Rapid Expansion
Key transmission trends and growth drivers
The country’s transmission infrastructure has grown rapidly in the past few years. As of May 2019, the […]
Transmission Infrastructure
Rapid Expansion
Design Advances
Improvements in tower structures and foundations
Transmission tower designs have evolved significantly over the years. New tower designs such as monopoles and narrow […]
Increasing Power Transfer
New technologies for cables and conductors
Cables and conductors are among the most important components of a power transmission network. In the current […]
Better Grid Control
Installation of advanced reactive power equipment to ensure system stability
Power networks generate two kinds of power – real and reactive. While real power accomplishes the useful […]
Superior Conductor
Copper cables ideal for safe and efficient electrical systems
Copper has been used in electrical systems since the early nineteenth century, when the electromagnet and telegraph […]
Transformer Technologies
New solutions aimed at meeting power system requirements
Transformer technologies have evolved considerably to meet the emerging requirements of utilities and enhance power system reliability. […]
Safer Systems
Enhanced asset management and operation
Asset management is one of the most complex elements of the utility business. For transmission enterprises, it […]
Capacity Building
Key trends and growth drivers in the transmission infrastructure segment
India’s power transmission segment is growing at an unprecedented pace, mainly due to the thrust provided by […]
Transmission Tower Trends
Evolving design, testing, installation and surveying techniques
Over the past few years, the techniques for the design, installation, surveying and testing of transmission towers […]
Cables and Conductors
Cables and conductors are the most essential components of a power transmission network. They are crucial not […]
Reactive Power Compensation
Key element of upcoming transmission infrastructure for voltage stabilization
The increase in transmission over long distances, generation of grid-connected variable renewable energy, as well as the […]
Growing Grid
Conducive policy framework drives network expansion
The transmission segment has grown significantly over the past few years driven by a conducive policy framework, […]
Design Optimisation
Advanced technologies and solutions to improve tower structures
Tower costs typically range from one-fourth to half of total transmission line costs. As such, design optimisation […]
Better Control
Role of HVDC and FACTS in power transmission
In India, the distribution of natural energy resources is uneven and concentrated in a few pockets. Without […]
GIS Gains
Gas-insulated substations offer land, cost and time savings
Increased economic development and burgeoning population levels over the years have created power transmission challenges in urban […]
Support Systems
FACTS and HVDC applications
Given the country’s complex power grid, ensuring system security and stability is a formidable task. The key […]
Substation Automation
Achieving operational efficiencies by minimising human intervention
Substation automation involves the integration of operations-related activities like system protection, control and data acquisition into a […]
Design Trends
Greater customisation in tower structures and foundations
The configuration of transmission towers depends on several parameters such as voltage levels, the number and configuration […]