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Where does India’s solar energy sector stand?
India’s path to becoming global leader in the renewable energy sector rests on an unexpected source — rooftop solar — notes Manoj Gopalan Nair.
Unbalance in MV/HV shunt capacitor banks can cause capacitor failures accompanied by fire and explosion
- Jul 20, 2022
In this article, Baldev Raj Narang investigates into the issue of unbalance protection for medium and high voltage shunt capacitor banks.
Why replace generators with new UPS technology
- Jul 11, 2022
Power outages are common, especially in developing nations like India. Frequent power cuts without any backup system can severely hamper the normal workflow in houses and workplaces. Even the most successful businesses complain about the detrimental impact of regular power outages on their businesses. In this article, Kunwer Sachdev explains why traditional back-up generators need to be replaced by new UPS technology.
The significance of fuel management in diesel generator sets
- Apr 4, 2022
Even as India moves towards a cleaner and greener economy, the ubiquitous diesel generator (DG) set, being an emergency power backup solution, is here to stay. However, DG sets are taken for granted with little or practically no thought spared for issues like fuel management. In this thought-provoking article, Gaurav Adlakha discusses why fuel monitoring and delivery management are important issues that can significantly contribute to overall efficiency of DG sets.
Emerging trends in the power value chain
- Mar 19, 2022
With the advent of digitalization, there is disruption in the traditional electricity value chain, notes Rohit Barde.
Power semiconductors are key to EV energy efficiency
- Mar 11, 2022
Since technological innovation is taking place with each passing day, the automotive industry has witnessed rapid transformations. Earlier, auto manufacturers use to try hard to install vehicles with advanced technology. But the level of tech and tech-enabled services in today’s models is such that the ecosystem is witnessing realignment. This change has opened new avenues for the industry as the smart technology is shifting towards battery-operated vehicles, notes Yogesh Bhatarkar.
AWS Cloud: Empowering Digital Utilities
- Feb 15, 2022
The AWS Cloud allows utilities to harness unlimited elastic computing resources that can spin up and down in seconds, as required by changing grid conditions or innovative new programs, notes Pritam Muppuri.
The carbon-neutral future is electric
- Feb 14, 2022
Electricity has improved our standards of living since its invention more than two hundred years ago. But the changes that deepen electrification in the name of sustainability over the coming 30 years will go beyond anything that we’ve seen so far, notes N. Venu
Renewables can contribute towards poverty alleviation
- Jan 26, 2022
As the nation gets set for Net Zero target announced by Hon’ble Prime Minister at COP26, we are seeing a pivotal shift towards collective policy and industry effort, focused on generating equitable economic growth for the people through a green pathway, notes Jaideep Mukherjee.
Challenges in de-carbonizing India’s power sector
- Jan 3, 2022
Maintaining a low carbon footprint is an irrefutable global objective. For a developing nation like India, achieving this in the midst of rapidly growing energy consumption, is even more challenging. Shashank Agarwal, in this article, shares his thoughts on the need of and challenges involved in the massive task of decarbonizing India’s power sector.