Interviews

There are some exciting critical developments in wind turbine technology that are very relevant in Indian conditions. The first is installing a wind turbine that is designed to suit India´s low wind speed conditions.

Central Electricity Authority (CEA), government of India, has identified and listed many power plants for performance optimisation and R&M programs to be carried out in the 12th Five-Year Plan. Now it the decision of respective State gencos to issue tender either for comprehensive R&M or need-based R&M.

The power transmission sector can no longer be viewed from the prism of generation but as an independent sector with a two-fold objective-setting up bulk transmission lines and improving the national grid.

Tidal power has an enormous potential and I am convinced that that tidal power is soon to experience a breakthrough. To give an example: In 2017 Minesto will start the construction of a 10 MW array near the Holyhead Island in Wales, which eventually will supply electricity to approximately 8,000 households. Add to that the Welsh waters hold a potential of several 1,000´s of MW. But Wales is not the only place.

We are predominantly witnessing two major technical trends in the DG sets sector which generally attracts customer demand - fuel efficiency and emission controls. Today we have products compliant to CPCB II norms and even Euro IV standards.

In the meeting, we have put forth our various concerns right from evacuation infrastructure, how to bring down the cost of power generation, rationalise the cost for distribution infrastructure to lowering the tariffs for industrial units in Maharashtra.

The manufacturers have developed different types of single and three phase electronic meters over the years like, basic electronic meter with optical port/ IrDa port, meter with RF/zigbee communication, which can communicate consumption data

Our participation in this event is not targeted towards sales. The major idea behind the participation is to attract prospects for international markets for our metering and power back-up products & solutions. We are looking for channel partners in African

We have worked out a five-year clear-cut plan for ramping up the production from Coal India from the current 500 million tonnes to one billion tonnes a year by 2020. In fact Coal India has already readied its comprehensive mine-wise plans and it will be placed