Investigation of the power scenario in India for the implementation of smart grid

Author

Acharjee, Partha

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. Eng., NIT, Durgapur, India

fYear

2012

fDate

14-17 Oct. 2012

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

8

Abstract

In this paper, the current power scenario of India is elaborately described and the prospect, potential of energy for the developing countries is analyzed. The concept of Smart Grid (SG) and its necessity for the modern power systems are demonstrated. The effect of SG on social, economical and power sector is explained. The main problems to the implementation of SG in India and their remedies are discussed. The recent initiatives already taken by the Government of India (GoI) are sequentially described. Considering social, economical, political and environmental circumstances, steps to implement SG in India is evidently suggested.

Keywords

power system economics; smart power grids; GoI; Government of India; India; SG; environmental circumstance; power scenario investigation; power sector; power system economical; smart grid implementation; Coal; Electricity; Energy consumption; Industries; Power generation; Reliability; Smart grids; Power scenario; recent initiatives; smart grid; smart grid features; steps to implement; target for execution;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Innovative Smart Grid Technologies (ISGT Europe), 2012 3rd IEEE PES International Conference and Exhibition on

Conference_Location

Berlin

ISSN

2165-4816

Print_ISBN

978-1-4673-2595-0

Electronic_ISBN

2165-4816

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ISGTEurope.2012.6465606

Filename

6465606