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IN THIS ISSUE

1 | SMART GRID Bulletin | Volume 3, Issue 3 | March 2018 Price: `50 www.indiasmartgrid.org

India Smart Grid Week 201805 - 09 March 2018, Manekshaw Center, New Delhi

• IndiaSmartGridWeek2018 1

• GlimpsesofExhibitionatISGW2018 3

• GlimpsesofISGFInnovationAwards2018 4

• GlimpsesofISGW2018 7

• GlimpsesofWorkshopatISGW2018 9

• GlimpsesofParallelEventsat ISGW2018 10

• GlimpsesofValidictory 11 SessionatISGW2018

• GlimpsesofMasterClassesat ISGW2018 11

• GlimpsesofTechnicalTourat 11 ISGW2018

• KeyHighlightsofISGW2018 12

• IndiaSmartUtilityWeek2019 12

• SmartGridUpdates: 13 o Policy,Regulations&Standards o Technology&Projects

• AppointmentsandTransfers 14

• Technology&Projects 14

o PilotProjectsinIndia 16

• ICSGIstanbul2018 18

• GSGFInvitesApplications 18

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India Smart Grid Week is considered as one of the top five international event on Smart Grids and Smart Cities. 245 Experts from 38 countries converged at the Smart Grid Week to discuss emerging transformation of the India’s energy sector.

The4thEditionofIndiaSmartGridWeek(ISGW),thefive-daylongeventwasattendedbyveteransfromacrosstheglobe.TheconferenceandexhibitionwasinauguratedbyAKBhalla,Secretary,MinistryofPower;OtherdignitariespresentattheinauguralceremonywereAjayMathur,DirectorGeneralofTERI;UpendraTripathy,InterimDirectorGeneralofInternationalSolarAlliance;PraveerSinha,CEO&MD,TataPowerDelhiDistributionLtd;HisExcellencyAmbassadorKlasMolin,AmbassadorofSweden to India;RichardSchomberg,IECAmbassadorforSmartEnergy;NVenu,SeniorGroupPresident,PowerGridsDivisionofABBforSouthAsia,MiddleEastandAfrica;MattWakefield,Director,ElectricPowerResearchInstitute,USA;MaheshRamanujam,CEO,USGreenBuildingCouncil; Debashis Banerjee, CEO, Reliance Infrastructure; Patrick Santillo, Minister-Counsellor for Commercial Affairs, US Embassy; Christopher Jones, Deputy DirectorGeneral -Energy,EuropeanCommission; andRejiKumarPillaiPresidentof ISGFandChairmanofGlobalSmartGridFederation.

Inauguration of ISGW 2018 Conference (L-R): Matt Wakefield, Patrick Santillo, Mahesh Ramanujam, Christopher Jones, Richard Schomberg, Reji Kumar Pillai, Upendra Tripathy, H.E. Klas Molin, AK Bhalla, Ajay Mathur, Debashis Banerjee,

Praveer Sinha, N.Venu


Morethan2200delegatesandvisitorsattendedtheeventwhichwasheldatManekshawCenterinNewDelhischeduledfrom05–09March2018.Expertsfrom38countriesfrompowersectordiscussedabouttheadvancedsolutionsforgridmodernization,e-mobilityandrenewableenergyintegrationattheevent.

ThisyeartheeventincludedbilateralworkshopswithEuropeanCommission,Sweden,USAandFrance.SpecialworkshopsonBlockchainforUtilitiesattractedinterestfromlargenumberofstakeholders.FulldayparallelsessionswereconductedonSmartCityGasDistributionandSmartWater.Theparticipantsof theeventalsogot theopportunity toattend the technical tour toTataPowerDelhiDistributionLimited (TPDDL),NorthernRegionLoadDispatchCentre(NRLDC);andtherecentlycommissionedSmartGridPilotProjectatUHBVN,PanipatwithsupportfromNEDO,Japan.

Duringtheconference,MoUsweresignedbetweenISGFandThinkSmartGrids–Franceforcollaboration;USTDAandTataPowerDelhiDistributionLimited(TPDDL)fortheBusinessCaseforDistributedEnergyResourcesinIndiaPhase2TechnicalAssistance.PEERSystembyGBCI/USGBCwaslaunchedduringtheceremonyandspecialannouncementwasmadebyUSTDAforBehavioralEnergyEfficiencyProgramwithBSESRajdhaniPowerLimited(BRPL)andOracleUtilities;EnergyStorageRoadmapProjectbyISGF,IESAandMacArthurFoundationwasalsoannounced.AnotherspecialannouncementwasonthecollaborationbetweenTPDDL,SAPandChoice,BrazilforthelaunchofanewsolutioninIndiaforpreventionoftheftofelectricity.

Speakingontheoccasion,Mr.RejiKumarPillai,President,IndiaSmartGridForumcommented,“IndiaSmartGridWeek2018offeredanexcellentplatformforUtilityLeaders,Regulators,GovernmentOfficialsandTechnologyProvidersfornetworkingandexperiencesharingwith theirpeers fromover38countries.With increasing focusonmakingcitygasdistributionandwaterdistributionsmart,nextyearISGWwillbeheldinanenhancedformatasIndiaSmartUtilityWeek”

Key PartnersPowered By

Host Utilities

Bangalore Electricity Supply Company Limited

BESCOM(Government of Karnataka Undertaking)

Co - Host Utilities Partner Utilities

Platinum Partners Gold Partners Silver Partners

Innovation Awards Partner Technology Partner Smart Water Technology Partner

Technology Partners Bronze Partner Lanyard Partner

Supporting Ministries

Ministry of PowerGovernment of India

National Institution forTransforming India


Glimpses of Exhibition at ISGW 2018


Glimpses of ISGF Innovation Awards 2018

BestSmartGridProjectinIndiabyUtilityPOSOCO

DiamondAward

BestSmartGridProjectinIndiabyIndustrySchneiderElectricDiamondAward

BestRuralElectrificationProjectsbyUtilityDGVCL

PlatinumAward

BestSmartGridProjectinIndiabyIndustryCyanConnodePlatinumAward

BestRuralElectrificationProjectsbyUtilityAPEPDCL

DiamondAward

BestSmartGridProjectinIndiabyUtilityCESCMysorePlatinumAward

BestRuralElectrificationProjectsbyIndustryCygniEnergyPrivateLimited

DiamondAward

InnovativePoliciesandRegulationsPromotingRenewablesand

SmartGridsinIndiaDERC

DiamondAward

BestEnergyEfficiencyPrograms/ProjectsoftheYear2017

EnergosTechnologiesPvtLtdDiamondAward

InnovativePoliciesandRegulationsPromotingRenewablesandSmartGridsinIndia

BESCOMPlatinumAward

BestEnergyEfficiencyPrograms/ProjectsoftheYear2017

TPDDLPlatinumAward

BestRuralElectrificationProjectsbyIndustryLarsen&ToubroLimited

PlatinumAward


SmartTechnologyoftheYearEfficienergiConsultingPvtLtd

DiamondAward

InnovativeEVoftheYearAshokLeylandLimited

DiamondAward

SmartStartupoftheYearMinionLabs

DiamondAward

InnovativeEVoftheYearMahindraElectricMobilityLtd

PlatinumAward

SmartStartupoftheYearREConnectEnergySolutionsPvt.Ltd

PlatinumAward

SmartTechnologyoftheYearSTMicroelectronicsPlatinumAward

SmartStartupoftheYearProbusSmartThingsPvt.Ltd.

GoldAward

SmartStartupbyYoungEntrepreneur(below30yearsofage)

SwadhaEnergiesDiamondAward

SmartIncubatoroftheYearGlobalIncubationServices(GINSERV)

DiamondAward

SmartStartupbyYoungEntrepreneur(below30yearsofage)

LumeSolarEnergyPrivateLimitedPlatinumAward

SmartIncubatoroftheYearSIDBIInnovation&IncubationCenter

IITKanpurPlatinumAward

SmartStartupbyWomanEntrepreneurRealTimeRenewablesPvt.Ltd.

PlatinumAward


MostProgressiveWaterUtilityinIndiaBelgaviCityCorporation

DiamondAward

MostProgressiveWaterUtilityinIndiaOrangeCityWaterPvtLtd

GoldAward

MostProgressiveGasUtilityinIndiaIndraprasthaGasLtdPlatinumAward

MostProgressiveGasUtilityinIndiaGujaratGasLtdDiamondAward

MostProgressiveGasUtilityinIndiaGreenGasLtdGoldAward

MostProgressiveWaterUtilityinIndiaJUSCO

PlatinumAward

ISGFPresident’sAwardfortheBestContributiontowardsGrowthof

SmartGridsinIndiaRahulTongia

ISGFPresident’sAwardfortheBestContributiontowardsGrowthofSmart

GridsinIndiaGramPowerIndiaPvtLtdandIndiaPowerCorporationLtd

SmartTechnologyoftheYear_RECPowerDistributionCompanyLtd

(PlatinumPartner)


SmartGridsinIndiaRahulWalawalkar

Smart Startup by Woman

Entrepreneur_Energy Guru (Gold

Award Winner)


SmartGridsinIndiaCESCKolkata

Smart Startup by Woman

Entrepreneur_Oorjan CleantechPvt

Ltd (Diamond Award Winner)

Smart Startup of the Year _ Lithium

Urban Technologies Pvt Ltd

(Platinum Award Winner)

Lithium Urban Technologies

Pvt Ltd


Glimpses of ISGW 2018

Lighting of the Lamp during Inauguration of ISGW 2018 Conference

Theme 1: Grid Modernization Part 1Speakers(L-R):ChristopherVillarreal,MariaSandqvist,Susumu

Yoneoka,MattWakefield,RichardSchomberg,MagnusAndersson,NVenu,Saifur

Rehman

Theme 1: Grid Modernization Part 2Speakers(L-R):AshviniKumar,EladShaviv,DanielNoll,ManiVadari,AshokSethi,RejikumarPillai,SubirSen,Bhartendu

Sinha,AhmadKhan,RomainDouib

Theme 2: Smart Metering Part 1Speakers(L-R):JonathanPettit,SajinRehan,Richard

Schomberg,EricDresselhuys,RahulTongia,PraveerSinha,StefanEngelhardt,MarcDelandre,GloryYou,AjoyRajani,John

Cronin,MagnusAndersson

Theme 2: Smart Metering Part 2Speakers(L-R)KazuhikoHanaoka,PaoloTreffiletti,DieterBrunner,DenisMaia,VikasKashyap,SunilMittal,RohitPareek,Sudhir

Polavarapu,MohanRoy,SunilKotagiri


Theme 4: Smart CitiesSpeakers(L-R):PratapPadode,ManiVadari,PRKumar,AgamjotSingh,RakeshTrivedi,MichaelSoderstrom,MassimilianoClaps,

AydinCetin,PeikStenlund,VenkatGoli

Theme 5 Renewables & Microgrids (Powered by Sweden)Speakers(L-R):GirishGhatikar,SujoyGhoshRebeckaAndreassonMohammedAltaani,PhillippeMonloubou,RejikumarPillaiKVSBaba,AndreasMolin,PeikStenlund,GurpreetSingh,JayTJohnson,SPrakash,SandipSinha,MichaelSoderstom

Theme 6: Disruptive TechnologiesSpeakers(L-R):OriolPujoldevall,GideonFriedmann,GerhardGamperl,VijayanSR,AudunAbelsnes,RonPernick,Richard

Schomberg,PankajBatra,AbhilashaChaturvedi,KishoreNarang,AjitJTawde,LaurentKarsenti

Theme 7: Cross Cutting ThemesSpeakers(L-R):GirishGhatikar,ChristopherVillarreal,Phil

Beecher,RichardSchomberg,RomainDouib,PraveenSaxena,ChandanChowdhury

Theme-3: E-Mobility Part 2Speakers:VarshaJoshi,SajibMubashir,MaheshBabu,VinitBansal,

HirenPShah,IlanBenDavid,VineetJain,RajeshBansal,NishantArya

Theme 3: E-Mobility Part 1Speakers(LR):AbilashETNair,SajidMubashirRejiKumar

Pillai,AnilSrivastava,MaheshBabu,PSAnandaRao


Round Table on Smart Policies & Regulations for 21st CenturySpeakers(L-R):BPSingh,KVSBaba,SKAgarwal,LarisaDobriansky,ChristopherVillarreal,RKVerma,

RahulTongia,RPSingh,RejiKumarPillai

Special Plenary 2: Cleantech 2.0 : Great Mashup of RE, Storage & EVs

Speaker:RonPernick

05th EU-India Smart Grid WorkshopSpeakers(L-R):MatthieuCrayeZdenkaPokorna,

GhanshyamPrasad

04th US-India Smart Grid WorkshopSpeakers(L-R):VictoriaGunderson,DeepakGupta,IbrahimJilani,

RahulWalawalkar,GirishGhatikar,AjoyRajani

Glimpses of Workshop at ISGW 2018

Special Plenary 3: Future Smart Energy Systems-Roadmap to ZeroCO2 Emission

Speakers (L-R):RejikumarPillai,KentaroAkiyama,AndresCarvallo

Special Plenary 1: Digitization of UtilitiesSpeakers(L-R)RichardSchomberg&AndresCarvallo


Smart Water SessionSpeakers:ArunabhaGhosh,PratapPadode,TomMills,RabindraKrSingh,IanRodgers,AnamikaBhargava,NevilleBhasin,PankajMohanGupta,MassimilianoClaps,SanjoyRoy,AjayPradhan,VKKanjlia,AnilKumar,AjayKrishanAnanitGijare,UdayKelkar,Sourav

Daspatnaik,RameshKasinathan

IEC - IEEE World Smart Energy Standardization Coordination Workshop

Speakers:RejiKumarPillai,SrikanthChandrasekaran,RichardSchomberg,AmarjeetKumar,KadhirvelBoopathi,UdayMhaskar,

RajeevSharma,DineshChandSharma,GirishGhatikar

Smart City Gas Distribution SessionSpeakers(L-R):E.SRanganathan,SatpalGarg,

JiledarSingh,SushilKumar

Roundtable on Blockchain for UtilitiesSpeakers:RaviJagannathan,ReenaSuri,AndresCarvallo,GerhardGamperl,OriolPujoldevall,AnamikaBhargava,

AshishMathur,AjoyRajani

Glimpses of Parallel Events at ISGW 2018

03rd Sweden-India Smart Grid WorkshopSpeakers:MariaSandqvist,AratiDavis,RahulTongia,LudvigLindstrom,CarstenGronblad,AlbinCarlen,

VivekGoel,RaphaelLeyson,PrafullaPathak,PranjalBarua,RebeckaAndreasson,MSPuri,RajeshBansal,

AndreasMolin,SandeepKapoor,PeikStenlund,MichaelSoderstorm,YogendraPatwardhan,CKSreenath,

GautamKumar,AnilArora

01st France-India Smart Grid WorkshopSpeakers:DurgadasGoswami,Jean-MarcFenet,Valerie-AnneLencznar,RejiKumarPillai,SylvainMartino,GuyPatrickdeBroglie,LaurentKarsenti,

GopalSaxena


ValidictorySessionSpeakers(L-R):AjoyRajani,RichardSchomberg,RejiKumarPillai,GirishGhatikar,RahulTongia

Smart Grid Pilot Project Panipat

Theme 1 (Part 1 & 2): Leading Grid Modernization

Speaker:AnantVenkateswaran,RahulTongia,JonathanPettit&OriolPujoldevall

NLDC Smart Grid Lab New Delhi

Theme 2 (Part 1 & 2): Leading Transition to a Smart City -

a 360 degree perspective on planning for the future

Speaker:ManiVadari

Tata Power DDL Smart Grid Lab, New Delhi

Theme 3 (Part-1 & Part 2): Leading Transition to Smart Power System of

the future Speaker:(L-R)GirishGhatikar,RatanDas

Glimpses of Master Classes at ISGW 2018

Glimpses of Validictory Session at ISGW 2018

Glimpses of Technical Tour at ISGW 2018


ISUW 2019 Conference and Exhibition Program

Email: [email protected] | Website : www.isuw.in | Twitter: @ISUW2019

500+ Visitors

3 Days of Conference

and Exhibition

4 Special Plenary

Sessions and Bilateral Smart Grid

Workshops

2 Thematic

Roundtables

3 Master Classes

Tracks and600+ Participants

3 Technical Tours and

80+ Participants

245 Speakers

7 Supporting Ministries

43 Exhibitors

60 Technical Papers

(Published)

28 Key Partners

2200+ Delegates

45 Supporting

Organisations

38 Countries & 185 International

Participants

400+ Indian Participants from Utilities and Government

Organisations

80 Utility and Government

Organisations

181 Nominations for ISGF Innovation

Awards

39 Award Winners form

16 Award Categories

IndiaSMART UTILITY

Week 2019

12 March - 16 March 2019 | New Delhi, India12 March - 16 March 2019 NewDelhi,India

www.isuw.in

Key Highlights of ISGW 2018

12 March 2019 Tuesday

13 March 2019 Wednesday

14 March 2019 Thursday

15 March 2019 Friday

16 March 2019Saturday

Master Classes Conference and Exhibition

Conference and Exhibition

Conference and Exhibition

Technical Tour and Cultural Tour


Smart Grid Updates: Policy, Regulations & Standards

Ministry of Power launches National E-Mobility Programme

InlinewiththeGovernmentofIndia’svisionof100percente-mobilityby2030,MinistryofPowerlaunchedNationalE-MobilityProgrammewhichaimstoprovideanimpetustotheentiree-mobilityecosystemincludingvehiclemanufacturers,charginginfrastructurecompanies,fleet operators, service providers, etc. The programmewill be implemented byEnergyEfficiencyServices Limited (EESL)whichwillaggregatedemandbyprocuringelectricvehiclesinbulktogeteconomiesofscale.Theseelectricvehicleswillreplacetheexistingfleetofpetrolanddieselvehicles.EESLhadplacedorderfor10,000e-vehicleslastyearandwillissueanewtenderfor10,000moree-vehiclestocatertothegrowingdemand.ReadMore:http://bit.ly/2FQGdRB

Uttar Pradesh Releases Draft EV Manufacturing Policy

TheUttarPradeshgovernmentpublishedthedraftEVmanufacturingpolicywhichoutlinesspecialincentivesandconcessionstoattractinvestments in EVmanufacturing capacity, EVbatterymanufacturing and assembling capacity, and the development of charging andswappinginfrastructureforEVsinthestateinlinewiththestate’sIndustrialInvestmentandEmploymentPromotionPolicy(IIEP),2017.TheEVPolicy2018issettocomeintoeffectonthedateofitsnotificationandremaininforceforthenext5years.ThepolicyseekstocreateemploymentopportunitiesonboththesupplyanddemandsidesofthemarketandwillcreateanenvironmentthatisconducivetoshiftingfrominternalcombustionenginestoEVs. ItwillnotonlyencouragetheuseofhybridEVs in inthestatebutwillalsodevelophumancapitalandaugmentpowercapacitytomeettheneedsoftheEVindustry.ReadMore:http://bit.ly/2HU0hib

Maharashtra Launches EV Policy

TheMaharashtragovernmentpublishedEVpolicyinFebruary2018withtheobjectivetomanufacturefivelakhselectricvehiclesinthenextfiveyears.ThepolicyaimstoattractbothbuyersandmanufacturerswithtaxcutsandotherbenefitslikesubsidyforEVandchargingstation,exemptionofroadtaxandregistrationfees,reducedtariffforcharginginfrastructureetc.ThefirstphaseoftheEVpolicywillbeimplementedacrosssixcities,namelyMumbai,Nagpur,Pune,Thane,Aurangabad,andNashik.ReadMore:http://bit.ly/2FZTXVQ

Andhra Pradesh to Come up with Electric Vehicle policy

TheAndhraPradeshgovernment issettocomeoutwithacomprehensiveelectricvehiclepolicytoencourageelectricmobility intheState.TheStateissettohostameetingofelectricvehicle,batterymanufacturers,technologyprovidersandpublicsectordepartmentstochartoutaplanthatwillencourageusageofEVs.Inaddition,thestategovernmenthasdirectedtheenergydepartmenttoprepareacomprehensiveactionplantoleaseanduseofelectricvehicles.ReadMore:http://bit.ly/2ucjytc

KUSUM Scheme to Allow Grid Connected Solar Projects

TheGovernmentofIndiaisintheprocessofformulatingKisanUrjaSurakshaevamUtthanMahabhiyan(KUSUM)scheme,whichprovidesforinstallationofgrid-connectedsolarpowerplantsof2MWcapacityeachinruralareasandinstallationofstandaloneoff-gridsolarwaterpumpstofulfilirrigationneedsoffarmersnotconnectedtothegrid.Inadditionitwillalsoallowsettingupofgrid-connectedsolarplantsinruralareasapartfromoff-gridsolarpumps.ReadMore:http://bit.ly/2HTo5CZ

Government to Amend Solar Energy Bidding Rule

Consideringthepropositionto impose70percentsafeguarddutyon importedsolarpanel, thegovernmenthasdecidedtoamendthebiddingguidelinestoallowpassthroughofimportdutyhikeandwillalsoensurethattherulesarenotimplementedretrospectively.Thedutystructureprevailingonthedayofbidwillbeimplementedandanychangeintaxesanddutieswouldbepassedthrough.Withpassthroughofanyhikeinduties,solarpowerdeveloperswillbeallowedtoincreasethetariffssoastorecovertheextracost.ReadMore:http://bit.ly/2HRGmAu

India to Announce New Biofuel Policy

ThegovernmentofIndiahasdecidedtocomeupwithanewbio-fuelpolicyinordertoincreasetheproductionofbioethanolandfacilitatetheEthanolBlendingprogramwhichaimsat20percentethanolblendinginpetrolby2030.Theupcomingpolicywillsupportbio-ethanolproductionfromligno-cellulosicbiomassasagainsttheconventionalapproachofmolassesbasedethanolproduction.Thepolicyforeseesa1lakhcroreinvestmentopportunityunderWaste-to-Wealthprojects.In2017,MinistryofPetroleumandNaturalGashasreleasedthedraftversionofNewNationalPolicyonBio-fuelsandPradhanMantriJi-VanYojanaorViabilityGapFunding(VGF)schemefor2-GEthanolbio-refineries.ReadMore:http://bit.ly/2IFnUfN


NTPC Tenders 2,750 MW Grid-Connected Solar Projects to be Developed Across India

TheNationalThermalPowerCorporation(NTPC)hastenderedatotalof2,750MWofgrid-connectedsolarphotovoltaic(PV)projectstobedevelopedacrossthecountryofwhich750MWofgrid-connectedsolarPVistobedevelopedintheAnanthapuramuUltraMegaSolarParkinAndhraPradesh.Thebid-submissiondeadlineisApril12,2018.Thisisaglobaltenderandasinglebiddermustbidforaminimumof250MWofgrid-connectedsolarPVproject.Source:http://www.indiasmartgrid.org/viewnews.php?id=4068

ComEd will Build One of First Microgrid Clusters in the USA

TheIllinoisCommerceCommission(ICC)hadapprovedComEd’splantoconstructoneofthefirstutility-scalemicrogridclustersinUSAintheBronzevilleneighborhoodontheSouthSideofChicago.Theproject,whichhasreceivedmorethan$5millioningrantfundingfromtheU.S.DepartmentofEnergy(DOE),willenablethestudyofhowmicrogridssupporttheintegrationofcleanenergyontothegridandincreasegridsecuritytokeeppowerflowingevenduringextremeweatheroracatastrophicevent.U.S.Dept.ofEnergyfundingforthismicrogridprojectwillhelpsupportlearningsandtestresiliency.Source:http://www.indiasmartgrid.org/viewnews.php?id=4022

Canada Invests $4.3mn to Expand EV, Hydrogen Infrastructure

Canadaisinvesting$4.3milliontoexpandBritishColumbia’selectricvehiclechargingandrefuellinginfrastructure.TheinvestmentbuildsontheCanadiangovernment’s$182.5-milliontotal investmenttogrowthecountry’selectricandalternativefuelvehicle infrastructure.The$4.3-millionfundingwillsupportBritishColumbiaInstituteofTechnology(BCIT)andB.C.HydroinputtingupelectricvehiclechargingstationsaswellasfinanceHydrogenTechnology&EnergyCorporation(HTEC)’sretailhydrogenstationinVancouverarea.HTECandBCHydroprojects,inaddition,willreceive$1.4millionfromtheProvinceofBritishColumbia’sCleanEnergyVehicle(CEV)Program.Source:http://www.indiasmartgrid.org/viewnews.php?id=4023

Converting CO2 into Usable Energy

Scientistsshowthatsinglenickelatomsareanefficient,cost-effectivecatalystforconvertingcarbondioxideintousefulchemicals

Researchers at theU.S.Department ofEnergy’s (DOE)BrookhavenNational Laboratory are part of a scientific collaboration that hasidentified a new electrocatalyst that efficiently converts CO2 to carbon monoxide (CO), a highly energetic molecule. Their findingswerepublishedonFeb.1inEnergy&EnvironmentalScience.ScientistshavelongsoughtawaytoconvertCO2toCO,buttraditionalelectrocatalystscannoteffectivelyinitiatethereaction.That’sbecauseacompetingreaction,calledthehydrogenevolutionreaction(HER)or“watersplitting,”takesprecedenceovertheCO2conversionreaction.Source:http://www.indiasmartgrid.org/viewnews.php?id=4026

MIT Launches Multimillion Dollar Collaboration to Develop Fusion Energy

TheMassachusettsInstituteofTechnology(MIT)inCambridgewillworkwithaprivatefirmtodeveloptechnologyforproducingenergyfromnuclearfusionwithinthenext15years.Themultimillion-dollareffortwillhelptounlockavirtuallylimitlesssourceofpollution-freeenergy.

The approach — which has attracted US$50 million thus far — is based on high-temperature superconductors that have becomecommerciallyavailable inthepastfewyears,theteamannouncedon8March.ThenewgenerationofsuperconductorswillallowtheresearchersfromMITandCommonwealthFusionSystems(CFS)inCambridgetostrengthenthemagneticfieldthatcontainsthehot-plasmafuelusedinconventionaltokamakreactors.Thatcouldpavethewayforreactorsthataresmaller,cheaperandeasiertobuildthanthosebasedonpreviousdesigns,includingthetroubledinternationalITERprojectunderdevelopmentinsouthernFrance.Source:http://www.indiasmartgrid.org/viewnews.php?id=4052

Huawei will Set Up Innovation Lab to Build Smart City Solutions

HuaweiisworkingonfirstopeninnovationlabtoIndiatobuildsmartcitysolutionsalongwithitspartners.Thelab,whichisexpectedtocomeupinGurgaonbyMay,willbeseparatefromHuawei’sexistingR&DlabinBengaluruthathousesover3,000engineers.Thelab

Appointments and Transfers

Smart Grid Updates: Technology & Projects

• Mr.PraveerSinhahasbeenappointedasManagingDirector,TataPowerCompanyLimited.HewaspreviouslyMDandCEOofTataPowerDelhiDistributionLimited.HeisalsoamemberonboardofISGF

• Mr.SubhashChandraDashasbeenappointedastheChairperson,AssamElectricityRegulatoryCommission.

• Mr.MukulDhariwalhasbeenappointedasMember,MadhyaPradeshElectricityRegulatoryCommission.

• Mr.AnilKumarJhahasbeenappointedasMember,MadhyaPradeshElectricityRegulatoryCommission.


willfocusonsmarttransportation,safecity,smartmetering,smartlightingandsmartparkingsolutions.However,thesearejustinitialaspectsofsmartcitiesthatHuaweiwillbefocussingonandthecompanyplanstoaddmoremodulesgoingforward.Huawei’sEnterpriseBusinessgroupisafastgrowingunitwithinthecompany.Lastyear,Huaweirevenuesstoodat$92billionwhileitsEnterpriseBusinessstoodat$8.2billion,growingat45percentyear-on-year. InIndia,theHuaweiEnterpriseBusinessGroup isgrowingevenfasterthanoverallgrowthrateglobally.Source:http://www.indiasmartgrid.org/viewnews.php?id=4063

Australian Renewable Energy Agency Launches $12.5 Million Distributed Energy Funding Initiative

TheAustralianRenewableEnergyAgencyhaslaunchedanewAUD$12.5millionfundinginitiativeforpilotprojectsandstudiesthatfocusonintegratingdistributedenergyresourcesintotheelectricitysystem.Formedin2012byTheAustralianRenewableEnergyAgencyAct2011,theAustralianRenewableEnergyAgency(ARENA)supportsthedevelopmentoflocalrenewableenergytechnologybyprovidingfundingto researchers,developers,andbusinesses.Sofar,projects thathavebeensupportedbyARENAhavealreadyattractedoverAUD$1billioninfundingandthereisalreadyanotherAUD$3.5billionworthofprojectsinthepipeline.

ARENAisnowfocusingitsattentiontosupportingthedevelopmentandresearchofbetterintegratingdistributedenergyresources(DER)intotheelectricitysystem.Specifically,ARENAwillprovideAUD$12.5million(USD$9.83million)tosupportincreasingsharesofdistributedsolarPVandbatteries,aswellashelpingdistributedenergyresourcesreachintohomesandbusinessesinanefforttocontributetowardsgridreliability.Source:http://www.indiasmartgrid.org/viewnews.php?id=4071

Smart Meters will Rationalise Electricity Consumption in India

The Internetof Things (IoT) solutionprovidedbyTataPowerDelhiDistributionLtd (TPDDL), a joint ventureof theDelhi governmentandTataPower,issettoinstallsmartmetersandalsolaunchamobileappforAndroid(tostartwith).Inthefirstphase,250000smartmeterswouldbeinstalledinnorthandnorth-westDelhi.By2025,1.6Millionsmartmeterswouldbeoperational.Customercanoperatetheirhomeappliancesremotelybyjustinstallingasmartelectricitymeterandalsobeabletocheckwhichapplianceisconsumingmoreelectricityandsynchroniseusageofpower-hungryequipment,suchasgeysers,withoff-peakhours,whenpricingwouldbelower.Source:http://www.indiasmartgrid.org/viewnews.php?id=4075

Renewvia Launches Phase One of Its Africa, Solar-Storage Microgrid Initiative

Anewgenerationofemissions-free,distributedenergysystemsarebeinginstalledinhomesandbusinessesacrossSub-SaharanAfrica,changingthefaceandnatureofruralelectrification,aswellasmodelsofinternationalandsocioeconomicdevelopment.Off-grid,smart-meteredsolarphotovoltaic(PV)panelsandinvertersintegratedwithbatteryenergystoragesystemsarenowpoweringenergyefficientLED lighting and direct current (DC) household devices and appliances acrossSub-SaharanAfrica.Coupledwithwidely available andwidelypopularmobilee-paymentsservices,these“payasyougo”solarenergyservicesarebringingthebenefitsofsafe,affordable,reliableandefficientcleanenergytoruraltownsandvillagesthathaveneverknownthem.Agrowingrosterofinnovative,entrepreneurialstart-upsandyoung,mobilepay-gosolarcompanieshavebeenattractingprivateequityandcorporateventurecapital,andmorerecentlydebtfinancingfrombanks,givingthemthewherewithaltoexpandfromEasttoWestAfricasouthoftheSaharaandbeyond.Source:http://www.indiasmartgrid.org/viewnews.php?id=4090

HOMER Energy Launches new Software Product

TheHOMERGridisasoftwaretoolforoptimizingthevalueofbehind-the-meter,distributed-generationsystemswhilereducingdemandcharges.It’saresponsetothegrowingsolar-plus-storagemarketandtheincreaseindemandcharges.HOMERisanacronymforhybridoptimizationofmultipleenergy resources.Demandchargesnowmakeupabout25percentofoverallutilitysales tocommercialandindustrialcustomersnationally,andforindividualcompanies,theycanrepresentover50percentofanelectricitybill.Itisfortheconsumerswhodosenotunderstandhowdemandchargesarecalculatedandwhattheycandotoreducethem.HOMERGridwillbeasolutionforsuchconsumers.Source:http://www.indiasmartgrid.org/viewnews.php?id=4091

Obtaining Energy from Marine Currents

ResearchersfromUniversidadPolitécnicadeMadrid(UPM)havedevelopedproceduresanddesignstoobtainenergyfrommarinecurrentsinareasofgreatdepthsoptimizingthecosts.Thenewdevicesusingtheenergyfrommarinecurrentsingreatdepthsposetheproblemofhighcostofmanufacturing,installationandmaintenance.Totacklethisissue,membersoftheTechnologicalResearchGroupinMarineRenewableEnergy(GITERM)atUPMhavedevelopedamethodtoassessthelife-cyclecostofapowergenerationparkbasedonthesedevicesthatcanbeusedintheearlydesignstages.TheprocedurehasbeenrecentlypublishedintheRenewableandSustainableEnergyReviews.After awidedevelopmentofoffshorewindpower, experts agree that thenext step is theuseof theenergy frommarinecurrents,mainlyproducedbythetides.Today,EuropeandCanadaarestartingtoinstallthefirstexperimentalparksbasedondevicessetontheseabed,calledofthefirstgeneration.Itisestimatedthatabout80%oftheenergyfromtidesarelocatedinareasofover40metersofdepth.Thereforeitisnecessarytouseanewdesigndevicethatcanoperateinareaswhereitisexpensivetoinstallfirstgenerationdevicessuchaslargestructuresheldtotheseabed.Thesesystemsofthesecondgenerationhaveanchorsandaseriesofcablesthatholdthedevicetotheseabed.Source:http://www.indiasmartgrid.org/viewnews.php?id=4093


Smart Grid Updates: Pilot Projects in India

ProjectName &Location

Name ofConsultant

KeyFunctionalities

KeyVendors

Customers(Nos.)

TotalProject Cost

(` Crs.)

GoISupport(` Crs.)

Latest Progress

APDCL(Paltan Bazaar,

Narengi, Ulubari - Assam)

Medhaj Techno

Concept Pvt Ltd

AMI-R, AMI-I, PLM, OMS, PQM, DG

M/s Fluentgrid LtdM/s EricssonM/s Sinhal

Udyog

15083(15938)*

29.94 14.97 • 13484smartmetershasbeeninstalled.InstallationofControlCentrehardware equipment is completed

• 77DCUcommunicatingtocontrolcentre.• 1674meterscommunicatingtoControlCenter• TestingofLTCTandHTCTPToperatedsamplesmartmeters

submittedbySGIAfortestingatAPDCLlabiscompleted• Datacentresetuphasbeencompleteandcommissioned• FATforsoftwaremoduleshasbeencompleted• RFSurveyforPaltanBazarhasbeencompletedbutreportisnot

submitted.SurveyforUlubariisinprogress

UHBVN(Panipat - Haryana)

NEDO(Funding&Execution)

AMI-R,AMI-I,PLM,SCADA,OMS

M/sFujiElectric&

Co.M/sLotusWireless

Technologies

11,000 131.248 NA • Projectiscompletedandinaugratedon25thJanuary,2018bythechiefMinisterofHaryana.

HPSEB(KalaAmbIndustrialArea-

HimachalPradesh)

POWERGRID AMI-I,OMS,PLM,SCADA

GET&DIndia

(PreviouslyALSTOMT&D)

1,554 19.45 9.73 • TheProjecthasbeencompletedandSAThasbeencompletedsucessfully

CESC(Mysore-Karnataka)

POWERGRID AMI-R,AMI-I,OMS,PLM,MG/DG

M/sEnzenGlobal

SolutionsM/sCyan

TechnologiesM/sElSwedy

ElectrometerM/sL&T

21,824 32.59 16.3 • Projectisalmostcompletedandapplicationintegrationisinprogress.

PSPCL(SASNagar,Punjab)

POWERGRID AMI-R,AMI-I,PLM

- 2,734 10.11 5.06 • 11thMonitoringCommitteeofIPDSheldon5thDec/2017,proposalofPSPCLhasbeenapproved.PSPCLhasgotextensiontotheprojectupto 31.03.2018

• MDMdeploymentisinprogressbyM/sAnalogics.• Procurementofhardwareandsmartmetersareunderprogress.

TSSPDCL(JeedimetlaIndustrialArea,

Telangana)

CPRI AMI-R,AMI-I,PLM,OMS,PQ

M/sECIL 11,904 41.82 20.91 • M/s.ECILhasrequestedforextensionofdeliveryperiodby6monthsi.e., up to September, 2018

• SinglePhaseSmartmetersarehandedovertoCPRIfortypetestingaftercompletionofdevelopmenttesting.

• SmartmeterssubmittedtoCPRI,Bangalorefortypetestingon28.12.2017

• DELLisfinalizedforProcurementofITHardware.PurchaseOrdertobeplaced.

• InspectionofAutomationcomponentsi.e.,Auto-reclosers,Sectionalizers & FPIs are completed at Korea

• ManufacturingofSmartMetersdueby2ndWeekofFeb’18andInstallation&CommissioningduringMar’18.

• InspectionofRMUswascompleted&materialisdeliveredinTSSPDCL stores


ProjectName &Location

Name ofConsultant

KeyFunctionalities

KeyVendors

Customers(Nos.)

TotalProject Cost

(` Crs.)

GoISupport(` Crs.)

Latest Progress

TSECL (Agartala - Tripura)

POWERGRID AMI-R, AMI-I, PLM

M/sWiproM/sJnJ

Powercom

42,676 63.43 31.72 • Total16000Nosmetersareinstalledandarecommunicatingwiththeserverandbalance26000Nosmetersarereceived.

• Outof26000Nos.meters,14839Nos.smartmetersinstalledandremaining installation is in progress.

• 117DCUshavebeeninstalledandcommissionedsuccessfully• ControlCentre(hardwareandSoftware)Installed• RooftopSolarnetmetering&billingisbeingintegratedwithAMI

system• Acceptancetestingofapplicationscompleted• SmartGridcontrolcenterestablishedcompletelyandconnectedwith

R-APDRPdatacenter.IntegrationofBillingsystemofR-APDRPwithSmart Grid pilot project completed and Consumer Bill was generated through integrated system on 01-01-2018.

• Integrationofremainingmodulesiscompleted• BillingstartedforoneMRUsectionwithsmartmeterdata.Data

accuracyisveryfied

WBSEDCL(Siliguri, Darjeeling, WestBengal)

POWERGRID AMI-R,AMI-I,PLM

M/sChemtrolsM/sCMSComputersLimited

5,275 7.03 3.52 • FATfor1000smartmeterscompletedsuccessfullywithfewobservations,50smartmeterssentfortypetest.UtilityisinprocessofissuingdispatchcleranceinconsultationwithPOWERGRID.

• DRSforSmartMetersandDCUsapproved• Alldocumentsforhardwareinstallationhavebeenapproved• CMStodeploytemprorarydatacentreatSiligurifortestingpurpose

PED(Puducherry)

POWERGRID AMI-R,AMI-I M/sDongfang

34,000 46.11 23.06 • 2400smartmetersand3DCUinstalled.2ndlotof14500metersandDCUs received at site

• BISCertificationreceivedforsinglephaseandthreephasesmartmeters

UGVCL(Sabarmati,Gujarat)

POWERGRID AMI-R,AMI-I,OMS,PLM,PQ

M/sGenusPower

M/sCyanConnodeM/s

FluentgridLtd

39,422 82.7 41.35 • DataCenterequipmentprocurementiscompleted• 8200metersreccievedatsite.248singlephasemetersand2DCUs

are installed at site• ControlCentreHardwareFAThasbeencompleted• MDMS-HESIntegrationworkisinprogress

IITKanpur-SmartCityPilot(Kanpur,UttarPradesh)

N.A. AMI,SCADA,DG,HAS

M/sElcomponics

LtdM/s

MindteckIndiaLtd

M/sSynergySignals&Systems

N.A. 12.5 6.25 Theprojecthasbeencompletedsuccessfully

Smart Grid Projects under NSGM in IndiaCED(Chandigarh)

POWERGRID AMI,DTmonitoring,SubstationAutomation,Rooftop

SolarPV,ITinfrastructure

N.A. 29,433 28.58 8.6 • RECPowerDistributionCompanyLimited(RECPDCL)appointedasProjectManagementAgencyon30Aug2016

• BidsforAMIopenedon29.01.2018.Fourbiddersparticipated.TendersforSCADAopened

• TechnicalBidevaluationforAMIandSCADAinprogress

MSEDCL(Maharashtra)1.Amravati

2.CongressNagar,Nagpur

Noconsultant

AMI,OMS,DR N.A.

148,495

125,000

90.05

139.15

27.02

41.74

• TendersareliveforSGprojectsatAmravatiandCongressNagar.

Abbreviations:AMIR/I-AdvancedMeteringInfrastructureResidential/Industrial,DT-DistributionTransformer,PLM-PeakLoadManagement,OMS-OutageManagementSystem,PQ-PowerQuality,PQM-PowerQualityMonitoring,DG-DistributedGeneration,SCADA-SupervisoryControlandDataAcquisition,DR-DemandResponse,EV-ElectricVehicles,IT-InformationTechnology,HEMS-HomeEnergyManagementSystem,HAS-HomeAutomationSystem,PV-Photovoltaic,DTMU-DistributionTransformerMonitoringUnit

*Latestnumberofcustomers


ICSG Istanbul 20186th International Istanbul Smart Grid and Cities Congress and Fair

25-26April2018|IstanbulCongressCenterwww.icsgistanbul.com

TojointheIndianDelegationtoICSG2018and/ortoexhibitintheIndianPavallionwritetoreena.suri@indiasmartgrid.org

www.globalsmartgridfederation.orgGlobalSmartGridFederation(GSGF)invitesapplicationsforthreeambassadorsofGSGFin

America,EuropeandAfrica;andAsiaPacific.Fordetailsvisitbelowmentionedlink:http://globalsmartgridfederation.org/page/483/work-with-gsgf

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