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Wire & Cable ASIA – March/April 2013
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IN the wake of last year’s electrical blackout
that affected about 670 million people,
state-owned Power Grid Corporation of India
Ltd is implementing several new smart grid pilot
projects.
A project being implemented in India’s northern
region will protect the grid and provide more
energy security. The initiative involves the
deployment of a wide area measurement
system – a platform that provides complete
monitoring, protection and control of the power
grid.
Integral to the new platform is a phasor
measurement unit (PMU), or synchrophasor; a
device that measures voltages and currents at
multiple, diverse points on the grid to provide
the real-time status of power quality.
Similar pilot projects in other regions are also in
various phases of production. In addition,
Scindia has stated that a similar project
covering all states and the Inter State
Transmission System network is awaiting
regulatory approval by the Central Electricity
Regulatory Commission (CERC).
To upgrade distribution, Power Grid has started
work on a smart grid pilot project previously
approved for Puducherry in the southern region.
An MOU was signed with the Government of
Puducherry in March 2012. Power Grid says 63
organisations are involved in executing the
project.
Power Grid Corporation – India
Website:
India is
securing its
power grid
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