Out of the Darkness: India Tests Smart Grid to Improve Power Reliability - TMCnet's Smart Grid eNews

7/25/2013

M2M Evolution Conference & Expo Las Vegas 2013 begins in: 32 Days. REGISTER NOW!   Featured Articles » Smart Grid Funding Continues to 'Flatline' at $50M in Q2 2013 » TUV Rheinland Provides Interoperability Testing, Certification » Lightning Switch: Utilities to Spend $15.6B on Substation Automation by 2020 » Vanadium Redox Batteries to Power Off-Grid Communities in North America    Sponsored By: M2M Evolution Conference & Expo – August 26-29, 2013 Mandalay Bay – Las Vegas, NV M2M Evolution highlights how M2M technologies, the Internet of Things and the wireless network combine to significantly improve business processes, minimize risk, and drive revenue. Join us in Las Vegas for this two track program focused on providing you with information on how M2M solves business problems across multiple industries and in nearly all business functional areas. Conference sessions will focus on the retail and energy verticals as well as applications in big data, security and logistic functions (including transportation, fleet management and demand response). Members of the M2M ecosystem, including wireless carriers, application providers, platform companies, and device manufacturers will discuss their roles in creating effective technologies and procedures that work to create an ecosystem for actionable data, information and efficiencies.   Top Stories » Itron Delivers Data Management Platform for Iberdrola's Smart Meter Rollout » Britain's Electric Highway Sparks 4,500 Percent Upsurge in Traffic » Powering Down: Commercial Facilities Cut Their Electric Consumption » EnergyCAP Listed Among Top Ten Enterprise Smart Grid Leaders   From The Expert Corner July 24, 2013 Out of the Darkness: India Tests Smart Grid to Improve Power Reliability By Cheryl Kaften TMCnet Contributor India-based Chamundeshwari Electricity Supply (CESC), an electric utility that operates in five districts in the State of Karnataka, has announced that it will conduct a pilot test of smart grid technology in the city of Mysore, where it serves 24,532 ratepayers.   India’s Ministry of Power will fund 50 percent of the INR320 million ($5.3 million) initiative, while the remainder will be picked up by the CESC. A total of 14 feeders, as well as 580 irrigation pump-sets and 504 distribution transformers, will be installed. Read More...    Featured Videos WebRTC Demo: Browsetel    Featured Resources » M2M Adoption Barometer » Real-time Data from Remote Machines » Breaking Down Big Data   TMCnet's Blogs » Wearable Tech Expo NY 2013 Live Blog   Featured Channels » Smart Grid » Green Technology » Machine to Machine Technology   Visit smart-grid.tmcnet.com for the Latest Smart-Grid News and Information   Sign Up For FREE    |    Visit Smart-Grid Site    |    Free Magazine Subscription   Advertise With Us   General advertising Info: Click here      Become a TMCnet columnist! Become a TMCnet columnist! Want to contribute your expertise to a growing audience of technology professionals? Become a writer, blogger or columnist for the TMCnet Web site and this newsletter. Contact TMCnet Group Editorial Director, Erik Linask, at elinask@tmcnet.com for details.

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