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 →
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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 →
It might be a long wait for Bangalore’s Smart Grid project to become a reality, as it is already running three months behind schedule because of official lethargy. On June 18, the Bangalore Electricity Supply Company (Bescom) had planned a meeting on the project. However, it was called off due to failure to appoint consultants. Continue reading →
India's power sector is slowly but surely connecting to smart grids to increase efficiency and reduce losses. Bangalore’s Electronic City is implementing a pilot project not just to modernise power grids but also to increase use of renewables. via Powering up the smart way – BloombergUTV.com.
