Posts by Venugopal Pillai

Kiran Dutt, President Electrification, ABB India

  “We at ABB India are proud to be part of this 100-year old legacy of MCBs enhancing electrical safety in India and around the world. Our future-focused portfolio centres on achieving energy efficiency and transparent, sustainable practices.”     (Kiran Dutt Read more

Good prospects from power T&D sector, notes REC CMD

REC Ltd expects good prospects from the power transmission & distribution (T&D) sector in FY25, noted the company’s CMD Vivek Kumar Dewangan. Addressing a media conference in Mumbai on April 30, 2024, Vivek Kumar Dewangan said that the power Read more

HVDC power transmission gaining prominence, major capacity build-up in the pipeline

    The quantum of interregional electricity transfer through HVDC lines appears to have increased significantly in FY24, as borne out by newly-released statistics by GRID-INDIA. In FY24, the total interregional electricity transfer stood at 249,487 MU (million Read more

IEX Nepal hydropower | T&D India

India becoming a bigger net exporter of electricity

    India, over the years, has become a bigger net exporter of electricity with respect to its neighbour trade partners –Bhutan, Nepal, Bangladesh and Myanmar. According to an analysis by T&D India based on official statistics released by Grid Corporation Read more

Full completion of NERSPIP expected by end of 2024

    The North-Eastern Region Power System Improvement Project (NERPSIP), a major Centrally-sponsored programme covering the northeast states, except Arunachal Pradesh, is expected to be fully commissioned by end of 2024, according to a latest government report. The Read more

765kV line addition in FY24 surpasses target

    The quantum of 765kV lines added in FY24 has surpassed the target set for the period, according to recent statistics released by Central Electricity Authority (CEA). For FY24, the target for 765kV line addition was 2,076 Read more

ISTS-TBCB market sees hectic activity in FY24

    Fiscal year FY24 saw frenzied action in the ISTS-TBCB power transmission space with a record number of schemes getting awarded. According to a special study by T&D India, based on official statistics, a record number of 23 interstate transmission Read more

Sterlite Gujarat FIO | T&D India

CERC adopts tariff for five ISTS-TBCB schemes

    Central Electricity Regulatory Commission (CERC), through separate orders issued over the past one week, has adopted the tariff with respect to five interstate transmission system (ISTS) schemes that were recently awarded under the tariff-based competitive Read more

RMC Switchgears plans capacity expansion of Jaipur plant

  Jaipur-headquartered RMC Switchgears is very optimistic on a significant growth in operating revenue, following the proposed capacity expansion of its manufacturing plant at Jaipur in Rajasthan. In Read more

This is a completely new transformer design and solution by Hitachi Energy India

Hitachi Energy India recently designed and manufactured India’s highest power-rated Scott-connected transformer at its Maneja facility in Gujarat, for the Indian Railways. Following this significant milestone, T&D India caught up with Atul Pandit, Senior Vice President- Transformer, Hitachi Read more