For greater acceptability of smart systems in India, there is a need to tailor smart grid solutions to Indian conditions, define expected benefits of such solutions,
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Category: Power & New and Renewable Energy
Switching to sustainable power grids
Cities are becoming unsustainable as we tackle 21st century problems with 20th century infrastructure.
Smart initiatives
The US has initiated work on developing smart grid to optimise energy consumption and reduce its dependence on conventional fuels.
Leadership and governance
Vinod Bahety argues that leadership in India has been too domesticated to be anywhere near globally applicable. Leadership is a key differentiator, whether it’s a perfect or imperfect world. Over the last 10-15 years,
Restructuring of loans to discoms is not a permanent solution
In a freewheeling interview with Rahul Kamat, M V Tanksale, Chairman and Managing Director, Central Bank of India, says that although discoms are going through a rough phase
Unknotting opportunities
The Infrastructure Today Urban Transport 2012 Conference was held on 28 and 29 August 2012 at New Delhi.
Call for incentivising FLNG projects
Experts and analysts suggest that government must incentivise private players to set up Floating Liquefied Natural Gas (FLNG) plants for extracting natural gas.
OEC ties up with Talboom
Talboom, a geothermal energy firm in Belgium, has entered into a joint venture with ONGC Energy Centre (OEC) for harnessing the energy in South Cambay basin of Gujarat.
AP to get REC loan for 3 projects
To fund three key power projects in Andhra Pradesh, the Rural Electrification Corporation (REC) is to provide a loan of Rs 10,873.35 crore.
Wind power bodies’ plea for investor-friendly policies
Investor-friendly policies by the government will accelerate wind energy development in the country, hence such policies are the need of the hour, wind energy associations in India have said.

