Interview
The energy market is moving towards flexible systems: Wärtsilä
Wärtsilä has been in India from the early 1980s and has contributed immensely to the power segment of the country. Today, with rapid changes in the energy landscape, Wärtsilä is leading from the front in providing cost-effective solutions to address the rapidly changing energy dynamics. In this exclusive exchange, Ventakesh R., Managing Director, Wartsila India Pvt Ltd, tells us more on how Wärtsilä Energy is leading the transition towards a decarbonised and 100 per cent renewable energy future.
Innovation is our key guiding principle: LAPP India
- Jul 28, 2021
The Germany-headquartered LAPP Group was the first multinational cable manufacturing company to set up operations in India, over 20 years ago. In this interview, we have Gary Bateman, Managing Director, LAPP India, tracing the group’s journey in India over these long years. Bateman proudly notes that LAPP India is today serving customers from a wide spectrum of industries, and that too with highly localized but world-class products. Bateman is confident that the growth potential of India’s economy opens immense opportunities for wire and cable technology providers.
The outlook for PXIL remains encouraging: Power Exchange India Ltd
- Jul 21, 2021
India’s first institutionally-promoted energy exchange, Power Exchange of India Ltd (PXIL) is currently in a very vibrant phase with a sharp increase in trading volumes and the launch of new electricity trading tools. In this exclusive interview with T&D India, we have Prabhajit Kumar Sarkar, MD & CEO, Power Exchange India Ltd discussing current trends at PXIL and its plans for the future. Sarkar also shares keen insights on how power exchanges can become the most important constituent of the short-term electricity trading market. An interview by Venugopal Pillai.
Smart digital solutions are key to energy transition: Hitachi ABB Power Grids
- Jul 9, 2021
Hitachi ABB Power Grids represents the coming together of two prodigious names in the power transmission industry—Hitachi and ABB. In this exclusive joint interaction with T&D India, we have Thomas Westman, Head of High Voltage Service, Hitachi ABB Power Grids and Rupinder Singh, Head of High Voltage Products, Hitachi ABB Power Grids in India, discussing the evolving complexity that the Indian power grid faces, and how Hitachi ABB Power Grids is equipped to provide cost-effective and technically superior solutions to address the most pressing challenges. An interview by Venugopal Pillai.
Digitally-enabled and connected assets are the foundation of an intelligent grid: Siemens Energy
- Jul 6, 2021
In April this year, Siemens Energy launched “SensSolution” — the world’s first power transmission solution with holistic cloud connectivity and designated web application suite. We have in this exclusive interaction, Nicolas Söllner, Product Manager, SensSolution, Siemens Energy, sharing keen insights on this revolutionary power transmission solution. He explains that digitally-enabled and connected systems are the foundation of the intelligent grids of tomorrow. In response, Siemens Energy is continually enhancing its portfolio of products, systems and solutions with such integrated “Sens” technology, asserts Söllner. An interview by Venugopal Pillai.
We have established ourselves as market leaders in India: Aggreko
- Jul 3, 2021
Aggreko, the world’s largest power rental company, started its operations in India in 2009. Ever since, Aggreko has steadily gained acceptance and is today the market leader. In this exclusive interview, we have Shobhit Taneja, Country Manager – India, Aggreko, tracing Aggreko’s journey in India, and discussing the company’s future plans for the subcontinent. Taneja also explains how Aggreko is consciously keeping a low carbon footprint, thanks to use of renewable energy sources, energy storage and by ensuring that its generators perform at efficiency levels well above industry standards. An interview by Venugopal Pillai.
Our aim is to become a leading global green technology company: Devic Earth
- Jun 22, 2021
That coal-based power plants can potentially pollute the environment is a widely known fact. While such power plants do deploy pollution-mitigation measures like electrostatic precipitators, flue-gas desulphurization, what is lesser known is that “fugitive pollution” caused by movement of coal-bearing vehicles, crustal dust, etc, can occur in the plant’s vicinity. Devic Earth specializes in offering “Pure Skies” — AI-based air purification systems for such polluting industries and many more applications. In this interaction, Dr Srikant Sola, Founder & CEO, Devic Earth, explains how Devic Earth is helping improve air quality, scientifically and cost-effectively, across a broad spectrum of application areas. An interview by Venugopal Pillai.
We want to become a trusted brand in AI-based smart street lighting: Lord’s Mark Industries
- Jun 11, 2021
Street lighting in India has come a long way from sodium vapour lamps to LEDs, thereby improving energy efficiency. The next paradigm is Artificial Intelligence (AI)-based street lighting that promises to take energy efficiency as well as data analytics to the next level. We have Sachidanand Upadhyay, Founder, Lord’s Mark Industries Pvt Ltd giving keen insights on the AI-based street lighting industry, whilst sharing his company’s ambition of becoming a trusted player in this niche space. An interview by Venugopal Pillai.
We are working on application-centric customizations for the power industry: Vedanta
- Jun 4, 2021
Part of Vedanta Ltd, Vedanta Aluminium is the world’s largest producer of aluminium wire rods, outside China, and caters almost exclusively to the power industry. In this exclusive interview, we have Ajay Kapur, CEO – Aluminium & Power and MD – Commercial, Vedanta Ltd, discussing the criticality of aluminium in the power T&D industry. Kapur also discusses how Vedanta, through its continual R&D, plans to enrich its contribution to the power conductor industry by producing energy-efficient and application-centric customized aluminium alloys. The vision of Vedanta Aluminium is to leverage its sustainable and efficient manufacturing processeses, coupled with its technology leadership, to produce top-quality value-added aluminium products, notes Kapur. An interview by Venugopal Pillai.
The way this privatization process was handled is really commendable: Tata Power
- May 24, 2021
Tata Power took over power distribution in Odisha by acquiring erstwhile state government-owned discoms—CESU, NESCO, WESCO and SOUTHCO. Tata Power will now have majority equity stake and management control in these discoms. Sanjay Banga, President—Transmission & Distribution, Tata Power, in conversation with Venugopal Pillai, discusses how Tata Power will meet the challenges of managing a vast consumer base of 9 million that includes a big rural component. Banga is confident that with Tata Power’s vast experience, the four newly-created discoms in Odisha, in the next three years, will be better than any state government power distribution utility.