locking devices]
7
IS : 2121 (Part II)
Specification for conductors & earthwire accessories for overhead power lines [part ii mid-span joints & repair sleeves for conductors]
8
IS : 2121 (Part 3)
Specification for conductors & earthwire accessories for overhead lines [part 3 accessories earthwire]
1. Type tests 2. Acceptance Tests 3. Routine Tests
Type tests are classified into 2 types:String tests
Standalone tests
This is carried out on the entire insulator hardware string along with the Insulator and all the protective fittings. These are dielectrical and Mechanical tests and are carried out as per IEC/ IS/BS standards as required by client. The details of tests to be carried out are specified in these standards. All the applicable standards for Line Insulator hardware fittings and Line conductor fittings are mentioned below for reference. This test is carried out on insulator hardware fittings (without insulators), conductor and earth wire accessories The standalone test includes mechanical and electrical tests. The tests are carried out as per IEC/IS/BS standards.
2. Acceptance Tests These are those tests that are to be carried out during inspection prior to dispatch for the purpose of
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9
IS : 9708
Specification for stock bridge vibration dampers for overhead power lines
2
IEC 61284
Overhead lines, requirements and tests for fittings
10
IS : 10162
Specification for spacers &spacer dampers for twin horizontal bundle conductors
3
IEC 61897
Tests on overhead line vibration damper
4
IEC 60437
Radio interference test on high voltage insulators
5
IEC 60507
Artificial pollution test on high-voltage insulator units
6
IEC 61109
Composite Insulators for AC Overhead lines with nominal voltage greater than 1000 V
7
IEC 61854
Requirement and test for spacer
8
IEC 61467
Insulators for overhead lines with a nominal voltage greater than 1000v – AC power arc tests on insulator sets.
• British Standard Sr Standard No No 1
BS-3288 (part-1)
Name of standard Insulator & conductor fittings of for overhead power lines
• IEC Standard 1
IEC 60383 (Part Insulator string and insulator II) sets for ac – Definitions , test methods and acceptance criteria
2
IEC 61284
Overhead lines, requirements and tests for fittings
3
IEC 61897
Tests on overhead line vibration damper
4
IEC 60437
Radio interference test on high voltage insulators
5
IEC 60507
Artificial pollution test on high-voltage insulator units
6
IEC 61109
Composite Insulators for AC Overhead lines with nominal voltage greater than 1000 V
7
IEC 61854
Requirement and test for spacer
8
IEC 61467
Insulators for overhead lines with a nominal voltage greater than 1000v – AC power arc tests on insulator sets.
• IEC Standard Sr No 1
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Standard No
Name of standard
IEC 60383 (Part Insulator string and II) insulator sets for ac – Definitions , test methods and acceptance criteria
Conclusion Line Insualtor hardwares and Conductor/earthwire fittings is actually a very vast subject and a designer/ manufacturer of this subject should be aware of Mechanical; Electrical and Vibration aspects of a transmission line to successfully design and manufacture these items. A designer for these items has to consider all the parameters of all major items of the transmission line i.e Transmission tower; Insulator and Conductor/Earthwire while designing these items. A lot has been done till date and a lot is still in the evolution stage and this trend is expected to continue as long as new conductors; Insulators and other connecting items are developed. Last but not the least, these Line Insulator hardware fittings and Conductor/Earthwire accessories are the most critical components of a transmission line and a transmission line would never be able to function in absence of these items. However, in addition to the design of these items the other most important and critical aspects are the correct installation techniques of these items and regular and periodic maintenance which can enhance the life and performance of not only these items but also the entire transmission line. A proper coordination between utility, turnkey contractor and installation contractor holds the key for this. Author
Mr Rajesh Mangalvedhe, EMI
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MSME-DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTE (MSME-DI), MUMBAI
MSME-DI, Mumbai has been set up at Mumbai in Maharashtra in 1954. At present, it caters the promotional and developmental needs of MSME Sector of 23 districts of Maharashtra. Rest of the districts fall under the jurisdiction of MSME-DIs at Nagpur. MSME-DI, Mumbai is known as the nodal institute for the state of Maharashtra. The institute maintains a close liaison with the State Industries Department, Financial Institutions/Banks, State Promotional Agencies, Technical Departments, Universities and academic institutions, engineering colleges and Industry Associations.
country having the post of an Industrial Designer. The officers are the experts recruited through Union Public Service Commission. They have all India transfer liability. The technical officers having expertise in the disciplines like Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Electronics, Chemical, Leather and Footwear, Glass and Ceramics are available in the institute. There are officers from Economic & Statistical Services and Management and Training disciplines. The institute is having potential of giving Technoeconomic and Managerial Consultancy Services to MSME Sector.
The support of the institute is basically in terms of –
I. Technical Services
1. Policy promotions measures for MSME Sector
}} Preparation of detailed Project Reports and
2. Providing Technical Consultancy to Existing and Prospective Entrepreneurs 3. Publicizing the Public Procurement Policy and facilitating due share of MSE Sector in procurements by Government Departments and Public Sector Enterprises
}} Preparation and updation of Project Profiles
Feasibility Reports }} Guidance on selection of Plant & Machinery and
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II. Vendor Development Programmes The Institute organizes Vendor Development Programmes (National and State Level) for Government Departments/ PSUs / Railways /Defence / LSUs with objective of bringing Micro and Small units and Govt. Departments and PSUs on common platform for business promotion of MSEs.
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The institute organizes Seminars and Workshops on Public Procurement Policy and brings awareness
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about the changes in the Policy. It also supports other organizations in their Buyer Seller Meets etc.
Under this activity, trainings in Export Marketing, Export Procedure and Documentation and Export
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Banks/Financial Institutions and forward them to Headquarters for monitoring }} To keep liaison with the State Level Banking
Committee and Empowered Committee and raise banking related issues in the forum }} To collect information of MSME Units from the
Districts and State Directorate of Industries }} To collect information related to production of
MSME units }} Census work of MSME units in the State.
IV. Management Development Programmes and Consultancy Under this activity, the Management Development Programmes are organized with the objective of improving managerial competence of MSME units. The areas of MDP include Industrial Management, Marketing Management, Industrial and Commercial Laws, Financial Management, Export Marketing etc.
The Institute gives due publicity for the Scheme of National Awards and invite applications and places them before State Level Selection Committee for recommending the units from the State to National LevelSelection Committee.
VIII. State Level Advisory Board on MSME There is a State Level Advisory Board for coordination work of offices working for MSMEs in the state of Maharashtra. The Secretary (MSE), Govt. of Maharashtra is the Chairman and Director, MSMEDI, Mumbai is a Member Secretary of the State Level Advisory Board. There are forty other members representing different Central & State Government departments/organizations including leading Industry Associations on the Board.
IX. Library The Library of the institute has more than 3800 books on Technical, Economic and Managerial subjects. The regular periodicals, journals and project profile are in addition to the books. Every year new books
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and periodicals are added in Library. More than 50% books are in Hindi. Library facility is available free forreference in the library
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The association with IEEMA gives unparalleled access to abundant source of information on technology - Dr Ashok Chitkara Dr. Ashok Chitkara and Dr. Madhu Chitkara, who have been passionate teachers for more than 40 years, now, have founded Chitkara University and it is a not for profit institution. Since the inception of the university, Chitkara University has been different. Mr Ashok and Madhu Chitkara speaks to IEEMA Journal about their expectations from IEEMA in connecting them with industry partners, nodal agencies, governmental institutions and international organizations. The unique difference being that Chitkara University has been established & managed by passionate academicians with sole mission of making each and every student ‘Industry Ready’. The entire approach at Chitkara University is learning-centric enhancing knowledge, skills and understanding through practical experience. Students, parents, alumni, Government and Industry since the inception of the University, have acknowledged this difference. Within a decade most of our academic programs are ranked in Top # 50 programs in the country, which speaks volumes about our strong academic heritage, highly committed faculty, extensive industry collaborations, great international engagements and the state of the art campus infrastructure for student friendly atmosphere.
For the first time IEEMA has started institutional membership and Chitkara University being the first member how important the association between Chitkara University and IEEMA? Chitkara University is young and it is growing everyday by spreading the true value of education with a strong hold at gross root level. IEEMA an apex organization in electrical, electronics and energy domains in India and with immense potential it has in terms of know-how in technical, research and product development capability, motivated us to approach IEEMA to become to seek institutional membership. We could voice our desire in meetings, forums and it called for amendment in existing constitution of IEEMA to accommodate educational institution. With
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our consistent push and wholehearted support by the leadership team of IEEMA, we have been able to achieve desired amendments in the constitution thus enabling Chitkara University to become 1st academic member of IEEMA with effect from April 2015. The association with IEEMA gives unparalleled access to abundant source of information on technology, latest happenings in industry, access to technical seminars, conferences, articles and most importantly access to research on critical energy domains and last but not the least access to all profound industry members of IEEMA. On the other hand, Chitkara University has created good academic infrastructure with all support facilities that are completely available to IEEMA and its members for conducting seminars, meetings, conferences and technical events. Secondly, we stand committed to bring necessary reforms in technical/ skill education pursued by IEEMA to bring visible change in Indian education sector in the near future.
What are the future prospects you are looking after this membership? Chitkara University believes in 3-pronged approach and they are, a. Nurturing young minds b. Creating research led academic learning c. Promoting entrepreneurship by actively providing know-how, grooming and financial support for enabling new breed of business environment
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The association with IEEMA brings innumerable benefits that would strengthen our approach. To start with participating in technical forums, meetings, and conferences and also becoming contributing member in research activities, thus enabling our students, faculties and Research associates to benefit at large.
Would you recommend other institutions to take IEEMA membership? Certainly and it goes without saying. In this knowledge driven economy, educational institutions have large responsibility to create industry ready human resource. Membership with IEEMA shall bring host of benefits and it will help them benchmark & learn best industry practices, which shall enhance academic quality and delivery.
What challenges are faced today and how can IEEMA help you resolve them? As a prominent educational group, we face many challenges and those are access to industry, access to research on sunrise/emerging sectors, access to innovations in domain knowledge, access
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What are the priority areas to focus at Chitkara University right now? Perhaps there are many as a growing institution and these are bringing strong industry interface in academics, creating quality delivery platform, creating sustainable research environment with industry sponsors, giving global exposure to students and continuously enhancing academic delivery of faculties with inputs from industry and nodal agencies.
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From (L to R): Mr Sunil Misra, Director General, IEEMA, Mr Vishnu Agarwal, President, IEEMA, Mr Narendra Taneja, National Convener, Energy Cell, BJP, Mr B N Sharma, Joint Secretary, Ministry of Power and Mr Rajeev Sharma, CMD, Rural Electrification Corporation
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EEMA Energy Meter Division organized the 6th edition of Metering India 2015 seminar on April 22-23, April 2015 at New Delhi. The Seminar was first held in 2004 and since then followed by editions in 2006, 2008, 2011, 2013. The theme for Metering India 2015 was The Smart Indian Dimension.
The Seminar was inaugurated by Mr B N Sharma, Joint Secretary, Ministry of Power and Mr Rajeev Sharma, CMD, Rural Electrification Corporation delivered the Keynote address. Mr Narendra Taneja, National Convener of Energy Cell, BJP was the Guest of Honour of the Seminar.
For last one decade, IEEMA METERING INDIA Seminar has been a catalyst of change in the Indian Energy Metering Industry. An interactive and thought provoking bi-yearly event, it enjoys widespread popularity amongst the stakeholders of the Metering Industry.
Mr C P Jain, Chairman, IEEMA Meter Division addressed the delegates, he said, “ We received around 60 papers but since we have to close in two days, we will be able to present only 25 papers out of those 60 papers. But they are really wonderful papers which will give us lot of in-depth information. There are 19 Welcome Address by sponsors from across Mr C P Jain, Chairman, Meter Division IEEMA the metering industry, semiconductor industry, IT Solution providers and organizations associated with the power sector. We are proud to say that the total manufacturing activity of design, development, testing is totally done in India and this is 100 percent ‘Make in India’. This 100 percent ‘Make in India’ is not from today we are following it since last 15-20 years.”
Today we are witnessing a paradigm shift; with focus on technological advancements that are not only economically viable but environmentally sustainable. There is an increasing emphasis on smart buildings, ensuring energy efficiency, safety and security. The government’s mandate towards creation of 100 smart cities can be foreseen as a stepping stone towards the smart future. Metering India 2015 was a perfect platform to take this interaction further. The seminar was attended by 400 delegates from 123 Organizations across all sections of stakeholder groups such as Utilities, Electricity Regulators, Distribution Franchisees, IT solution providers, Testing and Research Institutes, Consultants, Utility Service Providers, Manufacturers of Energy Meters and Policy makers.
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He added, “Today, our AT&C losses are roughly around Rs. 25000 crores per annum. But for any technology to be successful, however smart it is, some initiatives from socio-political sector is required else the technology may fail especially in the distribution sector.” Mr Vishnu Agarwal, President IEEMA said, “Since assuming the office as IEEMA President in the last 6-7months, I have seen that that either this kind of a huge event does not take place and even if it does, it is almost impossible to see so many smiling faces in spite of what Address by Mr Vishnu Agarwal, the electrical equipment manufacturers have President, IEEMA endure in the last couple of years. The Metering division is a distinct identity in itself and why shouldn’t it be? Why the members of the metering division shouldn’t be smiling about? I happen to see some figures and out of the 18 product-related divisions of IEEMA; apart from that we have other divisions as well but out of the 18 product-related divisions which covers the entire span of generation, transmission and distribution of power, there has been a consistent growth in terms of numbers; there has been a consistency in growth of the metering division.” “They have not only been doing ‘Make in India, but at the same time, they have been developing appropriate technology at sustainable prices, competitive prices for our customers. I felt there was much more needed to be done were in human resources, in the three Ps – people, process and policies. I would request my friends in this division to work on these three aspects. There is a provision now in IEEMA for associate membership for all academic institutions. The idea is transfer of knowledge,” articulated Mr Agarwal. Mr B N Sharma, Joint Secretary, Ministry of Power in his speech said, “Metering in India is probably the most apt subject to talk to as of today. We all know the importance of power in the overall infrastructure and growth of the country. We have been a part of it and we have all in our own way contributed to it whether one is in the government or one is the manufacturing sector or in a consumer association but we have all done our bit. The real challenge in the entire sector remains the distribution and this is also the part of the value chain which generates resources
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and these resources are then transmitted to the transmitter, to the generator, to the coal supplier, to the other raw material suppliers and so distribution remains the hub. He further stated “Unfortunately the distribution segment is ailing. We all know Address by Mr B N Sharma, Joint the reasons. The Secretary, Ministry of Power new government has announced three new schemes which primarily focus on the health of the distribution sector. First is aiming at rural India, that is, the Deendayal Upadhyaya Gram Jyoti Yojana. Just for the knowledge of everybody, This scheme talks about the health of the sub transmission and the distribution segment. It takes care of the needs of the feeder segregation. It talks about 100 percent metering.” “I am very happy to share with you that we will be very soon rolling out certain programmes. I would urge all of you because you all are involved in various capacities in different states and I would suggest that we should come out with more and more innovative ideas for smart metering. The common man understands smart grid means smart meter. That is what his understanding is and to some extent, I would say it is right because that is the consumer interface and that is the beginning of the smart grid scenario. The Net Metering Protocols have been announced and approved in many states,” said Mr Sharma. Mr Rajeev Sharma, Chairman and Managing Director, Rural Electrification Corporation also addressed the delegates, he said, “For the last 2-3 years, the power sector was passing through very difficult phase. As lenders, we were under great stress. But after Keynote address by Mr Rajeev the new government Sharma, CMD, Rural has taken over, some Electrification Corporation of the concerns have been addressed and resolved. In capacity addition, our target for the Twelfth Plan was 88000 MW. I am
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happy to inform you that during these three years, already 64000 MW capacity has been commissioned and during last year, in a single year, we could add 22500 MW which is a record. We used to achieve this, even less than this target during five years. Our installed capacity today is 265000 MW. Advanced metering is one of the most important components of RAPDRP and it is under implementation all over the country. But once RAPDRP is implemented all over the states, we have to switch over to smart grid, which this new government has already considered and taken a decision after approving Integrated Power Development Schemes for urban areas, Deendayal Upadhyaya Gram Jyoti Yojana for rural areas.” “I am happy to inform you that under Deendayal Upadhyaya Gram Jyoti Yojana, we have already sanctioned Rs. 8800 crores projects. It is important that apart from putting up missing links in sub transmission and distribution, to connect the remaining households and unelectrified villages, metering of all consumers, metering of all 11kV feeders and replacement of all electromechanical meters by static meters is one of the important and vital parts of this scheme. We tried in the Ministry of Power earlier to prepare a protocol for metering so that the state distribution companies have a standard metering protocol. I am sure these two-day deliberations during this metering seminar will discuss and deliberate latest technologies in metering and will discuss the issues involved in reduction of Aggregate Technical and Commercial losses which is the most important and root cause of the financial health of state power utilities.” Mr Narendra Taneja, National Convener, Energy Cell, Bharatiya Janata Party addressed the audience stating, “We are talking of smart meters,
smart grids, smart cities and hopefully, also smart villages. In the party, I keep talking about smart villages. If we make smart cities and not smart villages, we are going to be in trouble. We need thousands and thousands of smart villages across the country. But essentially, if you want all this, then you Address by Mr Narendra Taneja, need to focus on a few National Convener, Energy Cell, Bharatiya Janata Party things, not necessarily in this order but you need to focus on them. Today, it is important that we make sure that every single Indian has access to electricity. When we talk of power, very often, we stop thinking at meters, turbines, generators, capital and technology. But the biggest challenge that we are facing unfortunately, is on the fuel side. Our real challenges are on securing fuels.” Continuing the tradition of honoring someone who has dedicated his lifetime for the cause of electricity metering in the country, this time Seminar Committee in agreement with Meter Division decided to honor two professionals who made it possible for the metering industry to be what it is today in India.
Panel & Valedictory Session: Opportunities and Challenges of Smart Indian Dimension The session was attended by 295 delegates and chaired by Mr I C P Keshari, Principal Secretary,
The first name for “Special Contribution to Metering” was conferred upon Mr P K Mukherjee. For over thirty years, Mr P.K. Mukherjee has been involved in the major facets of standardization, namely standards formulation and certification in the field of electrotechnology at the National and International level. Mr Mukherjee represented BIS in several committees on policy making set up by the various Ministries of Government of India. While in BIS he had significant contribution in the formulation of National Standards in the field of Electrotechnology, influencing safety and energy conservation. Mr Mukherjee is currently working with Collaborative Labeling and Appliance Standards Program (CLASP) a leading international resource and voice for energy efficiency standards and labels (S&L) for appliances, lighting, and equipment and is working in over 50 countries on 6 continents.
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Madhya Pradesh. Other participants were Mr Praveer Sinha, Chief Executive Officer and Executive Director, TPDDL, New Delhi; Mr Gopal Saxena, Director, BSES Rajdhani Power and BSES Yamuna Power; Mr Sunil Singhvi, Vice President, Energy, Secure Meters; Dr. Subir Sen, General Manager, Smart Grid, Power Grid Corporation of India, Mr Ganesh Kashyap, Senior Director, Smart Grid Solutions, Landis and Gyr. Mr I C P Keshari, Principal Secretary, Madhya Pradesh said, “We must compliment IEEMA for choosing the theme for Metering India – The Smart Indian Dimension. If you see the word ‘smart’, it is a flavour of the season. There is a premium on becoming smart in communication, in technology and we are Talk by Mr I C P Keshari talking of smart cities, smart metering and smart solutions. It is good that we have started in a big way especially in power sector because two years before, 24x7 power supply was thought of as commercially not a viable solution. In the whole power chain, cash is generated only by the distribution companies for everyone else like generation, transmission. Cash is generated at discoms level and it is in the interest of all other players in the power sector that we must ensure the financial viability and vibrancy of distribution companies. And if you start thinking from the state point of view, tariff revision is the most painful thing
which people consider. We have just gone through the Madhya Pradesh on April 17 where the regulator raised the tariff by 9.83%. While Praveer Sinha, Chief Executive Officer and Executive Director, TPDDL, said, “ smart metering can play a pivotal role in bringing in the transformation in the power sector. When we look at what the objective of being smart is, it is basically relating to three components. The first component is Praveer Sinha, Chief Executive Officer and Executive Director, how do you give better quality service to the TPDDL, New Delhi consumer. That means how do you ensure that you provide 24x7 electricity to the consumer. For that, you need to do a whole lot of automation, whole lot of IT networking so that not only your network but also your customerrelated services are fully integrated and automated. Everything is controlled from the control centre where we have the SCADA. Not only that it is integrated with the GIS that we have implemented.” “The second issue that needs to be considered is about the cyber security. That is another area because there are multi-users of the system, there are multi-equipments that would be used and they are going to talk to each other, they are going to work with each other. We will have lot of renewal energy, especially solar energy. How do we use the smart grid for interconnecting the solar energy especially
The second name for “Special Contribution to Metering” was conferred upon Mr Kamlesh Dave. Shri Kamlesh S Dave, a graduate engineer who started his career with Gujarat Electricity Board and then MGVCL. He has been associated with metering right from the electromechanical meters to the static meters to grid meters, imports and exports etc. for the EHV consumers. In his 35 years of illustrious tenure, he held various responsible positions in Gujarat Electricity Board. Large part of it was in testing and preparing the specifications for Single phase, Three phase and HT TVMs. Special Contribution to Metering Award : Mr Kamlesh Dave
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at the roof top solar energy that will come? It will change the whole way the energy loads demandsupply projection is to be done. Today the peak load is in the afternoon time, it will move to the evening time or the night time because there would be a large number of people who would be doing their own captive generation and they would be giving the balance to the grid. It is very necessary that all the stakeholders sit together and come out with standard solutions which can work under universal conditions.” Subir Sen, General M a n a g e r, Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd explained, “ When we are talking about metering, many people think about the energy meter. But that does not mean that metering includes only energy meter. Since we are talking about the opportunities and Subir Sen, General Manager, challenges on Indian Power Grid Corporation of smart dimension, we India Ltd. have added the word smart. Four quick facts about why we need it. One is the rapid rate of urbanisation. The figure was around 31% in 2011 and it is expected that it will be hovering around 40% by 2030. Another important factor is that industrialisation, the ‘Make in India’ programme, which is basically envisaging that India will be transformed into major manufacturing hub.” “Another factor is Digital India. We have to deliver the services electronically; delivery of services electronically as well as well as digital literacy. We are talking about energy security, we are talking about the environmental sustainability too, in those terms, renewables is playing a dominant role day by day. You must have known that around 2002, the contribution of the renewables in the total generation mix or the portfolio was hardly around 2%. It has already reached 13% now and is expected that it will cross more than 30% in the next 10-12 years time frame. Another most important aspect is that of funding. We have to make a proper business model. We may talk about technology and policy but unless and until fund flow is there or a proper business model is there, this will not come into light. Funding is also another challenge and we have to see how the business model can be derived in this direction.” Mark Ossel, Board Member, Networked Energy Services, Neatherlands said, “ In Europe when we started about 10-12 years ago, most utilities did not think about power quality and smart grid. It started as
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smart metering for billing only which is wrong, of course. I was impressed that, many presentations in this Seminar talked about power quality and the use you can have of it in managing your assets, managing your grid and the importance of it. In that sense, you are going to do it right the first time. Proven Mark Ossel, Board Member, technology – the major Networked Energy Services, trends – the debate is Neatherlands moving away from low level standards, high level architecture allowing you to plug-in anything. Reliability becomes the key. This is not for sure a thing of France’s real grid management. Applications like net metering presented, if you think about the prepaid applications, upgrading through networking, allowing people to upgrade with their mobile phones and you need reliable technology and also for grid management purpose and in your case, you want to define and measure theft, you need to be close to 100 percent, otherwise, it does not make sense.” Sunil Singhvi, Vice President, Energy SBU, Secure Meters shared his views stating that, “Lot of debate takes place to go for smart. Firstly, we must define what our objectives are. Every businessman looks for a return on investment. If I look for a consumer whose bill is Rs 300 per month, his annual bill amounts to Rs 3600. Sunil Singhvi, Vice President, Energy SBU, Secure Meters Assuming it is a good meter with a life of ten years, it becomes Rs36000. If you calculate the return on investment as per the Electricity Act and other things also, I would have earned around Rs 6000-7000 from him over a period of ten years. If I invest Rs 6000 for that consumer, whatever I have earned, I have invested in CAPEX. I have not retained anything, other things that I have invested. It depends on the consumer category where you want to invest and for what purpose. Manipur has the highest losses of 70% in the country till a few years back. And what CM of Manipur stated his political desire that either he would go for privatisation or they should change themselves. Not only technology, but also people and processes are important.”
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G ane sh Kashyap, Senior Director, Smart Grid Solutions, Landis and Gyr said, “In terms of technical debt, my observation is we are trying to build something to meet the demands of yesterday. What should we do in terms of getting us there where we can leapfrog today, tomorrow and directly Ganesh Kashyap, Senior go to the future? How Director, Smart Grid Solutions, can we think about it? Landis and Gyr There is a gap in terms of innovation and what the ground reality is. How do we bridge this gap? Future proofing is one thing but there is a gap. What is needed to bridge the gap? Can we realistically do something? While we are building a top-notch infrastructure here, there is an ageing infrastructure that is growing upon. Everybody to walk away thinking what is the single most challenge that is plaguing you in terms of taking the state of our grid from point A today to future. What is that single most thing that we can do as a regulator or as a utility representative or as an energy architect to take from where we are to where we have to be and make sure that we can change these challenges into opportunities.” Gopal Saxena, Director, BSES Rajdhani Power and BSES Yamuna Power said, “The network today that we run is vastly different from the network that we ran even five years back. I am talking of an e-world network. My biggest challenge is to anticipate what that network is going to be after 5-10 years down
the road. We forget that the consumer at the end of the day is looking for four distinct features. One is access to power. The second is availability wherever there is access and the third is reliability of power which relates to availability and the fourth is affordability. With the greater amount of renewables that are Gopal Saxena, Director, BSES going to come in the Rajdhani Power and BSES next 5-7 years, the grid Yamuna Power is going to be a big constraint. And it is extremely important to find viable solutions to be able to manage the integration of these renewable.”
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Award Winners At the end of the Seminar, three best papers were awarded with cash prizes
Best paper award of `1,00,000 went to ‘Evolution of Prepaid Metering to AMI’ by Jonathan Mistry from Schneider Electric.
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2nd best paper award of `75,000 went to ‘Differentiating the Meter Specifications’ by Mr Vishal Natani from BSES Rajdhani Power.
3rd best paper award of `50,000 went to ‘Smart Meter Data Analytics and its Relevance to Resolve Power Distribution Issues in India’ by Dr. Anukram Mishra from Landis + Gyr.
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Sessions Chairmen
Mr S K Chaturvedi – Chairman, Joint Electricity Regulatory Commission- Chairing Session on Smart Metering... A Solution Approach
Mr R Sudan – Managing Director, Manipur State Power Distribution Company Limited – Chairing Session on Metering Standards – A System Approach
Mr Arup Ghosh, Chief Technical Officer, Tata Power Delhi Distribution Limited – Chairing Session on Metering Technologies and Smart Trends
Mr R K Verma, Chief Engineer, Central Electricity Authority – Chairing Session on Transition from Consumer to Prosumer
Mr Rajesh Bansal, Vice President, BSES Rajadhani Power Limited – Chairing Session on Business Intelligence – Utility Prespective
Mr Prem Kumar, CEO, BSES Yamuna Power Limited – Chairing Session on Communication Technologies & Infrastructure
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IEEMA - BIS - IEC CEO’s Round Table Meeting
(From Left to Right, Mr. Vimal Mahendru- President Legrand (India) ; Mr. Frans Vreeswijk- General Secretary & CEO, IEC; Mr. M.J. Joseph- Director General, BIS; Mr. Vishnu Agarwal, President, IEEMA; Mr. Junji Nomura, President, IEC; Mr. Sunil Misra, Director General, IEEMA on the dais during the 2nd IEC-BIS-IEEMA CEO’s Round table meeting
The IEC Pacific Area Standards Congress (PASC) was held in New Delhi from 4-8 May 2015. On the side-lines of the PACS, the 2nd IEEMA-BIS-IEC CEOs Round Table was organised on Friday, 8th May in Delhi. The objective of Round Table was to discuss, amongst other matters of mutual interest, implications of the IEC Platform for Indian Industry and how the role of Indian industry in IEC work can be strengthened. The Round Table was attended by Mr. Junji Nomura (President IEC), Mr. M.J. Joseph (DG, BIS), Mr. Vishnu Agarwal (President IEEMA), Mr. Franz Vreeswijk (General Secretary IEC), Mr. Sunil Misra (DG, IEEMA), Ms. Alka Panda and Mr. D.K. Nayyar (DDG, BIS), Mr. Vimal Mahendru (Member SMB, IEC), senior IEC, BIS officials and senior Industry representatives.
Welcome address by Director General, IEEMA In his welcome address, Director General IEEMA, Mr. Sunil Misra gave a brief introduction about IEEMA and its membership, covering the entire value chain of Generation, Transmission and Distribution sector. He apprised the participants about IEEMA’s involvement with Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) in terms of participation in 27 ET- Committees. He also spoke about IEEMA flagship event “ELECRAMA” the largest exhibition of the world which is held every two years.
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Address by President, IEEMA Mr. Vishnu Agarwal, President, IEEMA mentioned that Indian industry is on growth path and very soon, India is going to be next manufacturing hub. He further mentioned about the plan of Govt. of India for reaching electricity to all, to the last mile connectivity and there is no reason to believe that we will not be able to achieve it. President IEEMA informed there are lot of areas for IEEMA, BIS and IEC to work together. He gave few examples where IEEMA has supplemented BIS on the standardization work. Mr. Agarwal said that Indian manufacturers are exporting to more than 50 countries, and has an ambition to be now the manufacturing hub and supply quality product to the world, then there is a need to adhere to international standards where IEC has a role to play with us. He summed up the following expectations from the Industry: a) IEC can hold more Technical Committee and WC meetings in India. IEEMA on behalf of Industry would be happy to support and provide all logistics facilities. b) Though there is multiplicity of standards, we are committed to work both with IEC and BIS to avoid such situation wherever there is doubt and conflict.
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c) To speed up the development of standards, which are presently not in sync with global technological developments.
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Traditionally BIS has followed the product certification schemes i.e ISI standard mark in its procedures. In recent years we have embarked upon self-declaration of conformity, leaving it to the manufacturer to state his product manufactured confirms the relevant Indian Standards. In this there is no need of visiting the factory, only requirement is that sample is to be tested from BIS approved laboratory.
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It is the sovereign responsibility of any government to exercise vigilance in the market place, and that is one of the great challenges that BIS would be facing how to design and implement an effective market surveillance system, so that the substandard manufacturer would go away. This is where Industry Associations and members who are genuine registered manufacturers will have to play role. It is for BIS to strengthen its enforcement machinery to conduct operations and to name and shame for sub-standard manufacturers in Public domain so that buyers do not entertain such kind of products.
Mr. Agarwal concluded saying that IEEMA is looking forward to many more meetings with IEC in the coming years.
Address by Director General, BIS In his address, Mr. Joseph, Director General, BIS said that we are at the crossroads of development of standards in India. He presented some of his thoughts on standardization as summed below: XX
Till recently, perhaps standards were not given so much importance. Probably there was disconnect also between standard formulation, standard development done by BIS and the industry. There were enlightened section of industry that saw the necessity for good quality standards and they were the ones who were progressive and adopted them that helped them to become globally competitive.
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BIS should be more proactive in working along with the Industry. It is necessary for the Government to ensure that the market environment is conducive to the manufacturer and sale of good quality products, which solemn responsibility of the central government to take affirmative action in terms of reducing or eliminating the other players who distort the market, specifically the sub-standard products both within the country and outside.
XX
Enforcement or tightening/marking of the penalties would be made more effective in terms of imprisonment and monetary penalties.
XX
Amendments in the BIS Act are being brought in consumer interest, which is to do with product recall of the sub-standard product with ISI marking. There is a larger consumer interest in the country which needs to be protected. IEEMA should suggest good regulations opportunity for us to go ahead.
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BIS is in the process of amending the Act 1986. In order to improve the environment of the market, BIS would be empowered to bring more products under mandatory certification, so that there is some kind of check and test on the samples of the product, regular inspection and so on.
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We need to ensure documentation in transparent manner which may cut the contact points, subsequently what minimum needs to be done which are absolutely necessary in keeping with International norms. This is not being done to promote Inspector Raj and this would greatly reduce the visit of the BIS inspectors to factory premises. IEEMA should give their suggestion in this regard.
Many of the BIS approved laboratories need to be modernized and we need to have more laboratories as well. BIS is already in discussion with International players and probably through Public Private Partnership route we are going to take it up in the next few months. We need to create policy facilitating environment to bring in serious international players to come and set up good laboratories.
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BIS can look into other conformance assessment certification schemes. Globally there are 6 to 7 main schemes.
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Address by President, IEC Mr Junji Nomura, who is also the Corporate Adviser, Energy Solution Business Promotion at Panasonic said he was very keen to promote participation in the IEC standards development by Asian countries. This is because Asian countries are developing and industrialising quickly. IEC has four global Conformity Assessment Systems, where the objective is to realise that the people can use the device, equipment and the systems with safety and reliability without the need for cost-based testing.
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Mr. Surendra Jhalora, General Manager, Secure Meters Ltd. during his presentation on the benefits of using the IEC platform.
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Many people say that innovation is hindered because of standards; the truth is that there is an open discussion which promotes innovation. It provides for minimum requirements and you can build upon your products depending on your near and future requirement.
XX
Another big benefit is combined industry expertise. We share developments with international experts from other countries having rich experience which leads to knowledge enhancement and we get new ideas and ways that help avoid making costly errors
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Again this is a myth that intellectual property rights or the knowledge is shared and it is not protected. There is a provision in the standards to put patents and there is a provision to use those patents from a specific company. Standards also allow the regulators to supply cost effectively and efficiently and at most competitive prices to provide affordable services.
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The biggest advantage of participating in the IEC platform is that we sit in the driver’s seat and get opportunity to participate in drafting the standards rather than commenting on the standards after they have been formed. It is better to take the driver’s seat, add value and modify it yourself. This is the opportunity and the right time for Indian experts to participate and give their views and present the Indian work on the IEC platform and define the Standards for Tomorrow
Presentation by Surendra Jhalora, General Manager, Technology, Secure Meters Mr. Surendra Jhalora shared his experience of working on the IEC platform for more than 10 years. Excerpts from his presentation are highlighted below: XX
IEC has 83 total members out of which 60 are full members and 23 are associate members, where more than 10000 experts from different countries and companies participate in more than 175 TCs, SCs and 1000 working groups. Participation from China, Germany, Japan and others is in large number, whereas India is in 74 Committees as full member and in 79 as observer.
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By participating in IEC activities, the National Committee can be sure of that the interest of the country has been taken into account. The experts take care of the national interest in the standardisation and IEC offers a forum to network with the experts, a place to discuss all these technical matters with experts from all across different stakeholders. The biggest advantage of the IEC is that small countries sit together at the same platform and discuss with big companies and big countries. Another advantage we get is that reliability and environmental aspects are built into the standards.
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Standards help us to reduce cost in production, services, products and everywhere. The moment we go for standards, variation disappears and efforts go into developing and marketing the product. The moment we decided to have certification complying to IEC standards and sell to different countries, one certification is good enough across the world. Standards provide an easy and efficient way to service the customers and there is benefit on the customer service quality as well.
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He concluded by saying that the industrial growth of an IEC member country is closely linked with its participation in standardisation. US, Japan and China have larger participation, so is their industrial growth. India needs to move forward by having more and more participation in the process of drafting of standards.
Address by IEC General Secretary & CEO In his address Mr. Frans Vreeswijk informed that being the Indian member of IEC, BIS has to make sure that it represents all the stakeholders in the country. Industry being one of the biggest stake holders, he invited feedback on how the IEC can better support and address the needs of emerging countries. In its Master plan 2011, IEC had set far-reaching goals, two of them particularly relevant being (a) making IEC the “home of industry” so that it can be sure that its work responds to market needs and (b) seeking leadership in emerging markets and technologies so that it can be sure of bringing benefit to all of stakeholders. Hence the participation of India is very important to the IEC.
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He further assures to fully embrace and encourage greater participation from Indian industry in IEC work, for India clearly has a huge potential to play a stronger role in the world manufacturing market. To achieve this potential, investment in infrastructure is essential. He informed of the IEC activities that are particularly relevant for India, where India should be much more active in the IEC, standing shoulder to shoulder with its peers, if it wishes to demonstrate how it can contribute as an emerging world player. Investing in making smarter cities is crucial for India because growth and urbanization are intricately linked. Some Smart Cities will be built from scratch; others will come about through ongoing transformations of existing cities. But, in the end, the final product will be the same in terms of definition and parameters. The International Standards required for the final product are therefore the same. Our goal in IEC is to develop International Standards that support the compatibility of technologies by ensuring interoperability. Having interoperable technologies facilitates the development of tailor-made solutions. Interoperable technologies can be adapted and combined in different ways to respond to multiple situations. Indian cities would be able to benefit from this flexibility to put in place solutions that meet their specific needs. International Standards provide the technical specifications that can underpin policy efforts. This can help countries accelerate the deployment of effective policies for renewable energies. The IEC provides the large majority of all International Standards for renewable energy generations and has recently founded the first CA System for equipment used within RE applications, IECRE, of which India is one of the early members. In the five Technical Committees looking at renewable energies, less than 0.5% of the experts come from India. He further informed all the participants that IEC together with BIS, are holding the LVDC International Conference in New Delhi on 26th -27th October’ 2015. LVDC technology can be applied everywhere where energy can be used directly, without conversion, and where power quality is of high importance. It is a low cost, simple but high-level technology. LVDC offers many promises, including bringing energy to the millions who don’t currently have access. Conversion losses for data centres and low voltage devices will be a thing of the past. Like we saw with mobile phones, developing economies may be able to leapfrog developed economies and avoid the cost of bringing the heavy infrastructure of the electric grid to rural areas.
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In October last year, IEC established a SEG to look at LVDC appointing Mr. Vimal Mahendru as the convenor. The SEG is responsible for recommending the architecture of any future standardization work program that the IEC may undertake and for identifying new areas of standardization to be undertaken by the IEC. The SEG will evaluate the usage of LVDC in different integration environments in developed and developing economies with the objective of enhancing energy efficiency and of developing new ways to utilize LVDC power. The SEG will actively engage with relevant stakeholders within the IEC and external stakeholders already working in the field of LVDC.
Address by Mr Vimal Mahendru, member on IEC Standards Management Board Mr. Mahendru spoke about his recent election to the IEC SMB, the first time India has been elected to the board ever since IEC was born in 1906. This journey has led on to his appointment as the Chair of the LVDC System Evaluation Group. On standards, he said that nobody internationally would come to India to invest here and manufacture products if India is not complying with or conforming to international standards. He added he used to think that IEC is the standard formulating body for electrical equipments but over the last six months, he has realised that IEC is more of a custodian of the process of standardization. These standards are essentially made by Industry members; IEC makes sure that the process is robust that we adhere to the process of standards. Adding that synergy chain is very important in this 21st Century, with IEC developing standards at the international level, BIS accepting, adopting and proliferating those standards in India and the Industry absorbing and implementing them. Mr. Mahendru proposed following suggestions to BIS and IEC: 1. IEEMA may be nominated on the BIS committee for Rules & Regulations, for IEEMA over the last 65 years has experience on working with some such committees. 2. IEEMA and BIS may have structured quarterly meetings to review standardization and related matters. 3. IEC may explore publishing technical notes on various subjects, which could be made available to IEEMA. We can have a reciprocal arrangements with IEC, this will bring IEC more at home in India. The 2nd IEEMA - BIS- IEC CEO’s Round Table Meet was supported by Legrand India.
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African Utlity Week
15th African Utility Week, Cape Town, South Africa The 15th Annual African Utility Week (AUW), Conference and Exhibition, a show dedicated to electricity and water, was held in the city of Cape Town in South Africa. AUW, organised by Spintelligent– Publishers of ESI Africa and other publications, is Africa’s leading trade exhibition for the power and water sector and provides business opportunities for solution providers, utilities and large power users. AUW was held from 12th to 14th May 2015 at the Cape Town International Convention Centre. The entire show offered a combination of presentations through various workshops, discussion panels, networking opportunities and off course the main exhibition, where about 260 exhibitors in 3 halls displayed their products and technologies. The exhibition and conference focussed on areas like transmission & distribution / smart grids, generation, metering, clean power, water, large power users, investment and finance. Eskom, the largest power utility in Cape Town was the host utility for AUW. The target audience was officials of power and water utilities of Africa and provided a platform for organisations in the power and water sector to find solutions to current challenges and optimise performance. Around 5,000 power and water professionals from across the world attended the event.
The 15th African Utility Week hosted special country pavilions for South Korea, Norway, Germany, Italy and USA having USA as the partner country, besides special pavilions for The Southern African Asset Management Association (SAAMA) and The South African Electrotechnical Export Council (SAEEC). The objective of IEEMA’s participation in the 15th AUW was to promote 3rd RBSM, being organised concurrently with ELECRAMA-2016, amongst visitors, official delegates and participating exhibitors of AUW, comprising of senior officials from power utilities, government power/energy ministries, EPC contractors, energy regulators, consultants, equipment buyers etc. from South Africa and other African countries and to encourage them to register as buyers for RBSM. IEEMA had a 18 sq. mtrs. Stall (3 side open) which was suitably set up, with a bright colour scheme, with necessary collaterals like brochures of ELECRAMA and IEEMA; RBSM fliers and forms, pictorial depiction and posterson ELECRAMA; along with other facts and figures of Indian electrical equipment industry. The IEEMA stall was manned by two Secretariat officials, Mr. Shahid Akhtar (Africa Champion) and Mr. Sudeep Sarkar (RBSM Champion). Mr. Vikas Jalan, Member, IEEMA Executive Council and ELECRAMA-2016 Organising Committee, was also present as an exhibitor and interacted with many delegates, visitors and exhibitors on behalf of IEEMA. Over the three days of the exhibition, the IEEMA stall was visited by over 150 visitors and delegates, including several officials from power utilities, energy ministries, EPC contractors, energy regulators, consultants, equipment buyersof South Africa, Ghana, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Namibia, Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, Zimbabwe, Mozambique, Nigeria, Cameroon, Tunisia, Zambia etc.
IEEMA delegation met Mr Puneet R Kundal, Consul General, Consulate General of India at Cape Town
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friendly events. Some of them have also emailed to secretariat in this regard. Opportunity was also taken by IEEMA officials to meet African power utility officials at the several networking receptions organised at the exhibition venue. RBSM fliers were also strategically placed in the stalls of 9 other participating Indian exhibitors, to reach a larger audience.
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Indian electrical equipment industry; the magnitude of largest power show - “ELECRAMA-2016” and changexchange-2016 (RBSM) and its facilities,encouraging them to register as RBSM buyers by filling up the on-line application form. Many of them took note of the strengths and capabilities of the Indian electrical equipment industry and almost all of them agreed to participate and register as buyer in RBSM-2016; besides complimenting IEEMA for organising such business
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INTERFACE WITH GOVERNMENT AND AGENCIES
IEEMA Activities
On 10th April 2015, Shri Uttam Kumar, Executive officer, IEEMA along with DT Sub-Committee Members attended the meeting with Tata Power Delhi Distribution Ltd. for discussing the remote monitoring features of the distribution transformers. A site visit was also organised to see the pilot project developed by Tata Power jointly with Sharika Enterprises to understand the operationalization of the system. Representatives from REC, TPDDL, PGCIL, Sharika Enterprises also participated in the meeting. On 27th April 2015, Shri J Pande, Sr. Director and Shri Uttam Kumar, Executive Officer, IEEMA attended a meeting on “Standardization of Distribution Transformers as per IS 1180 (Part-1): 2014 in line with the Electrical Transformer Quality Control Order 2014” at Ministry of Power, Government of India. The meeting was chaired by Shri Devendra Chaudhry, Special Secretary, Ministry of Power. Shri Chaudhary suggested calling for another meeting along with the officials of Department of Heavy Industry on 1st May’2015. Representatives from CEA, PGCIL were also present during the meeting. On 27th April 2015, Shri Sunil Misra, Director General, and Shri Nishchal Churamani, Head Corporate Communications, IEEMA, had a meeting with Shi Rajeev Kher, Secretary and Shri Ravi Capoor, Joint Secretary, Department of Commerce, Government of India, on Branding of Indian Engineering by the Government of India. A presentation was made by Delloit on promotional brochure for electrical equipment. On 1st May’ 2015, Shri J. Pande, Sr. Director and Shri Uttam Kumar, Executive officer, IEEMA attended a meeting on “Standardization of Distribution Transformers as per IS 1180 (Part-1):
2014 in line with the Electrical Transformer Quality Control order 2014” at Ministry of Power, Government of India. The meeting was chaired by Shri Devendra Chaudhry, Special Secretary, Ministry of Power. Senior officials from DHI, CEA, REC, BIS participated in the meeting. On 7th May 2015, Shri Sunil Misra, Director General and Shri Sudeep Sarkar, Deputy Director, IEEMA, called on Shri R K Singh, Joint Secretary, Department of Heavy Industry, Government of India, regarding status review of recommendations of Mission Plan 2012-22 for Indian Electrical Equipment Industry. On 7th & 8th May 2015, Shri Sudeep Sarkar, Deputy Director, IEEMA, had meeting with Shri K K Tiwari, Industrial Advisor, Department of Heavy Industry, Government of India, regarding status review of recommendations of Mission Plan 2012-22 for Indian Electrical Equipment Industry. On 8th May 2015, the 2nd IEEMA-BIS-IEC CEOs Round Table was organised at New Delhi. Mr. Junji Nomura, President; Mr. Frans Vreeswijk, General Secretary & CEO, IEC and Mr. M J Joseph, Director General were present in the roundtable along with Mr. Vishnu Agarwal, President, Mr. Vimal Mahendru, Past President and Mr. Sunil Misra, Director General, IEEMA. Senior BIS Officials and IEEMA members also participated in the meeting. The meeting was organised with the objective to discuss amongst matters of mutual interest, implications of the IEC platform for Indian Industry and how the role of Indian Industry in IEC work can be strengthened. On 15th May 2015, Shri Naveen Upreti, Executive Officer, IEEMA attended BIS ET-06 Committee Meeting at Bureau of Indian Standards to discuss Indian Standards for Insulators. On 18th May 2015, Shri Sunil Misra, Director General and Shri Sudeep Sarkar, Deputy Director, IEEMA, called on Shri R K Singh, Joint Secretary, Department of Heavy Industry, Government of India, regarding status review of recommendations of Mission Plan 2012-22 for Indian Electrical Equipment Industry. On 18th May 2015, Shri Sunil Misra, Director General, Shri Nishchal Churamani, Head-Corporate Communications and Shri Sudeep Sarkar, Deputy Director, IEEMA, had meeting with Shri Shailendra Singh, Joint Secretary, Department of Industrial Policy & Promotion, Government of India,
IEEMA VISION
‘Electricity for All and Global Excellence Leading to Human Enrichment’
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regarding permission to use Make-in-India Logo in ELECRAMA-2016 collaterals. DIPP later permitted IEEMA to use this logo in ELECRAMA-2016 collaterals.
achieve the objective and purpose:
On 19th May’ 2015 Shri J Pande, Sr. Director and Shri Uttam Kumar, Executive Officer, IEEMA attended a meeting with Power Finance Corporation to explore the possibilities of the Near Real Time Condition Monitoring of Distribution Transformers through implementation of a pilot project on Distribution Transformers in few states. The meeting was chaired by Shri Avkash Saxena, Executive Director (APDRP), PFC. Representatives of Schneider, Siemens, Navitus Controls and senior PFC officials participated in the discussion.
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On 22nd May 2015, Shri Sunil Misra, Director General and Shri Sudeep Sarkar, Deputy Director, IEEMA, had meetings with Dr. Rajan S Katoch, Secretary and Shri R K Singh, Joint Secretary, DHI regarding status review of recommendations of Mission Plan 2012-22 for Indian Electrical Equipment Industry. On 22nd May 2015, Shri Sunil Misra, Director General called on Shri Vishwajit Sahay, Joint Secretary, DHI regarding Indian Electrical Equipment Industry. On 29th May 2015, Shri Sunil Misra, Director General, Shri Vivek Arora, Executive Officer, Shri Maneesh Anand, Senior Executive, along with Senior Members of IEEMA had meeting with Shri Ajay Kumar, Joint Secretary, Department of Electronics & IT, Government of India, regarding extension of Schedule of the Electronics and Information Technology Goods (Requirement for Compulsory registration) Quality Control order 2012. DEITY later extended the said order by three months.
Meeting of IEEMA International Business division Mr. Anil Saboo, Chairman of IEEMA International Business division welcomed members presented at the meeting. Before the start of agenda proceedings, he gave a brief about IEEMA Vision and informed that: The Indian Electrical equipment industry size in 2011-12 was in excess of INR 1.20 lakh crores (US$ 25 billion), with export of 22,000 crores. The members discussed on redefining purpose &Aim of IEEMA International Business Division. ‘Vision 2022 for Indian Electrical Equipment Industry’ to make India the Country of choice for the production of electrical equipment and reach an output of US $ 100 billion by balancing exports and imports. Open house discussions: Each member was asked to share his views and how to build IEEMA brand in Foreign markets. Suggestions were asked on how to
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focusing on countries with export potential
Mr. Rishi Seth pointed out that the critical problem being faced in Export is due to Type Test Reports of CPRI not being recognised. Hence there is a need to prepare a structured Agenda for the new DG of CPRI – Mr. Anil Saboo with subcommittee - Mr. Sunil Misra, Mr. Rishi Seth, Mr. JM Malik, Mr. Satyajit Chattopadhyay, Mr. RN Hegde Members discussed about ELECRAMA – 2016 where they shared Indian experience on Exports as part of a change-exchange program (event) between IEEMA members and non- members. They also discussed implication of New Foreign Trade Policy 2015.
“NEW FOREIGN TRADE POLICY 2015-20” – Workshop cum Seminar IEEMA conducted a workshop cum seminar on the new Foreign Trade Policy (FTP) 2015-20 unveiled by the Government recently. The objective of the Government has been to promote exports, but there are several areas where the exporters would need to understand the impact and variations of the policy, and co-relation of FTP with customs and central excise, as well as other dynamics of exports and imports, to be able to take the full benefits of FTP. This workshop enabled the participants to have a basic understanding of Indirect taxes as related to exports and imports, basic Concepts of Indirect taxes and duty calculations to be able to better understand finer aspects of FTP, Various benefits that both importers, exporters and other businesses can avail under the present indirect tax system. The workshop included slide shows, study material, Q&A, experience sharing and practical exercises. Mr. Sanjay Beswal, Director at ANDEES CONSULTING and his team provided consulting and execution services for matters of Exports and Imports and related Customs and Excise requirements. The interactive seminar cum workshop witnessed a response of 35 delegates - both Members and Non Members across the Power & Energy and Government Sector. The quality of the training was highly appreciated. This will be an ongoing activity from IEEMA, as per the dynamic changes in Foreign Trade and hence a discerning knowledge exchange program.
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Recognition
Key Contributor at
Key Contributor at
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Konnect NE & Beyond Summit
Ms Bharti Bisht IEEMA Representative Chandigarh
Key Contributor at
Key Contributor at
Metering India 2015
Foreign Trade Policy Training Programme
Mr Anil Mehta
IEEMA Secretariat Delhi
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IEEMA Representative Guwahati
Mr Gopal Mallik
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PowerStatistics
Electricity Production by Source 2012 The world’s average Electricity production from natural gas sources is equal to 21.9 % of total
The world’s average Electricity production from hydroelectric sources is equal to 15.7 % of total
The world’s average Electricity production from coal sources is equal to 41.2 % of total
The world’s average Electricity production from nuclear sources is equal to 11.7 % of total
The world’s average Electricity production from oil sources is equal to 3.9 % of total
The world’s average Electricity production from renewable sources, excluding hydroel is equal to 4.2 % of total+A1
Source: mecometer.com
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PowerStatistics
Indian Industry Estimated Size ACC. UNIT 2010-11 2011-12 2012-13 2013-14 2014-15 ACSR, AAC & AAAC CONDUCTOR
CAGR
MT
318331
358081
417084
331629
382916
4.7
Rs. Crores
5670
7300
8450
7500
8170
9.6
Trend in Conductors 90000
400000
80000
350000
70000
300000
60000
250000
50000 40000 30000
M T
200000
M T
AAC
150000
AAAC
20000
100000
ACSR
10000
50000 0
0 2010-11
2011-12
Conductors in Rs. Crores
2012-13
ITC Code
2013-14
2014-15
2014-15
2013-14
IMPORT EXPORT IMPORT EXPORT
Hard Drawn Bare Aluminium Conductors Steel Reinforced
76042910
14.3
42.2
3.7
5.0
Other Wire Rods
76042920
0.9
3.9
0.4
0.0
Other Bars and Rods, Other Than Wire Rods
76042930
37.5
84.2
2.7
1.5
Other Bars, Rods Profiles of Aluminium Alloys NES
76042990
221.1
89.5
9.4
3.1
761410
0.6
439.8
0.2
574.8
76149000
52.9
626.4
0.8
79.1
327.3
1286.0
17.1
663.5
Stranded Wire of Aluminium with Steel Core Stranded Wire of Aluminium, Other
Total source: data of select ports from private agency
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IEEMADatabase
Rs/MT
BASIC PRICES AND INDEX NUMBERS Unit
as on 01.02.15
IRON, STEEL & STEEL PRODUCTS
OTHER RAW MATERIALS
BLOOMS(SBL) 150mmX150mm
`/MT
29224.00
BILLETS(SBI) 100MM
`/MT
30248.00
CRNGO Electrical Steel Sheets M-45, C-6 (Ex-Rsp)
`/MT
54000.00
CRGO ELECTRICAL STEEL SHEETS a) For Transformers of rating up to 10MVA and voltage up to 33 KV
`/MT
b) For Transformers of rating above 10MVA or voltage above 33 KV
`/MT
as on 01.02.15
Unit
Epoxy Resin CT - 5900
`/Kg
330
Phenolic Moulding Powder
`/Kg
82
PVC Compound - Grade CW - 22
`/MT
126500.00
PVC Compound Grade HR - 11
`/MT
127500.00
`/KLitre
56459.00
Transformer Oil Base Stock (TOBS) 188622
OTHER IEEMA INDEX NUMBERS
226050
IN-BUSDUCTS (Base June 2000=100) for the month September 2014
NON-FERROUS METALS Electrolytic High Grade Zinc
`/MT
155600
Lead (99.97%)
`/MT
131500.00
Copper Wire Bars
`/MT
398850.00
Copper Wire Rods
`/MT
411517.00
Aluminium Ingots - EC Grade (IS 4026-1987)
`/MT
151883.00
Aluminuium Properzi Rods EC Grade (IS5484 1978)
`/MT
157467
Aluminium Busbar (IS 5082 1998)
`/MT
230.05
IN - BTR - CHRG (Base June 2000=100)
305.69
IN - WT (Base June 2000=100
209.61
IN-INSLR (Base: Jan 2003 = 100)
227.31
Wholesale price index number for ‘Ferrous Metals (Base 2004-05 = 100) for the month September 2014 Wholesale price index number for’ Fuel & Power (Base 2004-05 = 100) for the month September 2014
154.10
189.00
All India Average Consumer Price Index Number for Industrial Workers (Base 2001=100) September 2014
206800
254
# Estimated, NA: Not available 230000
Aluminium Busbar (IS 5082 1998)
220000
RS./MT
210000 200000 190000 180000 170000 `03-15
`02-15
`01-15
`12-14
`11-14
`10-14
`09-14
`08-14
`07-14
`06-14
`05-14
`04-14
`03-14
`02-14
`01-14
`12-13
`11-13
`10-13
`09-13
`08-13
`07-13
`06-13
`05-13
`04-13
April 2013 - March 2015
The basic prices and indices are calculated on the basis of raw material prices, exclusive of excise/C.V. duty wherever manufactures are eligible to obtain MODVAT benefit. These basic prices and indices are for operation of IEEMA’s Price Variation Clauses for various products. Basic Price Variation Clauses, explanation of nomenclature can be obtained from IEEMA office. Every care has been taken to ensure correctness of reported prices and indices. However, no responsibility is assured for correctness. Authenticated prices and indices are separately circulated by IEEMA every month. We recommend using authenticated prices and indices only for claiming price variation.
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Name of Product
Accounting Unit
Production For the Month ‘From Mar. 14 to Highest Annual February 15
February 15
Production
Electric Motors* AC Motors - LT
000' KW
831
9769
11217
AC Motors - HT
000' KW
221
3023
4647
DC Motors
000' KW
28
346
618
000' KVA
847
10587
10426
Contactors
000' Nos.
739
8562
8505
Motor Starters
000' Nos.
159
1796
1909
Nos.
56578
529069
947878
000' Poles
10462
114787
116151
Circuit Breakers - LT
Nos.
189099
1820962
1815007
Circuit Breakers - HT
Nos.
5806
70490
72155
Custom-Build Products
Rs. Lakhs
17183
200692
265267
HRC Fuses & Overload Relays
000' Nos.
1289
14520
16875
KM
35741
435973
434967
000' KVAR
3525
48520
53417
Distribution Transformers
000' KVA
3075
41781
43346
Power Transformers
000' KVA
12389
137046
178782
Current Transformers
000' Nos.
56
657
660
Voltage Transformers
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of this facility is accredited as “Level A” (Third Party Independent Test Laboratory) by UCA International Users Group (UCA IUG). The IEC 61850 conformance tests carried out at this laboratory on Intelligent Electronic Devices are done as per the latest Test Procedures released by UCA IUG. The Test Certificate issued carries UCA & CPRI logo which are updated in the UCA IUG website and are accepted world-wide. The laboratory also has the facility to carry out Conformance testing for DNP 3.0 protocol.
800 kV HVDC Testing of Insulators The ± 1200 kV HVDC Test System at Ultra High Voltage Research Laboratory (UHVRL), CPRI, Hyderabad essentially comprises of two separate DC sources giving positive and negative polarity voltages respectively. Each pole comprises of a two stage DC generator with an integrated DC voltage measuring divider and earthing device. The DC test system is suitable for continuously feeding a 720 m experimental transmission line with voltages up to +/- 1200kV DC individually in monopole mode or simultaneously in bi-pole mode. The DC test system is suitable for Dielectric and Pollution tests on all equipment rated up to ± 800kV DC. Recently, UHVRL completed tests on HVDC 800 kV, 420 kN Composite Silicone rubber long rod insulators for triple tension string as shown in figure and single ‘Y’ suspension insulator string with hardware 800 kV HVDC Triple tension insulator fittings suitable for hexagonal string under test lapwing conductor. HV DC voltage withstand test under wet conditions, RIV test and corona test were conducted in addition to lightning impulse and wet switching impulse tests.
Smart Grid Pilot Consultancy Projects for Utilities The Substation Automation Systems Laboratory at CPRI, Bangalore is a unique and only facility in this part of the country. The IEC 61850 Conformance testing laboratory
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CPRI had bagged the first Smart Grid Consultancy Project in the country for BESCOM, Bangalore and has successfully completed its scope. CPRI is now working on Smart Grid pilot consultancy projects for other Utilities. Apart from Smart Grid projects, CPRI is also offering various consultancy services including SCADA DMS, Distribution Automation Systems, Power System Studies, etc. for various Utilities in India.
Member: High Power Testing of Electrical Equipment CPRI with the state-of-art 2500MVA Short Circuit Generator in Bangalore has been carrying out High Power testing of electrical equipment. The facilities have been extensively used both by Indian and Overseas manufacturers. Recently the laboratory has carried out:
A. Dynamic ability to withstand Short circuit test by one and half phase method tests on 100MVA, 230kV/110kV, 3 phase Core type Auto Transformer. B. Induced current switching test of 160A- Class B for the first time testedon 765kV Earth Switch of 76kN Knee type Isolator. For details, contact: Shri Prabhakar Hegde, Joint Director (Information and Publicity Division) CPRI, Bangalore. Tel: 080 23602329 Email: hegde@cpri.in
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Energy Meters: State-of-the Art Certification Testingand Calibration Capability at ERDA ERDA have been providing services for testing and calibration of energy meters for more than a decade and have complete type test facilities for energy meters as per various Indian and International Standards and can also calibrate 0.02 class reference energy meters using 0.01 class reference. ERDA also have complete facilities for carrying out all tamper tests requested by utilities and have developed test capability using in-house designed equipment for carrying out “35kV high frequency spark discharge test” which has been widely lauded and accepted by all manufacturers and utilities.Highlights of the capability profile for evaluation and calibration of energy meters is summarized below:
I. Capability at Main Laboratory Complex – Vadodara (NABL Accredited) uu Complete
type test facilities for smart electronic (static) energy meters and transducers as per Indian & International Standards
Radiated Emission test-30 MHz to 100 MHz in 10m Semi-Anechoic Chamber uu In
house facility for calibration of prepaid & ABT meters of0.02 class up to 200 Amp
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Facility for DLMS-COSEM as per Indian & International Standards (Accredited by NABL)
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Facility for Special Tests (35kV, Jammer, DC Injection, DC Chopper & other Tamper Conditions) as per Utility Requirements
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as Independent third party inspection agency from GERC, MPERC, DERC, CSERC & JSERC for disputed cases & theft analysis
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Meter Semi Anechoic Chamber to carry out EMI/EMC Testing as per IS/IEC/MIL – 461E/F standards, Accredited by NABL & BIS; Accepted by Indian Navy and Certified by Seibersdorf, Austria
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/Calibration facility upto 3200 Amp, 0.05 Accuracy Class Current Transformer for In house as well as on site
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/Calibration facility upto 200 kV, 0.1 Accuracy Class Voltage Transformer & upto 33kV, 0.2 class accuracy at site
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of Energy Meter with CT-PT connected, to comply with CEA guidelines
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testing of energy meters as per national, international and CBIP standards, class 0.2 and above, 1A to 120A, 1Ø and 3 Ø, 3 x 63.5V to 300V
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of energy meters upto 0.2 accuracy class, 120A for limits, meter constant, no load, starting current and repeatability of error as per IS:14697, IS:13779, & IEC:62053-21,22,23
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Design Aspects & Performance Evaluation of Motors & Pumps
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rance is all about world-class art and architecture, outstanding museums, Roman temples and Renaissance châteaux. This country’s cultural repertoire is staggering – in volume and diversity. With a GDP of USD 2,902 bn (2014), France is at the heart of the European Union which, combining the GDP of its 28 Member States has the highest GDP in the world (ahead of the United States - source: IMF, 2012). The European Single Market is also the first market in the world: 500 million consumers with high purchasing power. Of the world’s top 500 companies, 31 are French (Germany has 28 and the United Kingdom 27). This puts France fourth in the world and first in Europe (source: Fortune Global 500, 2013). For the second year in a row, French companies ranked high in the list of 100 most innovative organizations in the world published by Thompson Reuters (October 2013). Eleven French groups are included in this list: eight French companies (Arkema, Airbus, L’Oréal, Michelin, Saint-Gobain, Thales, Safran and Valeo) and 3 French public bodies (CEA, CNRS and IFP
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Energies Nouvelles) were identified by Reuters. France is among the leading foreign investors in India with more than 1,000 French companies having put in a total investment stock of $19 billion (2014), and this figure is poised to increase significantly over the next few years with the consolidation and extension of existing investments, as well as the arrival of new companies in the country (10 to 30 new French establishments are being set up every year in India). Given the importance of bilateral economic ties, the French Government appointed a Special Representative for Indo-French Economic Relations, Mr Paul Hermelin. Furthermore, French companies, which cover a broad spectrum of sectors, also employ more than 3,00,000 skilled Indian workers across the country, placing France as one of India’s leading economic partners. French companies have brought know-how and technology with them; they are developing large research and development centres in India (between 15,000 and 20,000 employees), in certain cases with an international outlook. Numerous cooperation agreements have also been signed between public and private research organisations.
Outlook of Power Sector in France France ranks 3rd in the “Global Energy Architecture Performance Index Report 2014”, which rates performance with respect to the energy transition,
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released by the World Economic Forum in December 2013. France ranks in third place and ranks first in Europe. French electric generation
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Carbon-free energy accounts for 51% of primary energy consumption in France, of which 42% comes from nuclear power. This figure rises to 90% for electricity generation alone: according to the 2012 report by France’s electricity transmission system operator (Réseau de Transport d’Electricité, RTE), 75% comes from nuclear power, 11.8% from hydropower, 2.8% from wind power, and 0.7% from solar photovoltaic power.
Nuclear Generation Nuclear energy is a French industrial sector of excellence: France ranks second after the United States with 58 reactors and possesses globally acknowledged expertise in the nuclear sector which is the fruit of the constant commitment and investment of French industrial groups and SMEs for the past 60 years. The French nuclear sector is currently the leader in the domain of the fuel cycle (manufacturing, processing and recycling) and in nuclear power plant construction and maintenance, with 2,500 companies and some 40,000 direct, indirect and induced jobs. In terms of investment in research and development, it has also earned fourth place in France with a budget of about €1.8 billion. From AREVA to SMEs: Electricité de France (EDF) is one of the companies
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responsible for the French nuclear industry’s renown and it remains the world benchmark in nuclear power plant operation. AREVA, for its part, is the leading nuclear equipment manufacturer and is involved in the building or maintenance of 360 reactors out of the 440 that exist worldwide.
Renewable Since 2007, the development of renewable energies has received a major boost in France with the implementation of a vast consultation process known as the “Grenelle Environmental round table” and the adoption of a European Directive on renewable energies. In this context, France has set a target of raising the proportion of renewable energies in the country’s final energy consumption to 23 % by 2020. In line with the targets set by the Grenelle Environmental round table, numerous French companies are already well positioned in the manufacture, installation and maintenance of production equipment and the sales of renewable energies. Public institutions such as BPI France (French invest bank for SMEs) and Business France (French Agency for International Business Development) are helping to mobilise stakeholders and disseminate these technologies on the French national and export markets. At the international level, the expertise developed by these public and private stakeholders is helping to make the most of the natural renewable resources of numerous countries, especially the developing nations. Renewable energies occupy an increasingly important place in the French support system for R&D and innovation. Research projects are being established in major public research institutions, higher education establishments and innovative companies. Numerous chemes are also helping to ensure the industrial development of projects. To boost the efficiency of the industry, the industrial sectors are gathered into competitive clusters for economic growth and employment. Competitive clusters are cornerstones of French public policy for innovation and R&D. They bring together companies (SMEs/SMIs and large groups), research laboratories and higher education institutions on a single site and cover the entire value chain, thus uniting public and private innovation capacities on projects of high potential. This “concentration of knowledge” at the territorial level strengthens R&D efforts and improves the competitiveness and growth of French industry. To stimulate the emergence of projects, invitations to tender are issued by the public authorities.
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In addition, French local authorities bring their support and the clusters benefit from a special tax system. France has around ten clusters working on the different renewable energy processes
a) Wind Power
by 2020 (offshore), i.e. approximately 1,200 wind turbines producing 3.5 % of the French electricity consumption. This target will be attained by means of invitations to tender. The first invitation issued in 2011 concerns the development of 3,000 MW of capacity in 5 specific areas of the French coastline. The French offshore wind power industry is growing rapidly and can rely on the experience of numerous SMEs and major French groups such as Alstom Wind, Areva Wind, EDF EN, ENGIE Group (ex-GDF SUEZ) and companies specializing in shipbuilding, the oil industry and boilermaking, such as STX, DCNS, firms specializing in the construction industry, such as Eiffel, Vinci and its subsidiary CMP, in addition to companies specializing in offshore activities, such as Technip.
b) Photovoltaic Solar Energy In December 2014, there were 9 120 MW of installed capacity. Wind power alone should be capable of achieving 25 % of the target set by France for renewable energies by 2020. By this time, the French fleet must have a total installed capacity of 25 GW, including 6,000 MW offshore. The process is already gathering momentum: around 500 wind turbines, i.e. 1,000 MW are commissioned in France every year. The wind power segment currently accounts for nearly 11,000 jobs throughout the value chain in France. With several French manufacturers of wind turbines, such as Alizeo, Alstom-Wind, Areva-Wind and Vergnet, France has a very dense industrial fabric offering all of the skills and expertise required for manufacturing the constituent parts of a wind turbine and for satisfying the assembly, installation and maintenance needs of wind turbines. For examples, the French company Rollix Defontaine is the world leader in ball bearings for wind turbines. Nexans, a global leader in the cable industry, is also very active in the field of undersea cables for offshore wind farms. 170 French companies are currently contributing to the wind power industry throughout the entire value chain, from the production of components to the engineering, installation and maintenance of wind turbines. Furthermore, nearly 150 other French companies possessing industrial expertise similar to that deployed in the wind power industry (mechanical, aeronautical, iron and steel-making, electrical engineering, civil engineering, shipbuilding, etc.), have expressed an interest in diversifying into this sector.
France has soon become one of the main markets in the solar energy field. In December 2014, the connected facilities accounted for 5,292 MW of power. France aims to achieve a target of 5.4 GW of installed power by 2020. Thanks to its long experience, the support of the public authorities and major investments in research, the French industry has become very efficient, especially in the area of integration into buildings. Around 150 industrial stakeholders of all sizes, from major groups to SMEs, are now active in this industry which, according to the Renewable Energies Association (Syndicat des Énergies Renouvelables) accounted for 24,000 jobs in 2010, including 6,700 in industrial production. Furthermore, the entire range of professions involved in the crystalline photovoltaic value chain continues to develop. The industrial production capacity for modules has thus significantly increased and focusing on thin-film technologies constitutes one of the key issues for the development of the industry in France.
France has the 2nd largest potential for offshore wind power in Europe. It has set itself the target of achieving a total installed power of 6,000 MW
France possesses highly developed expertise in the integration of photovoltaic technology into buildings and has made this a national priority.
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The building integration criteria in the country have been strengthened so that photovoltaic solutions are becoming an integrated part of roofs and not just an unattractive afterthought. The French market contains a large number of products incorporating the combined functions of electricity production and the waterproofing of roofs and facades. For example, the Photowatt, Luxol, SORA and Saint Gobain companies all produce photovoltaic tiles. Urbasolar specializes in photovoltaic waterproofing membranes. Photon Power produces solar sheets and an integration system for atrium windows. Kawneer and APEX BP SOLAR have developed a photovoltaic solution that satisfies needs for protection against adverse weather and shade. Midisolaire has developed a building integration system for agricultural and industrial buildings, which is capable of generating ventilation effects underneath the modules. Clipsol manufactures complete generators which are mainly integrated into roofs (capacity of 50,000 m²/ year). Tenesol develops special products designed for integration into innovative manufacturers in the construction industry, e.g. “TE Lumex design”, bi-glass modules providing a made-to-measure response for architectural projects. The photovoltaic sector is currently undertaking numerous research projects whose aims include improving the efficiency of the technologies. These works are relying on the expertise of several research institutes such as INES/CEA and IRDEP, and also on competitive clusters specializing in renewable energies. Over half of the French budget for research into renewable energies is concentrated in this sector. It should also be noted that several highly innovative start-up companies are working on the development of new solutions: Apollon Solar is working on projects involving silicon, photovoltaic modules and systems, Nexcis and Solsia are concentrating on thinfilm PV, while SolarForce is developing a technology featuring thin strips of silicon for flexible modules, etc.
is the leading French manufacturer of solar collectors. Clipsol (ENGIE Group) has been designing, manufacturing and distributing its solar products for nearly 30 years. Heliopac offers a system combining a low-temperature solar thermal collector and a heat pump, as is Giordano, with its Solarpump system that equips one of the first Smart Grids in France, in the commune of Lambesc – near Marseille - (“Premio” project conducted in partnership with the ADEME and the Capenergies Competitive Cluster). Sophia Antipolis Energie Développement (SAED) offers fields of industrial-size evacuated tube collectors intended for highpower thermal applications (several thermal MW).
d) Hydraulic Energy In France, hydraulic energy is the second-biggest source of electricity production, behind nuclear power (12 %). Currently, the French production capacity amounts to 25, 411 MW for a production of 68 TWh/ year. Capitalizing on its extensive experience in this field, France is intending to increase its production capacities even further, by 2,500 MW (via the optimization of the existing plants, the development of small-scale hydroelectric power, etc.) by 2020. In
c) Thermal Solar Energy Between 1999 and 2006, thermal solar energy increased by 20 % per year worldwide. France has acquired renowned expertise in this sector. At the end of 2009, there were nearly 2 million m² of panels in France, producing 1,396 MWth of power. Thermal solar energy is growing at a fast rate, both for private homes and collective accommodation. The tertiary and industrial sectors also have great development potential. Numerous French companies are manufacturing complete systems, including collectors. Viessmann
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France, hydroelectricity has been exploited since the end of the 19th century. 640 dams are in operation, 150 of which exceed a height of 20 m. The technologies used to exploit hydraulic energy are very mature. There are different types of hydroelectric power stations, which are usually designed according to the geographical characteristics of sites: 1. Reservoir power station: the retaining reservoir created by a dam supplies power to the station’s turbines, thus producing a large amount of energy very quickly. This type of plant, which in a certain manner allows for the storage of energy, can be relied upon to satisfy the demands of the grid at the most appropriate times. France possesses around a hundred reservoir power stations. A certain number of plants consist of an upper and a lower reservoir, which by pumping the water and passing it through turbines, allows for the storage of the surplus electricity produced in the form of potential energy for subsequent use. 2. Run-of-river power stations: lacking a reservoir, these plants supply energy that cannot be modulated or stored and has to be consumed immediately on the grid. 55 % of the power is guaranteed year-round. More than 2,000 run-ofriver power stations are operational in France, including nearly 1,700 mini-hydropower stations. 3. Pondage power stations: these plants operate using a reserve of water that corresponds to quite a short period of accumulation. The periods of lowest demand during the day provide an opportunity to reconstitute the reserve, which is then used at peak periods. e) PRODUCTION OF HEAT FROM BIOMASS
Biomass is the largest source of renewable energy in France, accounting for 46 % of renewable energy production (heat, electricity and fuel). It also provides 71 % of renewable heat production. In order to maximise the exploitation of the French bioenergy potential, incentive schemes have been created by the Grenelle Environmental round table, which provides for:
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A 90 % increase in the amount of biofuel used by the industry between 2006 and 2020,
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A 50 % increase in the number of one-family dwellings heated by wood by 2020 (9 million households equipped, compared to 6 million today)
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A five-fold increase in the production of collective/ industrial heat and bioelectricityby 2020. France
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has extensive experience in the collective and tertiary heating field, with over 2,600 references (towns, districts, schools, swimming pools, hospitals, etc). Companies such as Veolia/Dalkia and GDF SUEZ Cofely possess acknowledged expertise in the exploitation of renewable collective heat plants, using biomass in particular.
Anticipated future growth and development of the power sector France has announced it will undertake an ambitious energy sector transformation that will see the country cut greenhouse gas emissions by 40 per cent by 2030. The energy transition strategy is based on two principles: energy efficiency and sobriety, on the one hand, and the priority given to renewable energies, on the other hand, public and private stakeholders striving to ensure that renewable energy accounts for 23% of final energy consumption by 2020. This energy transition project is still to be voted and will introduce new tools and features to improve the French electrical sector and It will undertake substantive improvement to many levels. Moreover, the 21st Conference of the Parties (COP21) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) will take place in Paris in December this year. An effective and equitable international agreement will be critical for reducing greenhouse gas emissions to limit global temperature rise to 2 degree Celsius and for supporting adaptation to climate impacts. France, as the host and chair of the COP21 is committed to the role of an impartial facilitator for forging an ambitious and universal agreement at COP 21. Besides these renewable capacity additions, investments for the improvement of the grid are done. In 2014, investments by the transmission system operator RTE (in compliance with the framework laid down by the Energy Regulatory Commission (CRE)) totaled Mâ‚Ź1,374, of which Mâ‚Ź1,243 was intended for grid structures. The main investments were focused on the integration of renewable energies, continued construction works on the direct current line in order to reinforce the interconnection between France and its neighbors, replacements of cables for improved security of supply. The purpose of these developments is also to maintain quality of electricity as per the reference standards. In 2014, equivalent cut-off time for consumers connected to the transmission system was 2 minutes and 46
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seconds, excluding one-off events. This result was lower than the average over the past 10 years. The average number of power cuts experienced by RTE distributor and industrialist customers (excluding the energy and railway sectors) was 0.46 power cut by customer, lower than the average over the past ten years and in keeping with the threshold of 0.6 set by the CRE. Lastly, the impact of the network on the landscape continues to be of permanent concern for RTE, especially due to the ever more extensive deployment of under-grounding technologies. As at the end of 2014, the public transmission system was composed of 105,331 km lines in operation. The length of underground connections increased on a continuous basis whereas the length of overhead lines was stable in 2014. In addition, the under-grounding rates of new 63 kV and 90 kV structures built stood at 92% on average over the past three years. RTE has a ten year development program to keep providing to every French people an access to highquality, affordable and clean electricity. In order to do this, RTE is optimizing the efficiency of the electrical system by delivering, for example, new market mechanisms (capacity mechanism), whilst at the same time tailoring and expanding our infrastructures in order to keep up with trends in demand, meet the challenges of the energy transition, facilitate interconnection of the European transmission systems, essential to cross-border optimization of the existing energy mix, and maintain cross-regional energy solidarity. This ten-year plan sets out the grid development projects that RTE intends to complete and roll out within the next three years. It also describes the main power transmission infrastructures that RTE will be planning for the ten forthcoming years. In addition, it outlines potential grid adjustment requirements, based on a range of energy transition scenarios. In total, structures covering a distance of more than 2,000 km will be built or expanded on within the forthcoming decade : underwater direct-current structures, reinforcement structures for the existing grid, new overhead 400 kV alternating-current In a Shorter term, RTE has set up an R&D roadmap for 2013-2016 to meet the major challenges faced by the French and European electricity system. With a budget of €100 million allocated over 4 years, some precise aims have been defined for this programme to be achieved by the year 2016: XX
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40% of renewable energy onto the French grid by the year 2030. XX
Detect new sources of optimised use of the grid: in order to reduce the structure management costs by at least 10% by the year 2020, without affecting the service provided to the customers.
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Validate technological innovations with the manufacturers for future development of the grid. By the year 2016, the aim is to identify at least two new technologies optimising gird operation and breaking away from what already exists.
French support and expertise worldwide Through initiatives and dedicated financial instruments, France provides international support for numerous development projects and technology transfers in the power sector. Agence Française de Développement (AFD), a public financial institution that implements the policy defined by the French Government, works to combat poverty and promote sustainable development. AFD operates on four continents via a network of 72 offices and finances and supports projects that improve living conditions for populations, boost economic growth and protect the planet. In 2014, AFD earmarked EUR 8.1bn to finance projects in developing countries and for overseas France, of which EUR 2.865bn were committed on “climate” finance, which corresponds to a participation in financing 89 development projects with co-benefits for the fight against climate change and its impacts, represents 53% of AFD’s fund allocation in 2014 and brings the total amount of AFD Group financing with a “climate” co-benefit to some EUR 18bn since 2005. In June 30th 2014 in Delhi, Mr Laurent Fabius, the French Minister for Foreign Affairs and International Development announced that France will be proposing one billion euros over the next three years (2014-2016) for sustainable infrastructure and urban development in India through AFD.This has been confirmed during the visit to France of the honourable Prime Minister of India, Mr Narendra Modi, early April. On the same occasion, President Hollande conveyed France’s commitment to partnering with India in implementing projects for the development of renewable energy sources in India: XX
Arrangement on renewable energy cooperation between the Indian Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE) and the French Ministry of Ecology, Sustainable Development and Energy.
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Extension of a financing facility by AFD for India’s Energy Efficiency Services Limited (EESL) promoting use of LED lighting in select Indian municipalities.
For its part, Business France, the national agency supporting the international development of the French economy, is responsible for fostering export growth by French businesses, as well as promoting and facilitating international investment in France. It promotes France’s companies, business image and nationwide attractiveness as an investment location, Founded on January 1, 2015 through a merger between UBI FRANCE and the Invest in France Agency, Business France has 1,500 personnel, both in France and in 70 countries throughout the world, These actions range from participation in a professional trade fair and the organisation of tailormade “B-to-B” appointment programs, to promotional seminars on French expertise and the organization of “Selling to…” events involving foreign ordering customers. Furthermore, Business France Export offers a wide range of information and consultancy services, which also include arranging contacts with foreign decision-makers, in order to help French companies break into export markets. But the main actors are the companies themselves. In India, French companies have a sizeable presence in the renewable energy market. Established all over India (21 states), they are involved in hydroelectric projects in the North (Alstom, Mecamidi, and Velcan Energie), solar energy in numerous regions (Rajasthan, Gujarat, Punjab, Haryana, Maharashtra, Telangana, etc.), and biomass in South India (Areva). France is also willing to support other renewable sources in India, such as wind energy. French companies are particularly present and competitive in the solar sector – which is rapidly gaining momentum in India – with French investors in India accounting for around 10% of installed solar power capacity (i.e. 300MW). They intend to continue investing in this market and enhancing their presence. They aim at developing 8 to 10 GW of solar energy by 2020-2022.
Indian investments in France Indian investments in France are notable for their focus on R&D, engineering and design projects, which accounted for 38% of all Indian investment decisions in France, while 4% of all foreign R&D investment projects in France were made by Indian companies. The next largest focuses were production/manufacturing and business-to-business services (25% each). 25% of investments in France by
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Indian companies were made in the textiles, industrial textiles, clothing and accessories sector. 120 Indian companies are currently implanted in France. Business France Invest is the entry point to facilitate foreign investments. At foreign investors’ request, Business France Invest identifies potential sites best-suited to their future business in France and introduces them to local authorities. Business France experts also help investors to set up contact with potential partners, self-contractors and suppliers at the local level. Business France Invest is at the disposal of Indian companies to accompany their investments projects in France. Among those investments, we can quote the example of Crompton Greaves, subsidiary of Avantha Group specialised in designing and manufacturing electric equipment, created in 2014 a smart meters manufacturing unit in Grenoble. A R&D centre will be associated with this unit. This new site will have activities covering EMEA region.
Address of French embassy in India and Indian Embassy in France Business France Agency (Embassy of France in India): 2/50-E, Shantipath, Chanakyapuri, New Delhi, Delhi 110021, India Mail: inde@bussinessfrance.fr Phone: 011-43196100 French development Agency (AFD) India: 19 A Rajdoot Marg, Chanakyapuri New Delhi 110021 India Phone: 011-42793700 Mail: afdnewdelhi@afd.fr Indian Embassy in France (Paris): 20-22 Rue Albéric Magnard, 75116 Paris, France phone: +33 140507070 Mail: eco.paris@mea.gov.in Sources: • ADEME (Agence de l’environnement et de la maîtrise de ’énergie) : http://www.ademe.fr/french-know-how-in-thefield-of-renewable-energies • RTE (Réseau de Transport d’Electricité) : http://www.rtefrance.com/BE2014_EN_news • Business France Invest : •http://sayouitofrance-innovation.com/?p=1575&lang=en • http://www.google.fr/l?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=we b&cd=2&sqi=2&ved=0CCgQFjAB&url=http%3A%2F%2Fm. invest-in-france.org%2Fmedia%2FFrance-welcomes-talentand-investment-2014. • CRE (Commission de Régulation de l’Energie): http://www.cre.fr/en
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government level (cooperation in powers sector) and now the two countries agreed to allow private sector partnership in this sector,” a Bangladeshi energy ministry spokesman said.
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His comments came as the Joint Steering Committee on the Power Sector led by Power Secretary P K Sinha and his Bangladeshi counterpart Monowar Islam concluded its ninth meeting and second in six months.
JICA to lend ` 1,150 crore for power transmission in Odisha Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) signed an agreement with India to provide a loan of about ` 1,150 crore to augment power transmission infrastructure in Odisha. “JICA signed an agreement with the Government of India to provide 21,787 million Japanese Yen (` 1,150 crore) Japanese Official Development Assistance (ODA) loan to augment power transmission infrastructure in Odisha,” according to a statement issued by JICA. The agreement was signed by JICA India Office Chief Representative Shinya Ejima and Joint Secretary in Ministry of Finance S Selvakumar. The assistance will provide for substations and transmission lines across Odisha to enhance the stability of power system and reliability of power supply and reduce transmission loss in the state with increasing electricity demand due to rapid economic growth
India-Bangladesh agree on private sector partnership to swap electricity India and Bangladesh have agreed to open ways for private sector partnership to swap electricity alongside existing government-level cooperation, officials said as power secretaries of the two countries concluded a two-day meeting.”We are already engaged in the
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“Private-private cooperation is just like we have the public-public (involving two countries’ stateowned entities) cooperation. That could be either in Bangladesh or in India,” Sinha earlier said in brief comments emerging from the steering committee meeting with Islam. Officials familiar with the meeting said that the proposal of the private sector partnership was floated by the Indian side as several Indian companies including Reliance previously expressed interest for investment in power in Bangladesh. “We have discussed about the Indian companies interests to invest in our power sector alongside the issues of importing power from Nepal and Bhutan through India,” Islam said. Sinha supplemented him saying India would examine the required regulatory measures in enabling Bangladesh to import hydropower from Nepal and Bhutan.
India and Korea on signs MoU for electric power development and new energy industries The Union Cabinet chaired by the Prime Minister, Mr Narendra Modi gave its approval for signing of the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between India and the Republic of Korea on cooperation in the field of electric power development and new energy industries. This MoU will provide an enabling framework for establishing contact between governmental entities and public authorities of both countries in the field of electric power development and new energy industries. It would also facilitate exchange of knowledge and experience aiming to create opportunities for investment in both countries. The MoU is also expected to take forward development in the power sector for providing equitable access to reliable electricity supply to consumers through bilateral cooperation. The focus of attention will b e bilateral cooperation in the areas of electric power development, renewable
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energy, smart grids and power Information and Technology, transmission and distribution of electric power, energy efficiency and energy storage systems, etc. Measures in these areas will improve energy security and reliability of supply, improve energy access and facilitate sustainable economic growth.
SOLAR Panasonic growing solar cell production lines in Japan Japanese electronics giant Panasonic is investing 9.5 billion yen to boost production capacity of HITTM solar cells at its two domestic plants. The move is aimed at tapping into the demand for solar photovoltaics, which has been growing over the past few years. The company has stated that it is to expand production lines at its Shimane factory, which produces solar cells, and at the Shiga Factory, where modules are produced. The expansion would increase the production capacity of Panasonic by 150 megawatts a year. And by next March the total HITTM solar module production capacity of Panasonic will be raised to more than 1 gigawatt, including the output from its manufacturing facilities in Kedah, Malaysia, and Nishikinohama, Osaka. Panasonic has stated that it expects to benefit from the strong demand for solar panels as the residential rooftop solar market in the country is growing, particularly after the introduction of Feed-in Tariff. Strong demand is expected to prevail in the sector, supported by efforts led by governments to promote the adoption of zero net-energy houses and buildings.
Oman developing 4 pilot solar projects of 6.5 MW Oman is setting up four pilot solar power ventures with cumulative capacity of 6.5 megawatts. Rural Areas Electricity Company (Raeco) of Oman is planning the venture, the four projects are to be established at Ibri (2,000 kW), Sharqiya (2,000 kW), Mudhaibi (2,000 kW) and Dhofar (500 kW). Raeco has 35 diesel-fired power plants and six desalination plants spread across different parts of Oman, including Dhofar, Musandam and Al Wusta. It has a countrywide customer base of more than 30,000.Raeco also reportedly has plans to develop a 1,600 kw wind energy project in Masirah. Another 50 megawatt wind farm project is under development at Harweel in Dhofar region. The project is expected to begin power generation in the second
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quarter of 2017.Raeco had signed agreements with Oman government and Abu Dhabi’s Masdar to develop the project, which is coming up at 60 km from Thumrait in Dhofar. Currently Oman has a limited share of renewable energy projects. However, if the pilot projects proposed are found profitable, the country is likely to invest more in such projects in future.
Gamesa to supply turbines for 100MW to HCIG China Spanish wind energy developer Gamesa, has signed a 100 MW turbine supply contract with Hebei Construction & Investment Group (HCIG), China. Gamesa is required to supply, install and commission 50 of its G97-2.0 MW turbines at the Fengdianzhiqing wind farm, located in Zhangjiakou, in the province of Hebei. The company will be delivering the turbines in the third quarter of 2015, in accordance with the agreement. And the project is slated for commissioning the following quarter. Gamesa has supplied turbines for 250 megawatts capacity to HCIG Since 2008. HCIG is the largest operator in Hebei and one of the top ten wind energy developers in China. Across China, Gamesa has installed more than 3,626 MW and maintains 900 MW capacity.
Enel plans to invest big in South Africa Italian utility Enel expects to grow its installed capacity in South Africa to 5,000 megawatts in five years. The company chief executive officer Francesco Starace made the statement during an interview. “For us, Africa is the next Latin America,” Starace said. The company already has a strong portfolio in Latin America. Enel has been making huge investments in renewable energy projects and grids in South Africa. Starace said Enel will invest heavily on grids to develop its own system on the likes of South Africa’s top utility Eskom. According to the Enel CEO, his company is making a balanced investment in renewable energy assets in South Africa retaining 60:40 ratio of wind and solar projects. Further, Enel plans to spend generously on wind, solar, geothermal and hydro energy in Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, Mozambique, Ethiopia and Morocco. Starace noted that Africa needs growth in every kind of energy infrastructure. He said the investments Enel makes in Africa will also include certain fossil fuel-powered projects.
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MNRE launches wind power forecasting project
He informed that with this solar power plant, 100 units of electricity will be generated on a daily basis.
The ministry of new and renewable energy has launched a pilot wind power forecasting project in Tamil Nadu. Four wind power substations located in Kayathar (Thoothukudi district) and Udumalpet (Tiruppur district) are currently covered by the project.
EPDCL targeting 100MW rooftop solar power units
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The project is being jointly implemented by the MNRE, National Institute of Wind Energy (NIWE) and Barcelona, Spain, -based forecast solutions provider Vortex Factoria de Calculs. Soon the project is to be expanded to 134 sub stations, TNIE has reported quoting sources. The forecasting system is expected to enhance utilization of wind energy by improving routing of wind energy and thereby the stability of the grid. Professor K Kasturirangan, the chairman of the Indian Wind Power Association (IWPA), has told that state-owned utility Tamil Nadu Transmission Corporation Limited (TANTRANSCO) lost three billion units of wind energy worth $141.6 million over the past three years owing to the unavailability of data regarding wind power production. The utility had mis-scheduled power intake as it was worried about fluctuations in output from the wind power units, according to Kasturiranga
Indore railway station gets 20 KW solar power plant With an aim to conserve power, a 20-KW solar power plant was inaugurated at the Indore railway station. The solar powered grid plant of 20-KW capacity was today inaugurated by Indian Container Corporation Limited Managing Director Anil Kumar Gupta. With the help of corporation, a total of 100 KW solar power plants were established in Chiitorgarh, Neemuch, Ratlam and Indore which resulted in the saving of ` 12 lakh per year on energy charges, Western Railway’s Ratlam Division’s spokesperson Jitendra Kumar Jayant said.
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Visakhapatnam MP Kambhampati Hari Babu said that the Eastern Power Distribution Company of AP Limited (APEPDCL) has set a target of installing 100MW rooftop solar power units in Greater Visakhapatnam Municipal Corporation (GVMC) limits to make the city a role model in the country. Solar power units will be set up at the household level under the net-metering project of APEPDCL. Addressing an interactive meeting on the promotion of rooftop solar power units at the APEPDCL office here, the MP said the discom requires 1 lakh consumers to reach the target. As nearly 20% of the households in the city are located in apartments and categorised as above middle class, they can purchase rooftop solar units priced between ` 75,000 to ` 1 lakh. “If all 1 lakh consumers purchase one kW capacity solar unit each, we can reach the target of 100 MW rooftop solar power units in Visakhapatnam, which
India inks 12 pacts with other nations on renewable energy The Ministry of New and Renewable Energy has signed memorandum of understanding (MoU) with 12 countries during the last three years to enhance cooperation in the sector, Parliament was informed. “The Ministry of New and Renewable Energy has singed MOUs with 12 countries during the last three years. In addition, letter of intend and joint declaration of intend with Egypt and Germany were also signed,” Power, Coal and Renewable Energy Ministry Piyush Goyal said in a written reply to the Lok Sabha. Goyal informed the House that joint research work has been initiated by the National Institute of Solar Energy (India) and Fraunhofer Institut fur Solary Energiesysteme (ISE), Germany, in the area of solar and wind resource mapping. He further said that a joint research work has also been initiated with Centre for Development of Industrial Technology (CDTI), Spain, on wind energy forecasting and development of monitoring system for energy reception elements in solar thermal plants.
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is going to be transformed into a smart city,” Hari Babu said.
MNRE released `172.75 cr for solar parks development India’s Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE) has shared data on release of Central Financial Assistance (CFA) totaling Rs 172.75 crore for the development of 11 solar parks in 8 states. The data is part of status reports that have been updated on the ministry’s website. The parks will add 9,980 megawatts of renewable energy capacity, the data shows. Gujarat (1), Andhra Pradesh (2), Uttar Pradesh (1), Rajasthan (1), Madhya Pradesh (2), Karnataka (1), Punjab (2) and Telangana (1) are installing the projects. All the projects had received in-principle approvals in 2014. Andhra Pradesh will be adding 2.5 gigawatts capacity through two projects for which CFA has been sanctioned. The other states with large-scale individual projects include Karnataka (2,000 MW) and Telangana (1,000 MW). The MNRE has also updated data on the release of generation based incentive (GBI) to renewable energy projects on its website. The ministry’s data shows that it has released GBI of about Rs 23.1 lakh for demo wind projects in the previous fiscal.
with the governments of Rajasthan and Gujarat to develop large-scale solar parks. The proposed plant in Tamil Nadu will require an estimated investment of ` 7,000 crore The project would be developed in four phases. Acquisition of 5,000 acres for the project is under way and installation of panels is to commence in another eight months, the report adds. Earlier this year, Adani Enterprises signed deals with the Rajasthan government (1 gigwatt in 10 years) and the Gujarat government (investment of $4 billion) for the development of solar parks. Adani was to build the Gujarat project jointly with American renewable energy developer SunEdison.
Uttar Pradesh Uttar Pradesh gets is first rooftop solar PV power plant The fast moving state of Uttar Pradesh in the field of solar has finally got its first rooftop solar PV power plant with the facility of bi-directional metering / net metering. Taking the lead in this regard KESCO (Kanpur Electric Supply Company) has provided the facility of net metering to a 200 kWp rooftop solar PV power plant installed by Ujaas Energy Limited on the roof of Kanpur Plastipacks Limited in Dada Nagar industrial area. With the support of UPNEDA and prompt initiative by Managing Director KESCO Smt. Selva Kumari J, IAS and her team a feasibility study was conducted on the installation and after satisfactory study the bidirectional meters were installed at this installation on 8th of May 2015. Managing Director Paschimanchal Vidyut Vitran Nigam ltd. Sh. Vijay Vishwas Pant (IAS) has also given his nod for the implementation of rooftop solar PV power plant with net metering in his distribution area and soon many such plants will come up in Meerut DISCOM Zone.
Tamil Nadu Adani on course to develop solar park in Tamil Nadu Adani Power, a wholly owned subsidiary of Adani Group, is on track to develop a 1 gigawatt solar park at Kamuthi in Ramathapuram district, Tamil Nadu. Adani Group had been exploring options to develop such a project in the south Indian state since early this year. The move has come in the wake of deals
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With this successful installation it will open gates for more and more establishments both private and government will come forward to have battery less rooftop solar power plants with facility of net metering. UPNEDA which has been playing very active role under the dynamic leadership of their Director Dr (Mrs) Kajal (IAS) is organising several awareness workshops in association with all DISCOMS in the state and industry associations in the state of UP for the promotion of rooftop solar PV in the state of Uttar Pradesh.
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equipment made in India, to Indian customers. It is good to see Power Grid adopting the "Make in India" programme, awarding its first made in India GIS order to Alstom."
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Alstom T&D India Alstom T&D India to supply Power Grid’s first ‘Make in India’ gas-insulated substations Alstom T&D India has been awarded a contract worth approximately 34 million (`226.6 crore) by Power Grid Corporation of India to supply two gas-Insulated substations at Betul in Madhya Pradesh and Navsari in Gujarat. Both substations will be completely manufactured in India, making this Power Grid's first 'Make in India' 400 kv substations. The first 400/220 kV GIS substation constructed at Betul will transmit power generated from the Mouda Super Thermal Power Plant - II. The second installation at Navsari, will carry power generated at the Kakrapar Atomic Power Station. Both substations will feed power to the national grid. The contract scope includes design, engineering, manufacturing, installation and commissioning of the GIS at Betul including supply and erection of two 400/220/33 kV, 315 MVA auto transformers. The Navsari substation, which currently has eleven GIS bays, will be extended to include two additional bays. All equipment will be manufactured and supplied from Alstom T&D India's manufacturing facilities in India. Rathin Basu, managing director, Alstom T&D India said, "Since building the first local GIS manufacturing plant at Chennai in 2009, we have supplied over 300 bays, the largest number of GIS
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GIS is gaining popularity as the preferred technology in India. It is compact and encapsulated, ideal for use in restricted areas. It is also suitable to be used in locations with severe weather conditions (high temperatures, altitudes, near the sea) and industrial environments (toxic areas or corrosive environments). The footprint of a typical GIS is generally 10 times smaller than an Air-Insulated Substation (AIS). As land becomes scarce in India, GIS has become a more commercially viable solution.
Azure Power Azure Power commissions 100 MW solar power plant in Rajasthan Azure Power, an independent power producer, today said it has commissioned a 100 MW solar plant under National Solar Mission policy in Rajasthan."Azure Power has announced the commissioning of its 100 MW solar plant under India's National Solar Mission policy in Jodhpur, Rajasthan," the company said in a statement. The company will supply power to Solar Energy Corporation of India for 25 years. With the completion of these projects Azure Power has become the largest investor of solar power in Rajasthan. "This is the largest capacity project under the NSM Phase-2, where the power is being sold to Solar Energy Corporation of India at ` 5.45 per unit with Viability Gap Funding," Inderpreet Wadhwa, Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Azure Power said.
BHEL LTD BHEL surpasses Government’s Capacity Addition Target by 19% Accelerating its project execution momentum as part of its six point agenda for dynamic growth, Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited (BHEL) has surpassed the capacity addition target, set by the Government for utility projects, by 19%. Significantly, BHEL has commissioned 8,230 MW of utility sets against the target of 6,914 MW for 2014-15. BHEL has also made major contributions to another 1,600 MW by commissioning 2 boilers of 800 MW each during the year. In addition, sets with a cumulative of 2,000 MW have been synchronised and are ready for capacity addition.
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In the same period, BHEL also commissioned 1,392 MW industrial sets and 319 MW of overseas projects, taking the overall capacity addition/ synchronisation to 11,941 MW, during the year. With this, BHEL has achieved a major landmark of an installed capacity exceeding 155 GW, including 132 GW of domestic utility sets. Notably, with this BHEL has joined the elite club of international manufacturers who have supplied power generating equipment worth more than 150 GW. Significantly, in the first three years of the XII Plan, BHEL has commissioned a capacity of 26,091 MW, exceeding the cumulative target of 24,737 MW set by the Government. Notably, with this, the company has surpassed its total commissioning of 25,385 MW in the entire XI Plan.
NTPC NTPC to buy 15,000MW of solar power through reverse auction State-owned NTPC Ltd will call for bids from solar project developers for buying 15,000 megawatts (MW) on behalf of the ministry of new and renewable energy (MNRE). This is in addition to NTPC’s plans to set up 10,000 MW of solar power capacity on its own.NTPC will run a reverse bidding process for procuring solarpowered electricity in dollar-denominated tariff to reduce risk.It will provide a purchase guarantee, making such projects bankable and help solar power eventually cost the same as that purchased from the grid (this is called grid parity). Renewable energy accounts for only 31,692.14 MW of India’s power generation capacity of 267,637 MW.NTPC has an installed capacity of 44,598 MW.
Enzen Global Solutions Enzen Global Solutions acquires wind turbine maker Luminous for ` 12.6 cr Enzen Global Solutions, an energy-utility systems integrator and advisory, has acquired Pune-based wind turbine manufacturer Luminous Renewable Energy Solutions for about `12.6 crore ($2 million), eyeing a huge potential market in India's many villages that still do not have regular access to electricity. Luminous makes small wind and solar hybrid electricity systems, adopted from a USpatented technology that can be installed on roof tops as well as in irregular terrain such as coastal areas.
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This is the first acquisition for Bengaluru based Enzen, which has set aside `120 crore for three to five acquisitions this year."We have 330 million unelectrified consumers in India. Many villages in Karnataka alone, do not get sustained and promised access to electricity," said Satheesh Kumar, chairman and managing director of Enzen Global Solutions. "Our goal is to embed modern technologies in the power distribution space, to make it available, affordable and most importantly sustainable." Enzen has raised around $50 million so far from US-based private equity firm KKR. Luminous, the eight-year-old subsidiary of Delhi-based Luminous Power Technologies, makes miniature windmill-like systems that produce electricity for close to 17 hours a day because of its hybrid solar and wind energy model.
Power Grid Power Grid shareholders’ nod to raise ` 13,000 crore in fiscal State-run Power Grid Corp said on Monday it has received shareholders’ approval to raise up to `13,000 crore from domestic and external sources during the current fiscal. “The shareholders of the company have approved special resolution to raise funds in Indian rupee or any other acceptable foreign currency as permitted by RBI up to ` 13,000 crore from domestic/external sources,” the company said in a stock exchange filing. As per the approved resolution, the funds would be raised through secured and unsecured, nonconvertible, non-cumulative, redeemable, taxable and tax-free bonds under private placement during 2015-16 in up to eight tranches of up to ` 2,000 crore of bonds with or without green shoe option. The green shoe option is exercised by a company making a public issue (IPO) to ensure that the share price on the exchange does not fall below the issue price after issue of shares. The shareholders also approved the resolution to provide guarantee or security in connection with any form of debt of up to `1,400 crore for the recentlyacquired Vindhyachal Jabalpur Transmission project at Gadarwara.Power Grid acquired the project from REC Transmission Projects in February through tariffbased competitive bidding.
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will be on display – and the only visitors that will be invited to attend will be those who purchase and specify marine engines and components. In short, every single exhibit will be of relevance to every single visitor, and the only thing visitors will be searching for is cleaner, more efficient propulsion systems.
Bangkok Electric & Electronics Bangkok Electric & Electronics to be held from August 13-16 at Bitec Banna Bangkok Thailand is an exhibition of the latest Thai electric and electronic goods, will showcase the latest developments in the electrical and electronics fields that are related to energy savings.
6th WRETC - International Conference and Expo 2015 The 6th World Renewable Energy Technology Congress and Expo-2015 to be held from August 21-23, 2015 in New Delhi is the most important renewable energy industry conference that will have 105 high profiled global speakers and industry leaders in Plenary sessions, interactive Keynote sessions, CEO’s Forum, thought-provoking panel discussions and poster sessions to provide the focal points for translating knowledge into action. The Congress encourages activities of business matching, B2B meetings, especially focused on key industry issues and emerging energy solutions while pursuing business building and networking.
Electric & Hybrid Marine World Expo Electric & Hybrid Marine World Expo, to be held in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, from 23-25 June 2015, is dedicated solely to showcasing the very latest and next-generation electric and hybrid marine propulsion technologies, components and solutions. A truly global event, with exhibitors and visitors from all over the world, Electric & Hybrid Marine World Expo is the only exhibition and conference that will showcase these emerging efficient propulsion technologies and components to an audience of propulsion system designers, ship owners and operators, boat builders, engine manufacturers, naval architects and military fleet operators/chiefs. Nothing but pure electric propulsion systems, hybrid systems, and of course the components within them
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A complete range of products and related services will be on offer –from household electrical appliances and audio-visualgadgetry, to IT/OA systems, lighting, plus industrial parts and accessories. Set under the theme “Save Energy = Save The World”,Bangkok E&E 2013 will showcase the latest energy-saving innovations and eco-friendly technologies from Thailand and other leading producing countries including Japan, Korea,Taiwan, Hong Kong, China, Singapore, Malaysia, India, USA and Europe. The previous E&E Show in 2011 attracted 4,827 visitors during trade days and 8,830 during public days. Bangkok E&E 2013 expects to draw 5,200 trade visitors and 12,000 members of the public.
Machine Tool Expo 2015 Machine Tool Expo 2015, a business to business exhibition to be held on August 20-23, 2015 at Pragati Maidan, New Delhi will showcase metal cutting and metal forming machine tools, machines for welding, for thermal and surface treatments, robots, automation hardware and software, assembling, tools, parts, components, accessories, metrology, quality control, systems, material handling and consumable, software & consultancy. MTX will attract quality visitors from wide spectrum of manufacturing industries sourcing new machineries and manufacturing solutions for their production lines, key decision makers (CMDs, CEOs, General Managers etc.) from large and SMEs, entrepreneurs, Public Sector Undertakings, policy makers, R&D experts, and industry captains.
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Partial Discharge diagnosis. These can be used to test cables to international standards such as the IEEE 400.3 and IEC 60502-2. The TDS can also be used for DC tests and sheath tests to the IEC 60229 standard. When paired with a step voltage sensor, it can even be used for precise pinpointing of sheath faults. Network operators can now get faster and significantly more reliable information about the quality and the condition of their cables. This is made possible thanks to the brand-new 50 Hz Slope Technology. For the first time, it has become possible to immediately locate faults in underground cables during the actual PD measurement.
AV Multimedia “LSZH” Ethernet cabling simplified with HARTING Ha-VIS preLink HARTING’s recently launched Ha-VIS preLink® simple, fast assembly Ethernet cable connectors are ideal for Cat 5, Cat 6 and Cat 6EA AV Multimedia Public Building (Theatres, Concert Arenas, Schools & Universities and Conference and Exhibition Centres), Marine (Cruise Ships and Luxury Superyachts) and also Outside Broadcast Vehicle installations or any other confined space application where the latest fire regulations now demand the use of “LSZH” cables. The Ha-VIS preLink® is designed to terminate solid or stranded conductors allowing optimum cost efficient use for both fixed and flexible cabling installations. They can accommodate a conductor range AWG 27 to 22 allowing maximum Ethernet cabling lengths for the complete Ethernet infrastructure. The simple, repeatable, vibration-proof IDC contact termination design can handle conductor + insulation material diameters of up to 1.6mm, which supports the typical LSZH cable specifications. In addition overall cable outer jacket sizes up to 9mm can be handled.
Megger’s 50 Hz Slope Technology based VLF CR and PD diagnostic Megger’s revolutionary new TDS NT is a unique, allin-one cable testing and diagnosis system. It offers two well-proven wave forms – Very Low Frequency Cosine Rectangular (VLF CR) for withstand testing and Damped AC voltage (DAC) for non-destructive
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With the 50 Hz Slope Technology for the first time worldwide a withstand test with VLF cosinerectangular voltage (VLF CR) and PD diagnosis with damped alternating voltage (DAC) is combined in one unit. This allows an efficient and integrated solution for precise inventory of the network infrastructure. The important fact here is that the PD measurement data, gained with the VLF CR or with the DAC test voltage, can be compared directly with the 50 / 60 Hz network voltage.
Environment Testing Instruments (Mini Series) “MECO” introduced New Mini Series of Environment Testing Instruments which are compact to carry & handy. New Mini series are competitive priced with attractive design. They are as follows. XX
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Digital Sound Level Meter : Model : 970P having measurement Range : 35dB – 130dB (31.5Hz – 8KHz) Digital LUX Meter : Model : 930P having measurement Range : 0 – 200000 LUX Air Flow Anemometer : Model: 961P having measurement Air Flow Range 1 – 25 m/s & Temperature Range 0 - 50ºC. Humidity and Temperature Meter : Model : 920P having measurement Humidity Range 0% - 100% RH & Temperature Range -20ºC - 80ºC Infrared Thermometers : Model IRT380P having measurement Range: -50°C ~ 380°C Infrared Thermometers : Model IRT550P having measurement Range: -50°C ~ 550°C
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My Memories of Over the years, ELECRAMA has served as one of the best platforms for all the stakeholders in the power sector and has grown to become the world’s largest one-stop shop for electrical and industrial electronics. ELECRAMA has helped many Indian organisations, primarily the small and medium ones, to showcase to the world, the ingenious skill and competence.
ELECRAMA exhibition was conceptualized with the objective of providing a global window to showcase Indian Electrical equipment manufacturing capabilities. We continued to work tirelessly and exceeded our target for booking by 25%, before closing booking by end-September 1989, for concentrating on organizational aspects.
I am very thankful to Mr and Mrs Godrej I still remember when who took personal we organized the first interest in ELECRAMA ELECRAMA in the year and assisted us 1990. I used to visit way beyond even Hannover Messe every ideal owner-tenant year inspired by the relationship. M r. way the fair was being Sulakhe and IMTMA organized we thought readily and willingly of doing something shared with us their similar in India. I nexperiences of came back discussed IMTEX exhibitions, the concept with the which provided highly Executive Council needed guidance to though there were reluctance from the us. In the first stage we thought of member initially but everyone only taking one hall and later as The first thought which agreed to take a chance. As the the bookings started one more came in our mind was the Indian electrical equipment hall was build. name of the event. After hours of manufacturing industry has thinking we discussed that since it is the Finally the day arrived when been in existence in India panorama of electricity, why not name we opened the exhibition, since more than 100 years. it as ELECRAMA and this is how it was a dream turned into The first thought which came ELECRAMA was born. reality. Visitors from both in our mind was the name of national and international were the event. After hours of thinking we present to witness the strength of discussed that since it is the panorama of Indian electrical industry. Some even electricity, why not name it as ELECRAMA and this compared it with Hannover fair saying it is a is how ELECRAMA was born. Then we started mini Hannover fair. researching on the various aspects of the event, we IEEMA created a global business vehicle ELECRAMA started researching the exhibition industry across the which today has emerged as the Single largest globe. We had considered every received suggestion T&D Exhibition in the world. As in the past, I am carefully, discussed threadbare every organizational sure that ELECRAMA will continue to provide an activity imagining that every mishap, howsoever excellent opportunity to Indian manufacturers unlikely, will certainly happen and honed to perfection to showcase their products and technologies & our responses to overcome the same. Time schedules manufacturing capabilities to a global audience were repeatedly checked for strict adherence, correcting whom we whole heartedly welcome to our country. the lapses immediately to ensure that period held as reserve was available right upto the end.
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- R G Keswani, Past President, IEEMA
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Shocks&Sparks
This force explains everything and gives meaning to life. This is the variable that we have ignored for too long, maybe because we are afraid of love because it is the only energy in the universe that man has not learned to drive at will. To give visibility to love, I made a simple substitution in my most famous equation. If instead of E = mc2, we accept that the energy to heal the world can be obtained through love multiplied by the speed of light squared, we arrive at the conclusion that love is the most powerful force there is, because it has no limits.
Einstein Letter In the late 1980s, Lieserl, the daughter of the famous genius, donated 1,400 letters, written by Einstein, to the Hebrew University, with orders not to publish their contents until two decades after his death. This is one of them, for Lieserl Einstein. “When I proposed the theory of relativity, very few understood me, and what I will reveal now to transmit to mankind will also collide with the misunderstanding and prejudice in the world. I ask you to guard the letters as long as necessary, years, decades, until society is advanced enough to accept what I will explain below. There is an extremely powerful force that, so far, science has not found a formal explanation to. It is a force that includes and governs all others, and is even behind any phenomenon operating in the universe and has not yet been identified by us. This universal force is LOVE. When scientists looked for a unified theory of the universe they forgot the most powerful unseen force. Love is Light, that enlightens those who give and receive it.
After the failure of humanity in the use and control of the other forces of the universe that have turned against us, it is urgent that we nourish ourselves with another kind of energy… If we want our species to survive, if we are to find meaning in life, if we want to save the world and every sentient being that inhabits it, love is the one and only answer. Perhaps we are not yet ready to make a bomb of love, a device powerful enough to entirely destroy the hate, selfishness and greed that devastate the planet. However, each individual carries within them a small but powerful generator of love whose energy is waiting to be released. When we learn to give and receive this universal energy, dear Lieserl, we will have affirmed that love conquers all, is able to transcend everything and anything, because love is the quintessence of life. I deeply regret not having been able to express what is in my heart, which has quietly beaten for you all my life. Maybe it’s too late to apologize, but as time is relative, I need to tell you that I love you and thanks to you I have reached the ultimate answer!”
Love is gravity, because it makes some people feel attracted to others. Love is power, because it multiplies the best we have, and allows humanity not to be extinguished in their blind selfishness. Love unfolds and reveals. For love we live and die. Love is God and God is Love.
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