ISGF Smart Grid Bulletin - Issue 7 (July 2014)

www.indiasmartgrid.org

Interview of Shri N. Murugesan

Director General

Central Power Research Institute ..............1

Smart Grid Updates:

Policy, Regulations & Standards......3

Technology & Project ......................4

Pilot Projects in India.......................6

Other Smart Grid Projects

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Smart Grid Events................................9

Key Contacts........................................9

SMART GRID Gyan on

Electric Vehicle ...................................10

Smart Grid Development Center ........11

India Smart Grid Week 2015...............12

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Q1. CPRI has signed a grant agreement with USTDA worth US $692,000 in order to establish an Evaluation bed, which will consist of an integrated Interoperability Laboratory and Smart Grid Technology demonstration Center at Bangalore. How, according to you, will this help the smart grid sector?

Q2. CPRI is planning to set up a unit either at Vadodara or Nasik to extend the benefits of power utilities / industries in the Western part of India and overseas as well. Will smart grids also be a key component of this unit?

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CPRI signed a grant agreement with USTDA for providing technical assistance for establishing Smart Grid Test Bed. It does not involve supply of equipment by USTDA. The implementation of this Smart Grid Test Bed / Smart Grid Research Laboratory will be done with the support of funding from Ministry of Power (MoP) under XII plan. The proposal for funding is under consideration in MoP. The project scope involves establishment of Interoperability Laboratory and Smart Grid Technology Demonstration Center which are essential, since these days many smart grid pilot projects are under tendering / implementation stages and many smart grid devices are being developed to be deployed. Interoperability evaluation by Third Party Independent Laboratory provides confidence to end users (utilities and consumers) and helps to establish a healthy competitive market. As of now in India, we are talking only about conceptual models of smart grid and only a few smart grid functionalities have been implemented in isolation, the proposed Test Bed could bridge the gap by way of providing capacity building for Utility engineers, System Integrators, Consultants and other stakeholders with hands on program on live systems. Thus the Test Bed will help in rolling out smart grid developments from pilots to country-wide rollout in a phased manner.

CPRI is planning to setup a unit in Nasik, Maharashtra, mainly to cater to the huge segment of Eelectrical fraternity located near the Mumbai – Vadodara belt. We aim to provide service to the Indian Power Sector at their door step by setting up laboratories all over the country. Short Circuit Test facility, Energy Meter Test Laboratory, and Oil Testing facilities are planned to be setup there in the first phasecosting close to Rs. 1.1515.30 Crores billion. In the later phases High Voltage, Cables, and Mechanical Test Lab for Switchgear will be established. State Government of Maharashtra was kind enough to provide us in principle the land required of around 150 acres.

Interview of

Director General, Central Power Research Institute

Shri N. Murugesan

www.indiasmartgrid.org2 | SMART GRID Bulletin | Volume 1, Issue 7 | July 2014

Smart Grid Research Laboratory (SRL) / Smart Grid Test Bed project is proposed to be set up at CPRI, Bangalore. This Laboratory will also utilize the existing state of art facilities available in various laboratories of CPRI Bangalore like Power Systems Laboratory (RTDS System), Communication Protocol Laboratory, Energy Meter Laboratory, Renewable Energy Laboratory, PMU Laboratory (being established.), etc.It is expected to accommodate new requirements of Smart Grid like Interoperability, Cyber Security, Communication Protocols Testing system, Renewable eEnergy Integration, Power Quality Assessment and advanced research in these broad areas.

Keeping the growing demand of evaluation requirement in the years to come, CPRI in the medium term is planning to expand in the thareas during 12 Five-Year Plan in following areas:

a. Augmentation of High Power Test facilities by installation of two additional 2500 MVA Short Circuit Generators with associated equipment at High Power Laboratory, CPRI, Bangalore, to reach a minimum of 7500 MVA Short Circuit Power. Establishment of 40 kA continuous Current Temperature Rise test facility at HPL, CPRI, Bangalore. This will cater to all the major requirements for conducting the all-important “Short circuit qualification” of all ratings of power equipment.

b. Setting up of a Test Facility for LV, MV, & Power Cables at Northern Region (near Delhi)

c. Augmentation of existing Regional Testing Laboratories at Kolkata & Guwahati and Establishment of New Regional Testing Centres (at Nasik). This will help to cater to the requirements of the Western, Eastern and North-Eastern region of the country.

d. Establishment of Test Facilities in the area of Renewables:

• Solar PV based Grid tied Inverter systems (up to 500 kVA)

• Solar PV modules (up to 500 kWp).

e. Establishment of Phasor Measurement Unit (PMU) System Testing and Calibration, Smart Grid Research Laboratory

f. Establishment of “350 MVA on-line Short Circuit Test Station” at UHV Research Laboratory, Hyderabad

g. Establishment of Short Circuit testing of transformers, Excitation system for existing Generator, up-gradation of High Voltage / Ultra High Voltage Test facilities, Real Time Digital Simulator, Energy Meter & Calibration Laboratory, Protocol and Meter Testing Laboratory

h. Establishment of a Pre-Qualification laboratory for EHV Cables up to 400kV system.

Today, CPRI is one of the largest Research and Testing Houses with a gamut of research facilities under one roof. It's vision is to emerge a leader globally as the single largest service provider in the next 10 years. In this regard, an action plan has been drawn up to plug the gaps in facilities, upgrade the technical manpower skills, focus on customer satisfaction and reach out globally through its nodal offices in emerging power sector economies in the country with the Govt of India vision for providing 'QUALITY AND AFFORDABLE POWER TO ALL'. This provides a unique opportunity for CPRI to showcase and offer its services covering Research, Testing, Consultancy and Training areas in Power Sector.

Q3. What are CPRI’s vision and long term agenda to support the fast growing power sector in India?

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Interview of Shri N. Murugesan (Contd...)

ISGF Announces Workshop on CYBER SECURITY | 07 – 09 August, 2014 | New DelhiIndia Smart Grid Forum in association with NCIIPC, CBIP and VJTI recently announced a Workshop on Cyber Security for Power Systems from 07 – 09 August, 2014 at New Delhi, India. This is the second workshop in a series planned for providing training in the field of cyber security. The inaugural workshop was held in January, 2014. The faculty for this workshop will include experts from the Government, Industry and leading Research & Development organisations in India. This workshop is for officials from Utilities, Industry, Research & Development organisations and technology enthusiasts.

Topics covered:

07 August, 2014 (DAY 1)

• Smart Grid Pilot Projects and ISGF Updates

• Cyber Security for Critical Infrastructure & Role of NCIIPC

• Basic Concepts of Cyber Security

• Understanding Threats and Attacks on Smart Grids

08 August, 2014 (DAY 2)

• Cyber Security Framework for Smart Grids - Part 1 (Design)

• Cyber Security Framework for Smart Grids - Part 2 (Implementation)

• Smart Grid Communications & Network Security

• Smart Grid Systems & Information Security

09 August, 2014 (DAY 3)

• Building Cyber Attack Resilience for Smart Grids

• Cyber Security Audit & Assessment for Smart Grids

• ISGF Cyber Security Assessment Project for Indian Power Sector

For more information, please write to [email protected] or visit http://bit.ly/1kbCLAC


ISGF recommendations to Ministry of Transport on E-Rickshaws in Delhi

State wide discounted EV charging rates in Minnesota

ISGF organised Smart Grid Workshop for Regulators in New Delhi

Solar power generation mandatory for various categories in Haryana

DDA signs MoU with SECI

Karnataka Government revises existing solar policy

New law to deregulate power in Japan

Massachusetts becomes first state in the US to require utilities to modernise the electric grid

ISGF has recently completed a study on E-Rickshaws that operate in Delhi and given its policy recommendations to the Transport Department of Delhi Government. Some of its suggestions include, formulate a policy for simplified registration process for E-Rickshaw; mandatory insurance and driving licenses; create smart battery charging infrastructure at public places and recommend the appropriate type of chargers; promote use of Lithium ion batteries; finalise standards for fast charging of batteries that prevent injection of harmonics into the electric grid; and formulate policies for large scale dumping/scrapping of lead acid batteries. Read More: http://indiasmartgrid.org/en/resource-center/Pages/Report.aspx

From 2015, public utilities in Minnesota will have to provide either off peak tariff or time of use tariff for EV charging. This will not only help in cutting down the cost of EV charging, but will also make Minnesota the first state in the US to encourage zero emission driving. Read More: http://bit.ly/1oCHdUA

A half-day Smart Grid Workshop was organized in Delhi for state regulators of the country, on June 26, 2014. This was done as a prelude to the Forum of Regulators (FOR) meeting on June 27. Regulators from 20+ states attended the workshop.

The Government of Haryana has decided to implement an energy conservation action plan under which solar power generation will be made mandatory for different categories of buildings or areas with a suitable enforcement mechanism which will lead to generation of 200 MW of power. Solar power generation will be made mandatory for residential property, hospitals and nursing homes, industrial establishments, commercial establishments, malls and hotels, among others.

Read More: http://bit.ly/1nKmnF9

The Delhi Development Authority (DDA) which recently signed an MoU with Solar Energy Corporation of India (SECI), will produce 1MW of electricity by the end of the current financial year. Three sports complexes on which Rooftop Solar PV cells will be set-up, have the capacity to generate over 2MW of electricity. For the project, which will follow the Renewable Energy Service Company (RESCO) model, DDA will provide the space, while SECI will provide the technical expertise, right from the assessment stage to the time that it is completed. Read More: http://bit.ly/1nBFAKi

Changing technology and the need for more capacity addition from solar has prompted the Karnataka Government to revise its existing solar policy, 2011-2016. With inputs from various stakeholders, the Technical Committee appointed by the State Government gave its recommendations. Consequently, under the new Solar Policy, (2014-2021), the Karnataka Government has set targets to install 2,000 MW by 2021 (1600 MW grid connected utility scale and 400 MW grid connected roof top). This is in sync with its endeavour to achieve a minimum of 3 per cent solar energy out of the total projected consumption.

Read More: http://bit.ly/1n5g1m6

In order to end the regional monopoly in the residential power market and open it up for full competition, a law was recently passed in the Parliament of Japan. Under this new law, small power producers will also be allowed to supply power to homes and other small consumers from the year 2016. Additionally, a national grid operating firm will be formed to ensure that all suppliers have equal access to the grid.

As per orders issued by the Department of Public Utilities (DPU), electric distribution companies in Massachusetts are required to modernise the electric grid, building on energy efficiency and renewable energy. With these orders, Massachusetts is the first state in the nation which entails that electric distribution companies must take affirmative and far-reaching steps to modernise the electric grid. As per the orders, each utility would be required to develop and implement a 10-year grid modernisation plan, which will be updated regularly and provide several benefits.

Read More: http://www.mass.gov/eea/pr-2014/grid-modernisation.html

Smart Grid Updates: Policy, Regulations & Standards


ISGF signs MoU with SGIP2.0

Key appointments and transfers

The India Smart Grid Forum (ISGF) and Smart Grid Interoperability Panel (SGIP) recently signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) in order to facilitate and strengthen their relationship. The aim is also to coordinate the use and adoption of standards that enhance interoperability of smart grid devices and systems in accordance with ISGF's responsibility for the India Smart Grid Policy.

• Akshaya kumar is appointed as Chairman, Tamil Nadu Electricity Regulatory Commission (TNERC) on June 14, 2014.

• I.A Khan is appointed as Member, Bihar Electricity Regulatory Commission (BERC)

Smart Grid Updates: Policy, Regulations & Standards (Contd...)

Smart Grid Updates: Technology & Project

Panasonic to demo a smart home in Singapore

Crompton Greaves wins large order in Spain

Itron collaborates with Milsoft for expanding capabilities in the power sector

Report on preparations for smart metering

The Housing and Development Board (HDB) and Energy Market Authority (EMA) of Singapore signed a deal with Panasonic, to explore the feasibility of a smart home energy pilot. As part of the deal, Panasonic will conduct a year-long study for exploring different energy choices and solutions for HDB homes using Panasonic's technology. Implementing time-of-use tariffs and integrating features such as home energy management and energy aggregation will also be an important part of the study. Read more: http://bit.ly/1qCrdEx

Crompton Greaves (CG) will deploy over 1 million smart meters in a Spanish multinational utility firm, Iberdrola. In addition to this, CG was recently awarded a contract to supply 750,000 smart meters to Barcelona-based Gas Natural Fenosa (GNF). CG will be one of GNF's main smart meter supplier for the next two years. Both orders require ZIV-branded single-phase residential smart meters and three-phase commercial smart meters. Read more: http://bit.ly/1rnfjQi

Itron has partnered with Milsoft, a Minneapolis-based operations software provider, for integrating its smart grid and AMI software with Milsoft's Outage Management System (OMS) to provide a combined, managed service and smart grid offering. Interoperability was tested successfully and Milsoft's OMS was capable of requesting data from all meters. This will help utilities manage electricity in a resourceful manner. Read more: http://bit.ly/1krwdIF

The National Audit Office (NAO), UK, recently published a report that reviews the UK government's progress on the program under which energy suppliers must replace 53 million meters in homes and small businesses with smart electricity and gas meters by 2020. According to the report, the program has made good progress in preparing for mass roll-out and has established a framework for passing responsibility fro smart metering to the industry. However, only two of the big six energy suppliers have installed a significant number of smart meters so far.

Read more: http://bit.ly/1kFapwH

Landis+Gyr to acquire GRIDiant

Cyan Technology’s AMI solution to be used by Tata Power and Essel Utilities

Landis+Gyr wins massive deals in Delhi, West Bengal and Bangalore

IPv6 network from Silver Spring to be used by Singapore Power

Landis+Gyr will acquire GRIDiant, a supplier of software analytics for grid management and operations, for expanding its software analytics portfolio and further enhancing its end-to-end solution capability. Landis+Gyr will integrate GRIDiant’s analytics suite into its advanced metering infrastructure, distribution grid management and cloud-based solutions. Read more: http://bit.ly/1zE8YEY

Cyan technology, an integrated system and software design company delivering mesh based flexible wireless solutions for utility metering and lighting control, will supply their AMI solution, Cylec, to Indian utilities, Tata Power and Essel Utilities. As part of the initial contract, Cylec will be used for the deployment of 5,000 consumer meters in each of the utilities. Cylec operates on the un-licenced 865-867 MHz band. Read more: http://bit.ly/U6mIaC

Landis+Gyr, a global industry provider of integrated energy measurement products, recently won contracts in Delhi, West Bengal and Karnataka. As part of the contract in Delhi, it will deploy its solution for a large scale Advanced Demand Response and AMI pilot project by Tata Power Delhi Distribution Limited (TPDDL). The project is presently on operational trial, comprises of Landis+Gyr’s CT/VT operated meters, RF Communication Modules, Gridstream HES and MDMS with consumer portal and data analytics, for select industrial and commercial consumers of TPDDL.

Read more: http://bit.ly/1nr33cz

Singapore Power (SP) has collaborated with Silver Spring Networks Inc. to deploy IPv6 network infrastructure and to deliver deregulated energy services to commercial and industrial (C&I) customers in Singapore. This platform will enable customers to choose from a variety of retail energy providers and purchase electricity at wholesale market prices. SP believes that this will not only provide scalable infrastructure for future needs, but also ensure greater savings for its customers. Any SP C&I customer who meets consumption thresholds is eligible to opt for the program. Read more: http://on.mktw.net/1rd4t1K


California's small-scale distributed energy storage – Stem's solution for utilities

Scientists develop organic battery that lasts 5,000 recharge cycles

Apple to venture into Home Automation

Toshiba demos home-energy monitoring in France

Alstom's DR management system chosen by DoE smart grid demonstration project

DoE awards $10 million to six projects

Stem, an advanced energy technology company in the US, is participating actively in the California Independent System Operator market with distributed energy storage devices on the California grid. The aim of the project is to help utilities and grid operators pull together numerous small-scale distributed energy resources like solar panels, smart thermostats or behind-the-meter batteries. By aggregating these resources, participants can help assimilate megawatts which can be fed into the grid services like frequency regulation or demand response programs. Read more: http://indiasmartgrid.org/en/Pages/ ViewNews.aspx? news_id=635

Scientists at the University of Southern California have developed a water-based organic battery that is long lasting, cheap and contains eco-friendly components. The new battery, intended for use in power plants, will make the energy grid more resilient and efficient by creating a large scale means to store energy. The life span of such batteries is estimated at around 15 years and can last about 5,000 recharge cycles. Read more: http://bit.ly/1w59OG5

Apple has confirmed that it is entering the home automation market by introducing an app called HomeKit that brings control of various applications and systems under a single control system. This new app uses a common network protocol to cover all services such as remotely interacting with lights, doors and thermostats.

Read more: http://bit.ly/1mQAFVa

As part of a project developed by NEDO, Toshiba has started a demonstration of home-energy monitoring system and community management system in Lyon, France. The key initiatives of the demonstration include introduction of an energy management system, a home energy management system and a community management system, and building positive-energy buildings. This is NEDO's first demo project in Europe and it endeavours to achieve EU's 2020 environmental targets in 2015. Read more: http://bit.ly/1woPPlZ

As part of a Department of Energy (DoE) smart grid demonstration project, Alstom will deliver a Demand Response Management System (DRMS) to Consolidated Edison, a utility in New York. The DRMS will efficiently use the consumer loads to manage energy supply and demand by integrating residential, commercial and industrial DR programs and device technologies used in pilot deployments of all scales. Read more: http://bit.ly/1lbD2Ry

The DoE in theUS has awarded over $10 million to six projects for improving grid reliability and resiliency, and

facilitating quick and effective response to grid conditions. The investments will lead to the development of software that is compatible with synchrophasor technology. Pacific Gas &Electric, Quanta Technology, Peak Reliability, Burns& McDonnell Engineering Company, Electric Power Group, and Hawaiian Electric Company were recipients of the award. Read more: http://1.usa.gov/1irGP9r

A study conducted by Sierra Club, the largest environmental organisation in the US, has revealed that the off-grid, clean energy market is the fastest, cheapest and most effective means of ending energy poverty. This industry would be worth $12 billion by 2030. It is estimated that the off-grid energy market in sub-Saharan Africa would grow at a compound annual growth rate of 95 per cent. In Bangladesh, 80,000 solar home systems are being installed per month and it is envisaged that in India, solar systems in almost all home will be installed by 2019.

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Evatran Group Inc. and Mr Electric Franchise Group have signed a Services Agreement to install wireless Electric Vehicle (EV) charging systems across US and Canada. PLUGLESS L2, the world's first wireless charging system, designed for EVs, will be used for installation. This system is available to individual Nissan Leaf and Chevrolet Volt owners. The wireless system charges EVs as fast as wired systems and is certified by Electronic Testing Laboratories (ETL).

Read more: http://on.mktw.net/UautfU

Texas Instruments (TI), recently expanded its product line of three-phase, smart meter system-on-chip (SOC) technology by including high performance analog-to-digital converters for energy measurement, an integrated 320-segment LCD that eliminates the need of external drivers, and advanced security and electrostatic discharge components. Furthermore, the additional flash memory can incorporate sophisticated features such as multi-dwelling dynamic pricing, large buffers for interval data, DLMS/COSEM protocol and communications stacks for wired and wireless protocols.

Read more: http://bit.ly/1nBJW48

IBM recently announced a partnership with Lodha Group to build and manage smart city infrastructure for Palava, which

st will set the benchmark for 21 century urban living in India. Envisioned as a city of opportunity and spanning over 4,000 acres, Palava will incorporate IBM’s smarter cities technology using advanced, data driven systems to integrate information from all city operations into a single system to improve efficiency and deliver an enhanced quality of life for residents.

Read more: http://ibm.co/1jAptwV

Off-Grid, clean energy access market valued at $12 billion

World's first wireless charging system for EVs

Texas Instruments leverages smart meters on chips to a new level

Palava, India’s next planned city, builds Smarter City Foundation with IBM

Technology & Project (Contd...)


Smart Grid Updates: Pilot Projects in India

Telangana Southern Power Distribution Company Limited, Telangana (formerly Andhra Pradesh Central Power Distribution Company Limited, Andhra Pradesh)

Jeedimetla Industrial Area

11,904

Advanced Metering Infrastructure (AMI) Residential, AMI Industrial, Peak Load Management (PLM), Outage Management System (OMS), Power Quality Management (PQM)

CPRI

Released on May 23, 2014

Last date for bid submission is July 28, 2014. Target date for award is end of August 2014.

Assam Power Distribution Company Limited, Assam

Guwahati Distribution Region

15,000

AMI Residential, AMI Industrial, PLM, OMS, PQM,Distributed Generation (DG)

Medhaj Techno Concept Pvt. Ltd.

Released on March 4, 2014

Three bids received and opened on July 16, 2014 from (1) AMI Tech + HPL Meters + IBM; (2) EMC + RF Array + SPANCO + L&T Meters; and (3) Rebenius + ATOS + SaaS + Siemens. Target date for award is August 31, 2014.

Chamundeshwari Electricity Supply Corporation Limited, Mysore, Karnataka

Additional City Area Division, Mysore

21,824

AMI Residential, AMI Industrial, PLM, OMS, PQM, DG/ Microgrid (MG)

PGCIL for Project Management

Released on October 3, 2013. Project awarded on April 30, 2014

Sole bidders – consortium led by Enzen Global Solutions Pvt Ltd.

The kick-off meeting was conducted on May 22, 2014. The As-Is documents have been provided to the System Integrator who would be submitting the To-Be documents by end of August 2014.

Chhattisgarh State Power Distribution Company Limited, Chhattisgarh

Siltara – Urla area of Raipur District

Around 1,900

AMI Industrial, PLM

PGCIL

NIT issued. Awaiting bids.

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Notice Inviting Tender was issued on March 1, 2014. Bids not received till date. Last date extended upto July 15, 2014. Target date for award of contract is by October 2014.

Electricity Department of Government of Puducherry

Division 1 of Puducherry

87,031

AMI Industrial, AMI Residential

PGCIL

Not Released

RfP yet to be issued by Puducherry Government as funding approval of Cabinet is pending.

Himachal Pradesh State Electricity Board Ltd, Himachal Pradesh

KalaAmb

650

AMI Industrial, PLM, OMS, PQM

PGCIL

NIT issued on May 23, 2014

Pre-bid meeting was held on June 16, 2014. Last date for receipt of bids is July 24, 2014 and the bids are to be opened on July 25, 2014. Target date for award of contract is September 26, 2014.

Jaipur Vidhyut Vitaran Nigam Ltd, Rajasthan

VKIA Jaipur

34,752

AMI Residential, AMI Industrial, PLM

PGCIL

Not Released

RfP prepared. Board approval awaited.

Kerala State Electricity Board, Kerala

Selected Distribution Section offices spread over the geographical area of Kerala

25,078

AMI Industrial

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Released on December 18, 2013

Bids were opened on March 7, 2014. Only two companies (L&T and EDMI) submitted bids.

In technical evaluation only L&T qualified. Price bid was opened in July and was found that the bid price is 219% above project estimate.

Maharashtra State Electricity Distribution Company Limited, Maharashtra

Baramati Town

25,629

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AMI Industrial, AMI Residential, OMS

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Released on October 28, 2013

Four Bids received: Wipro + Alstom, L&T, Ami Tech + OSI Inc, and Rubenius.

Technical evaluation completed. Only L&T and AMI Tech qualified. Price bid was opened on July 10, 2014.The lowest bid price is 90% higher than cost estimate.

Punjab State Power Corporation Limited, Punjab

Industrial Division of City Circle Amritsar

9,818

OMS

PGCIL

Released on June 12, 2014

The pre-bid meeting was held on July 2, 2014. Bids opening date has been extended to July 28, 2014. Target date for award of contract is August 31, 2014.

Tripura State Electricity Corporation Limited, Tripura

Electrical Division No.1 of Agartala town

46,071

AMI Industrial, AMI Residential, PLM

PGCIL

NIT floated on May 17, 2014.

Bid submission date extended to July 28, 2014.

Uttar Gujarat Vij Company Limited, Gujarat

Naroda of Sabarmati circle and Deesa of Palanpur circle

39,422

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Released on September 11, 2013

Five valid bids received: Infosys + CGL; Wipro + JnJPowercom Systems; L&T + EDMI; Reliance + Accenture; and Tapesh Energy + Corinex

Revised price bids were submitted on July 15, 2014. PoC to be completed by August 2014. Final award will be done by September 2014.

Uttar Haryana Bijli Vitran Nigam Limited, Haryana

Panipat City Sub-division

31,914; revised to 11,000

AMI Industrial, AMI Residential, OMS, SCADA/DMS

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This project at Panipat is under implementation through a grant from NEDO, Japan. NEDO has appointed Power Grid Solution Ltd (a JV of Tokyo Electric Power Company and Hitachi), NTT Communications, Fuji Electric Company and Price Waterhouse Coopers for a feasibility study, which has been completed and presented to UHBVN on July 9, 2014. The final approval by NEDO Board is expected in August 2014. Project award likely to be by end of October 2014.

West Bengal State Electricity Distribution Company Limited, West Bengal

Siliguri Town in Darjeeling District

4,404

AMI Industrial, AMI Residential, PLM

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funding from ADB. This project involves implementation of the latest technology in the power supply system and enables it to withstand very high-speed cyclones, with wind speed of upto 350-kmph. Under the scheme, the power supply would be made through underground and over ground cables and gas insulated sub-stations with full automation and control. Consumers would be alerted of power cuts through SMS etc. The project is divided into 2 packages: Package-I deals with 132 kV Sub-Station works and Package-II deals with 33 kV Sub-Station works, 11kV and LT Network works. The tender was floated on February 28 and March 3 respectively. The project is likely to be awarded by end of June 2014.

A Smart Grid pilot project covering 5800+ consumers is being taken up with State Government funding at Chhatrapur in Odisha. The DPR prepared by M/s PRDC Bangalore, is presently under review by the Odisha Smart Grid Steering Committee.

A Smart Grid Roadmap for the Calcutta Electric Supply Corporation Limited (CESC) is being prepared by Tetra Tech and ESTA International, Inc under a USTDA grant. The consultants working closely with CESC experts have performed a detailed review of the CESC system and made recommendations for further reliability and power quality improvements, SCADA/DMS/EMS enhancements, communicat ions infrastructure for AMI and Distribution Automation, smart metering and AMI, Enterprise Application Integration and a Pilot Project. The aim is to develop requirements and specifications, to help address a range of electrical grid improvements and smart grid investments, including the integration of smart meters and automated meter reading into CESC's distribution system. The CESC team visited several US smart grid projects in May 2014.

TPDDL has successfully implemented the country's first large scale ADR and AMI project, which has connected 165 commercial and industrial customers. 6 ADR events were carried out in May and June 2014 with 7MVA of Demand Response curtailment achieved This project has successfully demonstrated Demand Response in an automated way, with Smart Meters and AMI including integration with: the Head End System (HES), Meter Data Management System (MDMS), SAP etc. The integration has been done using an Enterprise Service Bus (ESB) and Sub GHz RF and 3G Communications technology have been deployed.

Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd has floated a tender for 3 demonstration projects on grid connected battery energy storage. The technologies specified are: (i) Lithium Iron Batteries; (ii) Advanced Lead Acid Batteries; and (iii) Flow Batteries or Sodium Sulphur Batteries. The capacity envisaged is 500kW & 250 kWH.

Chhatrapur Smart Grid Pilot Project

Roadmap underway for CESC

Tata Power Delhi Distribution Limited (TPDDL)

Battery Energy Storage demonstration projects

USTDA releases RfP for appointment of Consultant for Smart Grid Test Bed at CPRI, Bangalore, India

Smart Grid Pilot project for Indiranagar, Bangalore by BESCOM

Odisha Smart Grid projects to be awarded soon

The U.S. Trade and Development Agency (USTDA) has provided a grant of US$ 692,000 to the Central Power Research Institute (CPRI) to support the preparation of a detailed planning and procurement document for the implementation of a Smart Grid Test Bed at the institute's main campus. The test bed, which will consist of an integrated Interoperability Laboratory and Smart Grid Technology Demonstration Center, will allow CPRI to research and perform controlled evaluations of integrated Smart Grid Technologies. Smart Grid Technologies selected for research and demonstration are sub-station automation, load management, smart meters (communications and data standards such as the 'Green Button'), cyber security network sensing, energy management, renewables integration and applications for plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEV). When implemented, manufacturers, utilities, service providers and academics would use the Smart Grid Test Bed and related facilities for various testing, certification and training activities. This assistance intends to facilitate the adoption of Smart Grid pilot projects as well as the full-scale deployment of Smart Grid technologies in India. Technical proposals were solicited from interested and qualified firms in March 2014. 9 bids were received by CPRI that are currently under evaluation. The contract should be awarded in June/July 2014.

Bangalore Electricity Supply Company Limited (BESCOM), is implementing a Smart Grid Pilot Project for Indiranagar, Bangalore, with a consumer base of 63,058. It includes 3 components - Advance Metering Infrastructure; Peak Load Management and Solar Rooftop PV Systems (RTPV). Under this project, Smart Meters and Communication Systems will be installed for about 20,000 consumers. IT Infrastructure consisting of servers, MDAS, MDAM and PLM software etc. will be installed in the control centre for data collection, storage and analysis. Around 5,000 Rooftop Systems are planned to be installed in Indiranagar and will be integrated with the distribution system using Net Metering. PGCIL has been appointed as the consultant for implementation of this project. BESCOM has formed a 4-member Experts Committee that will be chaired by the MD of BESCOM, Mr Pankaj Kumar Pandey. Other members of this committee include Reji Kumar Pillai, ISGF President, Retd. Prof. HP Khincha, IISc Bangalore and Prof. SA Khaparde from IIT Bombay.

The Odisha Government has announced a Smart Grid power network (Disaster Resilient Power Strengthening System), for the cyclone prone Ganjam district in Orissa, with 60%

Other Smart Grid Projects in India


Smart Grid EventsINDIAN

thJul 31 - Aug 3, 2014: The 15 Regulators and Policymakers Retreat 2014, Goahttp://www.ippai.org/EventDetails.aspx?vid=54

Aug 7 - 9, 2014: Workshop on Cyber Security for Power System, New Delhi, www.indiasmartgrid.org

thAug 21 - 23, 2014: 5 World Renewable Energy Technology Congress, New Delhi, http://wretc.in/index.html

Aug 22 - 23, 2014: Smart Cities Summit, Mumbaihttp://www.asappconferences.com/smartcities/

Sept 3 - 5, 2014: Renewable Energy India Expo, Greater Noida, India, http://bit.ly/1dGmkDo

Sept 10 - 12, 2014: Cleantech India 2014, New Delhihttp://bit.ly/WeqmRC

Sept 22 - 24, 2014: Envirotech Asia - 2014, Gandhinagar, Gujarat, http://www.envirotechasia.com/

Oct 8 - 9, 2014: India Sol 2014, New Delhihttp://bit.ly/UlVP2p

Nov 6 - 8, 2014: India Nuclear Energy - 2014, Worli, Mumbai, http://www.indianuclearenergy.net/

Nov 19 - 21, 2014: 2014 IEEE IAS Workshop on Electrical Safety in India, Pune, www.wesi.in

Nov 26 - 28, 2014: IntelliSub India 2014, New Delhihttp://bit.ly/SwKBHH

Dec 3 - 5, 2014: International Conference and Exhibition on Energy Storage and Microgrids, New Delhihttp://esiexpo.in/index

July 27 - 31, 2014: IEEE PES General Meeting - Charting the Course to a New Energy Future, Washington DChttp://bit.ly/1kXfEpE

July 29 - 31, 2014: Plain Talk About the Electric Power Industry, Washington DC, http://bit.ly/1ukP669

Aug 5 - 6, 2014: Asian Utility Week, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, http://www.asian-utility-week.com/

Aug 24 - 29, 2014: CIGRE 2014, Parishttp://www.cigre.org/Events/Session/Session-2014

INTERNATIONAL

Sept 3 - 5, 2014: World Smart Energy Week, Osaka, Japanhttp://www.wsew.jp/en/Sept 8 - 11, 2014: Power Grid Resilience, San Francisco, Californiahttp://bit.ly/1jU1vWSSept 16 - 17, 2014: 4th Annual Smart Grids and Smart Meters, Abu Dhabi, UAE, http://energy.fleminggulf.com/SGSM2014Sept 18, 2014: IV Smart Communications and Technology Forum, Warsaw, Poland, http://cbepolska.pl/en/iv-smart-communications-technology-forum.html

thSept 23 - 26, 2014: The 6 China International Conference & Exhibition on Electricity Distribution, Shenzhen, Chinahttp://www.ciccst.org.cn/ciced2014/Oct 1 - 3, 2014: Smartgrid Canada Conference MTL 2014, Montreal, Quebec, http://bit.ly/1oey5J5Oct 7 - 8, 2014: Innovation for Cool Earth Forum, Tokyo, Japanhttp://www.icef-forum.org/Oct 12 - 15, 2014: IEEE Power & Energy Society Innovative Smart Grid Technologies Conference Europe, Istanbul, Turkeyhttp://bit.ly/1pHzbizOct 12 - 16, 2014: Gitex Technology Week, Dubaihttp://www.gitex.com/Oct 14 - 16, 2014: IEC 61850 Conference, Prague, Czech Republichttp://www.iec61850-europe.com/Oct 26 - 30, 2014: Conference of Electric Power Supply Industry 2014 (CEPSI), JEJU, Korea, http://www.cepsi2014jeju.org/eng/Oct 27 - 31, 2014: Singapore International Energy Week (SIEW), Singapore, http://www.siew.sg/Nov 3 - 6, 2014: IEEE International Conference on Smart Grid Communications, Venice, Italyhttp://sgc2014.ieee-smartgridcomm.org/Nov 8 - 14, 2014: Korea SmartGrid Week, JEJU, Koreahttp://www.ksgw.or.kr/eng/index.htmNov 18 - 20, 2014: Australian Utility Week, Melbourne, Australiahttp://www.australian-utility-week.com/audience

WEBINARSAugust 5, 2014: Webinar on National Consumer Telecom and Utilities Exchange, http://bit.ly/1oGTkAaSeptember 24, 2014: Webinar on Sharing Apps among Cities through Common Platforms and Standards, http://bit.ly/1rpPZsXOctober 22, 2014: Webinar on E-government for Cities: Developing the Back-office of the Technology Cityhttp://bit.ly/1oGTojp

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New to Smart Grid?... SMART GRID Gyan on Electric Vehicle

What is an Electric Vehicle (EV)?

In an electric vehicle (EV), the electric motor gets its power from a controller and the controller in turn, gets its power from an array of rechargeable batteries.

EVs include plug-in electric cars, hybrid electric cars, hydrogen vehicles, electric trains, electric buses, electric rickshaws, electric bikes/scooters etc.

Mahindra Reva's new launch e2o costing Rs. 4.99 lakh, provides a comfor t ab le a l te rnat ive to gasoline based cars. They can be fully charged with a 15Amp electrical socket in 5 hours and can travel upto a distance of 100 KM. With quick to charge technology, these vehicles can be charged in just an hour.

Electric scooters and mopeds:

Ampere Vehicles Pvt Ltd, Green Electric Vehicles (P) Ltd. and other several manufactures are the electric scooter and moped companies in India who have various models running on the road.

The Danish funded EDISON project: It is aimed at utilizing the batteries of electric cars as storage units that are connected to the power grid when the cars are recharging. There will be built in intelligence in the EV to prevent simultaneous charging of several vehicles from same DT. This project will manage ?eet of EVs appropriately to assist the electric grid: electrical load can be shifted in time, and excessive EV battery energy could be fed back into the electrical grid which is called Vehicle to Grid (V2G) technology.

EU funded Green eMotion project: It is an initiative consisting of total 42 partners involving car manufacturers, energy utilities, universities, and technology and research institutions across Europe. This project will develop the design criteria for electric vehicle charging networks, fleet management of electric vehicles and to study the connection and construction techniques for charging points. One of the key objectives of the Green eMotion project is to develop European processes, standards and IT solutions that allow electric vehicle motorists easy and seamless access to charging infrastructure. One of the key learnings from Green eMotion Project is that charging behavior of EV owners are similar to house usage of electricity which means people tend to charge their cars during peak hours!

Better Place project Copenhagen (Denmark): After purchase of EV customer will sign a contract with Better Place for how many miles he drives per year, Better Place will provide him with a battery and a home charging station at the owner’s home. Better place customers can swap batteries at additional charging stations being installed across Denmark. This model will provide customers with their need for trips anywhere in Denmark.

The National Electric Mobility Mission Plan 2020 (NEMMP) released by Ministry of Heavy Industries is the key policy directive for encouraging EVs in India.

The policy envisages 6-7 million units of EVs by 2020. Cumulative net benefits are estimated to have a net profit value of Rs. 4,800 to Rs. 7,100 crores. While initial investments translate to negative returns in the near term, positive benefits are expected from 2018 onwards.

What are the major EV trial projects?

What are the major drivers for EV adoption in India?

What are the different types of EVs?

Some popular Indian Examples

There are 3 types of EVs:

1. Directly powered from an external power source such as electric trains.

2. Powered by stored electricity (Battery EVs) such as e-bikes, golf carts, Nissan Leaf, Tesla etc.

3. Powered by an on-board electrical generator like an internal combustion engine (hybrid electric vehicles) or a hydrogen fuel cell such as the Toyota Prius, Chevrolet Volt/Amperas, Mitsubishi i-MiEV etc.

E-Rickshaw: They can be spotted everywhere on Delhi’s roads! Costing around Rs. 70,000, these vehicles can be easily charged at home with a simple charger. These vehicles have lead acid batteries which take 6 to 8 hours to charge fully, can travel upto 70 KM (on full charge).

A simple DC controller connected to the batteries and the DC motor. If the driver floors the accelerator pedal, the controller delivers the full 96 volts from the batteries to the motor. If the driver take his/her foot off the accelerator, the controller delivers zero volts to the motor. Source: howstuffworks.com

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Vehicle / Technologysegment

Potential for xEVs(Mn units) in India

Battery Electric Vehicle (BEV) 2Wheeler 3.5-5

Hybrid Electric Vehicles (4Wheeler,Bus, Light Commercial Vehicle)

1.3-1.4

Other BEVs (3Wheeler, 4Wheeler,Buses, Light Commercial Vehicle)

0.2-0.4

Total 5~7

Some of the other impacts could be over current and over voltage, increase in line loss, over-heating and ageing, error on electrical meters, grid instability etc.

1) V0G or Dumb Charging is the conventional one: plug in the vehicle and get it charged like any other regular load.

2) V1G, also called Smart Charging, can charge the vehicle when grid allows or needs it to. The smart grid concept with advanced metering infrastructure ?ts in this application well. Vehicles can communicate with AMI devices at home through home automation network (HAN); the AMI devices then communicate with the control centre at the grid.

3) V2G (vehicle to grid) is the most complicated scheme. In addition to the functions of V1G, it also allows the energy stored in the EV batteries to be delivered back to the grid for grid supports.

4) V2B (vehicle to building) in V2B, the vehicle does not communicate with the grid, but the building. The energy delivered back from the vehicle will be limited to the building.

What are the different types of EV charging schemes?

Greater adoption of full range of electric vehicles will ensure future energy security for the country. By achieving the targeted sale penetration levels for 5-7 million EVs by 2020, electric mobility initiative is likely to result in significant savings, around 2.2 to 2.5 million tonnes of fuel oil, thereby lowering the petroleum import bill. There are likely to be significant reductions in emission and a net decrease in CO emissions on a ‘well to 2

wheel’ basis. The target is to lower carbon dioxide emissions by 1.3 per cent to 1.5 per cent by 2020.

The support and direction from the governmentis also likely to facilitate a vibrant manufacturing ecosystem for electric vehicles and the Indian automotive industry will be able to compete globally. This will also ensure greater value addition in India, spur manufacturing and generate significant additional employment. In 8-10 years from now OEM can consider exports to markets outside India.

The development of a domestic manufacturing ecosystem for 5-7 million EVs will also have a large cascading beneficial impact on large domestic manufacturing. For instance, development of motors, batteries, controllers etc. will definitely benefit many other segments and not only contribute to manufacturing growth in many other areas, but also help contribute towards improvement in energy efficiency in those sectors.

Wide adoption of EVs will influence distribution system design and operation. Recognising that all distribution circuits will not realise the same level of EV adoption and as initial EV adoption tends to be in a cluster, EV penetration may lead to transformer overloading. The extent of system impacts depends upon the EV penetration and charge behaviours of EV adopters. Very high saturations or coincidental charging behaviours could result in loads beyond what current circuit design can reliably serve.

What is the impact of EVs on the grid?

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SMART GRID Gyan on Electric Vehicle (Contd...)

How EV can be used in the future?

Governments have realised that there are huge benefits in moving away from oil. It is predicted that electric vehicles would be mainstay EVs would become extremely popular as is seen in the chart. The Vehicle to Grid (V2G) and Vehicle to Building (V2B) models would enable users to act as sources of energy themselves and inject back into the grid during peak hours, while charging during off-peak hours. Also, these models would help to create a Virtual Power Plant (VPP) scenario during times of large scale power outages such as storms and other natural disasters.

Smart Grid Development Center, set-up under the aegis of the India Smart Grid Forum, offers a comprehensive suite of services in the Smart Grid domain such as:

• Developing capacity building programs for utilities and industry

• Organizing conferences and exhibitions

• Research and development programs

• Conduct consumer outreach programs

• Advisory services to ISGF members, utilities and regulatory commissions

• Assist state Governments /utilities in preparation of state/utility specific Smart Grid Roadmaps

For more information on SGDC, please contact – [email protected] or www.sgdcindia.org

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