Paper Title
INDIAN INITIATIVE IN ADOPTION OF SMART GRID TECHNOLOGY
Abstract
Smart grid is a modernized electrical grid that uses information & communication technology between supplier & consumer interaction in a automated fashion to improve system efficiency, reliability, focusing in distribution sector which is suffering from high transmission losses. In this technology consumers’ participation is significantly used for energy management, grid management viz peak load, outage management, demand side management to improve the quality supply to the consumer. There is bilateral communication between consumer & supplier based on information fed in the system. Smart grid technology is adopted worldwide as cost effective & way to quality supply to the consumer. Top 10 advanced countries which have implemented this technology have benefited in a significant manner.
India has taken an initiative to verify the benefits of smart grids technology in 14 pilot projects located in all the 5 regional grids. Puduchery being India’s first pilot project which has started on 2nd march 2013 by signing a MOU between Power Grid Corporation& Puduchery Electricity Department. Government of India has also setup smart grid task force to monitor the progress of pilot projects by taking 5 working groups namely:
Working group 1: Aimed for trials & pilots on new technological advances.
Working group 2: Will monitor loss reduction & theft, data gathering & analysis.
Working group 3: Power to rural areas & its reliability & quality, power to urban areas.
Working group 4: Distributed generation & renewable integration with power grid & its impact.
Working group 5: Physical cyber security & standardization of smart grid technology.
By operating in sequence, milestones can be achieved in most efficient & seamless operation in the grid system. In these paper details of AMI infrastructure & implementation methodology is discussed to
obtain numerous benefits of smart grid technology which is being implemented in our country. Smart Grid technology ensure optimum energy use & supply enable better planning for outage response & recovery facilitate the integration of heterogeneous technology around the grid, such as renewable energy system, electrical Vehicle net works & smart home, smart energy grids encounters enormous engineering challenges. Spot billing fault reporting remote metering & substation operation. Consumers servicing through internet & telephone call centers
Key Words : Smart Grid Technology, Working Groups , Modernization of Electrical Grid, Information & Communication Technology & Worldwide Adoption.