Posts by Venugopal Pillai

Polycab plans foray in EHV and specialty cables

  Polycab India Ltd is planning to start manufacturing EHV cables and other specialty cables, with a view to enlarging its product basket and consolidating its leadership in the wire & cable market. Read more

Two in race for intrastate transmission project in Uttar Pradesh

  Two bidders have qualified to submit their price bids for an intrastate transmission project in Uttar Pradesh, under the tariff-based competitive bidding (TBCB) mechanism. It is reliably learnt that bid process coordinator REC Power Development & Consultancy Ltd (RECPDCL) Read more

Sterling Generators bullish on exports business

  Sterling Generators is optimistic about exports driving its overall business growth, according to Sanjay Jadhav, CEO, Sterling Generators Pvt Ltd. At the Read more

Jakson Green: Order book reaches Rs.5,000 crore

  Jakson Green, in a release, said that its order book position has reached around Rs.5,000-crore. Jakson Green, backed by business conglomerate Jakson Group, said that its renewable energy EPC order book has reached around Rs.5,000 crore, and that too Read more

PGCIL to commission 18 ISTS-RTM projects in FY24

  Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd is expected to commission 18 ISTS projects awarded under the regulated tariff mechanism (RTM) route, in the remaining period of this fiscal year. According to information tabled in Parliament, PGCIL, as of August Read more

Long-duration energy storage is imperative to grid stability: LDES Council

Launched in 2021 at the COP26 in Glasgow, The Long Duration Energy Storage Council (LDES Council) is on a mission to replace the use of fossil fuels to meet peak demand by accelerating the market for long duration Read more

TBCB Report Card for 4MFY24: 11 projects awarded, 1 completed

  The first four months of FY24 saw hectic activity in the interstate TBCB power transmission space with as many as 11 new projects getting awarded. According to a special study by T&D India, based on official statistics released by Read more

RDSS: Over 20 per cent of sanctioned smart meters awarded so far

  According to latest statistics released by the National Smart Grid Mission (NGSM), contracts have been placed for a little over 20 per cent of the total consumer smart meters sanctioned under the Revamped Distribution Sector Scheme (RDSS), as Read more

LED lighting technology opens a big platform for integration: Bajaj Electricals

With a longstanding presence of 85 years, Bajaj Electricals is widely regarded as the pioneer in India’s lighting landscape. Even in the relatively new LED lighting industry, Bajaj Electricals took the lead and has made immense contribution, not Read more

CEA proposes RTM route for re-conductoring of ISTS lines

  In a newly released draft paper, Central Electricity Authority (CEA) has recommended that re-conductoring of transmission lines of the interstate transmission system (ISTS) be carried out under the regulated tariff mechanism (RTM) route as opposed to the tariff-based Read more