Interviews

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.

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.

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.

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

The current market scenario for power is quite robust for the next few years as the demand for power will increase, so it will for the power backup industry. As this is a growing economy and the same will reflect in the demand for power.

The government is of the opinion that the productivity of coal mines owned by independent coal miners is inefficient despite access to the latest equipment as well as capital resources. Whereas production from mines