Posts by Venugopal Pillai

Power will be a big business driver for Atlas Copco

Atlas Copco recently launched five new air compressors for applications across diverse industry segments. T&D India caught up with Conrad Latham, General Manager, Compressor Technique, Atlas Copco India, at Read more

PGCIL

Mega transmission projects see slowdown in FY19

Large power transmission projects being developed under the tariff-based competitive bidding (TBCB) route appear to be progressing very slowly. During FY19, not a single new project was awarded. This inference is based on an analysis done by T&D Read more

We are expecting participation from over 120 countries: ELECRAMA 2020

ELECRAMA—the world’s largest show in the electrical equipment industry, brought by industry body IEEMA—will be hosting its 14th edition in January 2020. We have Anil Saboo, Chairman, ELECRAMA 2020, discussing the Read more

We are continuously innovating and developing smarter products: HPL Electric

Incorporated in 1992, HPL Electric & Power Ltd, popularly known as HPL, is a diversified electrical equipment manufacturer with seven manufacturing facilities and a truly pan-India distribution network. Though HPL Read more

Siemens

Digitalization is the way forward

Siemens recently held its “Innovation Day 2019” in Mumbai where top management personnel as well as technical experts gave detailed presentations on digitization, Internet of Things (IoT), artificial intelligence and related topics. It was very clear that digitalization—as Read more

TBCB

Consolidation phase for private power transmission

Independent power transmission line concessions, both at the regional and state level, are witnessing a phase of consolidation, notes Venugopal Pillai, in this special study. Recent media reports suggest that Mumbai-headquartered Kalpataru Power Transmission Ltd, a leading EPC contractor Read more

We see huge potential for energy storage in India: Fluence

Fluence, an energy storage technology company jointly owned by Siemens and AES, was in the news recently as it supplied its “Advancion” technology to India’s first grid-scale battery-based energy storage system. This Read more

We are looking at adding more manufacturing facilities: CTC Global

US-based CTC Global Corporation has developed and owns the rights to the highly efficient ACCC (aluminium conductor composite core) technology. With a presence in India for the past six years, CTC recently Read more

Tata Power has been a benchmark performer in power distribution

  Tata Power is India’s oldest power utility present in the entire value chain – generation, transmission and distribution. It has successfully formed landmark public-private partnerships in Read more

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Reforming power distribution

IEEMA recently organized “DistribuELEC 2019” event in Mumbai. The event had a series of covenant conferences and panel discussions where extensive deliberations on the Indian power distribution sector took place. This story by Venugopal Pillai, based on views Read more