Electrical & Power Industry News: Power/Electricity Distribution

ANDRITZ to undertake electromechanical works for Gandhisagar pumped storage project in MP International technology group ANDRITZ received an order from Greenko MP01 IREP Private Limited, for the electrommechanical works of the Gandhisagar Pumped Storage project (1440 MW) located in Kheemla block village in Neemuch district in Madhya Pradesh, India. The project envisages utilizing existing Gandhi Sagar reservoir as lower reservoir and construction of an upper reservoir. Greenko, one of India’s leading...

New function from B&R opens up more possibilities for exchanging models B&R has added a new function to its Automation Studio development environment. With FMU Export, machine code can be exported and integrated as a PLC simulation into any simulation tool, allowing simulation experts to work in the familiar software ecosystem of their choice. This saves both valuable time and resources during interdisciplinary development. All necessary data is automatically bundled into...

Tata Steel board approves merger of six subsidiary companies The Board of Directors of Tata Steel Limited at its meeting held on September 22 considered and approved schemes for the proposed amalgamation of six subsidiaries into and with Tata Steel Limited. The subsidiaries are Tata Steel Long Products Limited in which Tata Steel holds 74.91% equity, The Tinplate Company of India Limited (74.96%), Tata Metaliks Limited (60.03%), The Indian Steel &...

Vitesco Technologies wins LEED Gold award for its Pune facility Vitesco Technologies, a leading supplier of modern drive technologies and electrification solutions for sustainable mobility, received GOLD certification under the Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) v4.1 Operations and Maintenance (O+M) for its manufacturing facility in Talegaon, Pune from Green Business Certification Inc (GBCI).  “It now becomes the largest industrial manufacturing project in India to be certified under the...

UPL, CleanMax partner for new renewable energy project in Gujarat UPL Ltd., a global provider of sustainable agricultural solutions, announced a joint venture with CleanMax Enviro Energy Solutions (CleanMax), a Mumbai-based renewable energy company, on Thursday to establish a hybrid solar-wind energy power plant in Gujarat. UPL and CleanMax will set-up and operate a hybrid captive power plant with a capacity of 28.05 MW of solar power and 33 MW of...

Shell plans to install over 10,000 charging points across India by 2030 Shell launched its first electric vehicle (EV) chargers in India, for the four-wheeler and two-wheeler segments in Bengaluru today. India is the first market for Shell to launch chargers for two-wheelers. The company plans to set up more than 10,000 charging points across India by 2030 and aims to provide safe, green, and integrated mobility solutions to its...

ANDRITZ to deliver electro-mechanical equipment & technical services for hydropower plant in Vietnam International technology group ANDRITZ has received an order from Vietnam Electricity (EVN), a leading economic group in the energy sector in Vietnam, to supply the complete electro-mechanical equipment and technical services for the Ialy hydropower plant extension project located in Sa Thay district, Kon Tum province, and Chu Pah district, Gia Lai province, in Vietnam. With the installation...

Mitsubishi Electric India launches new range of CNCs for smart manufacturing Mitsubishi Electric India launched the all new M800V & M80V series Computerized Numerical Controllers (CNCs) at its CNC technical Centre located in Peenya, Bengalore. The new series, designed to revolutionize smart manufacturing in India, features the “industry’s first” CNC with built-in wireless LAN. Mitsubishi Electric India offers advanced CNC control systems to take the machining needs of customers to a...

Atommash completes manufacturing steam generator for Kudankulam NPP Atommash, AEM-Technologies, JSC Branch in Volgodonsk (part of Rosatom Machine Building Division - Atomenergomash) announced that it has completed welding of the steam generator heads for Kudankulam NPP Power Unit No. 5. Preliminary, support components and 11,000 heat-exchange coils were completed inside the steam generator. Automatic welding of the heads is performed with heating at a temperature of 120 to 250 degrees during...

Skipper’s engineering business wins order worth Rs 225 Cr Skipper Limited, one of the leading manufacturers for power transmission & distribution structures and a prominent manufacturer of telecom and railway structures, announced that it has secured fresh new order of Rs 225 crores for several domestic and international T&D projects including telecom. The company’s engineering business has secured export orders of Rs 125 crore for several T&D projects across Latin America,...

ABB expands Smart Power factory in Bengaluru with Industry 5.0 processes ABB India has expanded and upgraded its Smart Power factory in Nelamangala, Bengaluru, to meet the strong demand growth for its Smart Power solutions and energy management technologies with one of the first Industry 5.0 production processes. The smart facility harnesses advanced collaborative robotics technology for better human-machine interface, artificial intelligence (AI) and advanced digitalization technologies to create a...

Indian Fan Manufacturers Association bats for energy-efficient fans Indian Fan Manufacturers Association (IFMA) bats for energy-efficient fans to reduce power consumption In India. "A holistic approach of focussing on the environmental impact, complying with government regulations and policies and promoting the global competitiveness of domestic fan manufacturing, will accelerate the adoption of energy-efficient fans in India,” said Anuj Poddar, Chairman, IFMA and MD & CEO at Bajaj Electricals.  The Association unveiled...

APAR demonstrates its wire & cable innovations at CRU Conference in London APAR Industries Limited, a diversified billion-dollar conglomerate with a strong presence in over 140 countries, demonstrated its innovations across wire & cable industry at the CRU Wire & Cable 2022 Conference held in London recently. The company’s Senior President - Business Strategy & Innovation VK Bajaj was invited to the CRU Conference. This is for the first time an...

Hitachi Energy opens power quality products manufacturing facility in Bengaluru Hitachi Energy inaugurated a new and larger facility of Power Quality Products manufacturing in Doddaballapur, Bengaluru. “Karnataka is a leading contributor to India’s industrial ambitions. With long term committed partners such as Hitachi Energy, we continue to invest to make the state a global manufacturing hub,” Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai said while inaugurating the facility. Also present at the occasion, Claudio...

Electric vehicle market to grow at CAGR of 49% between 2021-2030: IESA report Indian electric vehicle (EV) market would expand at a CAGR of 49% between 2021 and 2030 and is predicted to reach annual sales of 17 million units by that time, with almost 15 million of those projected to be electric two-wheelers, said the “2021 India Electric Vehicle and Component Market Overview Report 2021-2030” report released by India...