Government and Smart Grid industry leaders from both India and the U.S. will gather at GridWeek Asia Jan. 16-18, 2012 in Mumbai, India to cover topics ranging from standards and interoperability to smart meters and consumer engagement in a content-rich agenda featuring keynote addresses, roundtable discussions, and breakout sessions. via International Smart Grid Leaders Gather Continue reading →
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The IEEE Standards Association (IEEE-SA), the standards development body of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, predicts India would emerge as the world’s third largest smart grid market after the United States and China. via Business Line : Industry & Economy News : India to emerge 3rd largest smart grid market.
There’s a pretty short list of IT services giants that are making a big name for themselves in the smart grid — think IBM, Capgemini, Accenture, Logica and the like. Wipro, India’s IT outsourcing giant, wants to add its name to that list. via Wipro: IT Outsourcing Meets the Smart Grid : Greentech Media.
Forget about the U.S., Europe, India and even China: the smart grid market is truly global, worth at least $27 billion and potentially $49 billion in emerging countries from Eastern Europe to Latin American to North Africa, according to a new study from Northeast Group. via Emerging Smart Meter Market Could Be Worth $49B : Continue reading →
In India, the demand for power is surging with shortage peaking over 15 per cent. Many of the households are still not connected to the country’s electricity grid. According to the Ministry of Power, India’s transmission and distribution losses are among the highest in the world, averaging 24 per cent of total electricity production, in Continue reading →
Clean power is a completely different market in India compared to the U.S. Power companies are funding both solar and wind as a way to add more power generation capability, as many areas in India are struggling to provide enough power supply to meet the growing demand. via On the ground with clean power in Continue reading →
The Smart Grid is meant to help consumers regulate their personal power consumption and to help utilities meet the projected power demands that will come with the growth in use of electrically-powered vehicles. Countries across the globe are investing in the technology necessary to implement the Smart Grid, including New Zealand, Germany, Spain, the United Continue reading →
Amitabh Bacchan has a facility installed at his home that lets him monitor power consumption on Google. If you think it is a special gadget installed for the celebrity you are mistaken. Welcome to the world of smart grid, which is gradually moving into our living rooms across cities. via Smart grid offers users the Continue reading →
Gujarat aims to become the solar power capital of India by the end of the year, going by the power purchase agreements signed between developers and state-run power utility Gujarat Urja Vikas Nigam Ltd (GUVNL). These pacts guarantee a fixed 958MW of solar power to be supplied to GUVNL that will be made available to Continue reading →
India is one of the fastest growing economies in the world with an ever increasing population as well as political clout. However, a major hurdle in the path of India’s progress is the power deficiency and the less per capita availability of electricity. Unlike the major global powers like US and China, India lacks behind Continue reading →
India is a fast-emerging economy where the demand for electric power is increasing by leaps and bounds. This can be visualised from the fact that while holding more that 17 per cent of the world’s population, India currently consumes around 3 to 4 per cent of the world’s electrical energy. via The Hindu : States Continue reading →
GE India, world’s leading provider of technology and equipment for power, healthcare and aviation, is betting big on the Indian power market with the opening up of new wind turbine plant in Pune. GE Energy president and CEO Kishore Jayaraman tells ET’s Sobia Khan about new R&D centre, challenges they face and his company’s plans. Continue reading →
The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI) has come up with an awesome technology- the renewable energy based SMG (Smart Mini Grid) for homes and offices. TERI was sponsored by Government of India’s Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE) in this project. It is the first of its kind Smart Grid in India. TERI along Continue reading →
The India and United states announced financial support for research & development in the clean energy and low-carbon technologies. Together, India and United States will contribute $50 million and other $50 million are expected to be privately matched for R&D on potential breakthrough technologies. via US, India Pledge $100 million for Clean Energy Research – Continue reading →
STMicroelectronics, one of the world”s largest semiconductor companies with net revenue of USD 10.35 billion in 2010, is actively looking at virgin rural markets of India for extensive growth. ST is developing and marketing its innovative power (silicon) technologies for Smart Grid, which will revolutionalise the lives in rural India by facilitating access to electricity Continue reading →
Delhi-based information technology (IT) services company HCL Technologies has signed its first $100-million contract in the country for implementing smart grid solutions in the power sector. Smart grids are a part of the company’s newly formed Ecosystem and Business Incubation initiative under which it will incubate five ideas in different technologies. HCL signed the largest Continue reading →
IBM, which is at the forefront of the US electricity ‘smart-grid’ project, is eyeing the Indian market. On the heels of piloting a revolutionary grid technology with Shanghai Electric Power last week, IBM plans to offer solutions for the Indian grid managers. “IBM is prepared to offer Managed Business Process Services to electric utilities in Continue reading →
Efficiency and sustainability have become the twin mantras that gained currency in the aftermath of the economic slowdown. In this process, smart infrastructure is expected to play an important role. In India, infrastructure is an area of high-priority area for the government. And within infrastructure, ‘Mission 2012: Power to All’—a comprehensive blueprint that encompasses generation, Continue reading →
In an initiative that is untried in the country as yet, the state government will soon start a pilot project using smart grids produced by a company supported by the Indian Institute of Management-Ahmedabad in a city’s neighbourhood. Ecolibrium Energy, an Ahmedabad-based company, “is in the process of implementing the first smart grid pilot in Continue reading →
West Bengal seems to have emerged as the leading force in eastern India in the development of rooftop solar energy. For, its response has been the best among all eastern states to a project involving the installation of rooftop solar panels, which is part of the national solar mission. via Bengal takes lead in rooftop Continue reading →
