Monday, May 12, 2008

Indian government favors technology to cut T&D loss

by Jo Black

The government’s target to install additional capacity of 78,577 MW during the Eleventh Plan offers huge opportunity to manufacturers of power equipment, said Mr Anil Razdan, Secretary, Ministry of Power, Government of India at National Seminar on Control Instrumentation & Automation for Innovating Power Sector, organized by Confederation of Indian Industry, in New Delhi.

Mr Razdan said that power companies should use latest technology and provide affordable energy. Transmission and distribution loss needs to be brought down to 10% to effectively meet mammoth demand. Power theft and misdirection should be checked.

Praising the shift to IT-enabled control and monitoring system, Mr Razdan put premium on user-friendly instrumentation. He suggested that power stations should operate in a relaxed environment.

Innovation and technology are the buzzwords. We have to cut the size of instrumentation and demystify technology so that the end-user gets the maximum benefit. We should deploy technology to warn end-user and check breakdown in case he draws excess power from the system.

Mr V Ramakrishna, Member, Power System, Central Electricity Authority, said, IT, telecom and microprocessors have revolutionized the power supply and brought about the optimization of manpower. Control and monitoring equipment have made processes efficient and raised safety levels. He added that new technologies have brought about centralized monitoring. Defect in one part does not lead to the failure of the entire system. We have made transition from big to small control rooms. Remote operations are becoming the order of the day.

He said new technologies have ensured efficiency in distribution and effectively tackled the shortage of engineers in the power sector. The growing economy and rising demand for power will make instrumentation and automation further important.

Mr S Majumdar, Director, Project, Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd, said, power distribution sector is undergoing a change. The business of supply is no more a public service but an economic activity. With the entry of private players, power distribution is becoming healthy and competitive. Companies need to offer secure and reliable power at affordable prices.

Mr Majumdar said, we need to optimize resources, take transmission and distribution seriously, reduce waste of energy and check uneven distribution of power. Instrumentation and automation can play a critical role in addressing these issues.

 

 

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