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walktohimalayas · 3 years ago
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Leveraging Technology for Sustainable Development
Development is only true when it is sustainable. And when it comes to developing transmission infrastructure, the danger of environmental impact is more than ever. However, transmission development companies understand this grave situation and have now started addressing the energy delivery challenges with the usage of technology.
Leveraging aerial technology for handling some of the cumbersome tasks associated with construction of transmission projects is a way forward. Let’s have a look at some of the technologies that are providing to be a helping hand in the transmission industry.
Tower Infrastracture
·         Usage of helicopters and helicranes: Construction of transmission towers in treacherous terrains can be a challenge. Due to remote regions and inaccessible roads, transporting tons of building materials (towers included) from one point to another gets extremely difficult. Using lightweight helicopters and helicranes for logistics purpose can not only make the task easier, but also save time. With this, we avert any harm to the soil construction as tons of construction materials are transferred via air route; hence, preserving the biodiversity of the region.
·         Drones for safe stringing & line inspection: Companies are now frequently using drones for stringing conductor for transmission lines. This leads to reduced stringing time and enhanced safety in operations. Moreover, this allows us to limit the damage to the environment while maintaining workforce safety.
In addition to stringing, drones have emerged as a highly viable commercial tool in performing periodic surveys, combined with technologies such as LiDAR and photogrammetry. This had led to generate meaningful insights about sight conditions and reduce the time taken for surveys. Drones capture high resolution imagery of construction structures, helping perform inspections remotely in a safe and efficient manner.
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 Clearly usage of aerial technology like drones and helicranes in the construction of transmission infrastructure benefits the industry with reduced timelines and easy solutions to complex construction challenges. With this technology, the sector can work towards building evacuation infrastructure for RE sources in sync with RE power plants.
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walktohimalayas · 3 years ago
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Ensuring Coexistence of Wildlife with Transmission
11 leopards die every year, 400 flamingos died in 10 days,178 elephants died between 2015-2018, and 31.5% (207) out of 656 tiger deaths between 2012-2018(as per the data of National Tiger Conservation Authority), these tremendously rising unnatural death count is due to electrocution. It’s common for these living creatures to lose their lives by stumbling upon the ill-maintained power lines and electrical infrastructure, bare conductors and sagging high tension electric cables passing through their forest abodes.
Power For All
Safety is critical when it comes to ensuring sustainable development. Let’s have a look at some of the recent ways on which transmission companies are ensuring power lines coexist with wildlife.
·         Increased tower heights: Implementation of transmission towers with increased height allows safe passage to wildlife.
·         Safeguarding Avifauna: Collision during flight is one of the prime reasons for deaths of birds. The practice of implementing bird deflectors, culverts, contrast or coloured markers prevent such incidents, safeguarding the avifauna active in that route.
·         Provisioning artificial nests: Birds and other aerial lifeforms often find it transmission towers as convenient nesting platforms, which eventually results in their deaths due to electrocution. To prevent such occurrences, companies are coming up with various ways of provisioning artificial nests, safe nesting platforms and nesting boxes.
·         Bird Guard: Bird guards are provided on transmission towers as per requirement to preventbirds from sitting in the insulator strings
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 The nation-wide implementation of measures and guidelines can protect wildlife from electrocution and tower related accidents. The reliable, basic need of electricity should be provided without compromising or damaging the wildlife and nature.
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walktohimalayas · 3 years ago
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Using technology for sustainable development
In contrast to a traditional coal-fired power plant, the completion of a wind or solar power plant takes 12-18 months; however, the construction speed of the transmission lines has not yet improved. Regardless of how many renewable energy (RE) power plants we build, industry will not be able to power these clean power plants due to the lack of adequate evacuation infrastructure. Overcoming the time constraints in the broadcasting industry is vital. Using arial technology to handle some of the tedious tasks associated with transmission projects is a great way to go.
 Today we are going to focus on one of these technological advances: the helicopter; and how it can be of great help to the broadcasting industry.
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 Sustainable infrastructure development with helicranes:
First used as overhead traveling cranes in the 1950s, Bell 47 helicranes were the first to be used for this purpose. This technology proved to be a savior during the Vietnam Wars as its use for industrial purposes increased. In the wood industry for lifting large trees, its use in the transmission industry can be helpful.
 ·         Building transmission towers in treacherous terrain can be a challenge. Due to remote regions and inaccessible roads, moving tons of building materials (including towers) from one point to another becomes extremely difficult. The logistical use of this technology can not only make the task easier, but also save time.
·         The way to the location of the high-voltage line often leads through areas that are rich in biodiversity. The means of transport for moving the load have high potential for damaging the soil structure of the region. With overhead cranes, we avoid damage to the floor structure, as tons of building material are transported by air; therefore, maintaining the biodiversity of the region.
·         In regions with unpredictable climatic conditions (especially deserts or mountains) the working window is shortened to a few months.This leads to an extension of the overall timetable for the transmission project. The use of this flight technique accelerates the construction process. The use of propellers in the construction of transmission infrastructures clearly benefits the industry with reduced schedules and simple solutions to complex design challenges.
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  With this technology, the industry can work to build a renewable energy evacuation infrastructure in line with renewable energy power plants.
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walktohimalayas · 3 years ago
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Accelerating Reduced Carbon Emission with Aluminium Conductors
The latest IPCC Report, released in August 2021, has issued code red for human-driven global heating. As per the report, if the global carbon emissions are not checked right now, a climate catastrophe in near future is unavoidable.
Moreover, the Ministry of Power in conjunction with the Central Electricity Authority (CEA) has indicated new pointers for the promotion of greener alternatives for transmission of energy. Admitting that lead-sheathed cables are environmental threat the Ministry and CEA are together promoting greener substitutes like aluminium.
Power Transmission
 Aluminium Conductors – An opportunity for smoothelectricity
Tons of underground lead cables mean increased seepage of lead into the soil, leading to exposed water table. Addressing this direct threat to environmental damage, it’s time the industry replaces lead with better alternatives. One such alternative is aluminium – a strong yet very light metal.
Listed below are some of the advantages of replacing lead with aluminium:
• Lightness – Due to low density, aluminium outperforms copper and lead in relation to weight. Structures made from aluminium as 50% lighter than different metals. This is a massiveadvantage for the transmission sector, because itwill becomesmoothto move the cables. Moreover, lightness additionallyprovides to rightcoping within the course of operations, as a resultslicing down prices hugely. This provides to the financial sustainability of the worldwide economy.
• Lower Environment Impact–When compared to lead-sheathed cables, aluminium sheathed center 630 mm2 have decreasedeffectat the environment. When compared with lead-sheathed cables aluminium sheathed cables upload to decreased ozone layer depletion, lower in atmosphere toxicity and decreasedinternational warming potential.
• Better Conductivity – As compared to different metals like lead and copper, aluminium giveshigher conductivity to weight ratio; and consequently is taken into considerationextragreen.
• Recycling – Recycling aluminium can be very cost-effective.The amount of energy required to melt and recycle aluminium is only two-thirds of the energy required to extract the metal.
Aluminium Alloy Conductor
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walktohimalayas · 3 years ago
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Sterlite Power is a leading global developer of electric power transmission infrastructure and electric utilities solutions provider company. Click to explore more about Sterlite Power.
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Sterlite Power is a leading global developer of electric power transmission infrastructure and electric utilities solutions provider company. Click to explore more about Sterlite Power.
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walktohimalayas · 3 years ago
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Sterlite Power is a leading global developer of electric power transmission infrastructure and electric utilities solutions provider company. Click to explore more about Sterlite Power.
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Sterlite Power is a leading global developer of electric power transmission infrastructure and electric utilities solutions provider company. Click to explore more about Sterlite Power.
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walktohimalayas · 3 years ago
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walktohimalayas · 3 years ago
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walktohimalayas · 3 years ago
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walktohimalayas · 3 years ago
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Sterlite Power wins the coveted S&P Global Platts Global Energy Awards 2019  - The Oscars of the Energy Industry
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Sterlite Power, a leading global player in power transmission, has been awarded Construction Project of the Year at the prestigious S&P Global Platts Global Energy Awards 2019 for its Northern Region Strengthening Scheme (NRSS-29) project in Jammu & Kashmir (J&K). The program bestowed 23 awards upon companies and individuals before an audience of over 500 energy and finance executives at an award ceremony held on 12th December in New York.
Finalists hailed from a record of 37 countries.  Sterlite Power was selected as finalists in 3 award categories - Rising Star Company, Financial Investment of the Year and the Construction Project of the Year.
“We congratulate NRSS-29 project for its win of Construction Project of the Year,” said Martin Fraenkel, President of S&P Global Platts. “The independent panel of judges was impressed with Sterlite Power for its stand-out performance in this awards category and for its commitment to the energy industry’s advancement.”
The NRSS-29 project in Jammu & Kashmir is one of the largest and toughest private sector Sterlite Power Transmission projects commissioned in the country till date which plays an important role in bringing reliable power to over 12.5 million people in the region. This 414 Km long transmission corridor of national importance ensures reliable power access and augments Jammu & Kashmir’s power transmission capacity by at least 33% and was constructed by overcoming extreme challenges of terrain and weather. Sterlite Power delivered this critical project ahead of schedule with innovative use of technology, synergistic partnerships and deeper engagement with local communities.
While receiving the award at the gala ceremony, Mr. Pratik Agarwal, Managing Director, Sterlite Power “We are honored to be recognised as a winner at the prestigious S&P Global Platts Global Energy Awards for our NRSS-29 power transmission project, which solves the toughest challenges of energy delivery and lights up 12.5 million lives. It is commendable to see the determination of our employees, partners and local communities who worked together to overcome the toughest conditions and build this transmission corridor ahead of schedule. We dedicate this award to their spirit and contributions.”
Established in 1999 and often described as “the Oscars of the energy industry,” the S&P Global Platts Global Energy Awards highlights corporate and individual innovation, leadership, superior performance and project management excellence.  
For the full list of 2019 Global Energy Awards winners, including the judges’ rationale, visit the Global Energy Awards website. A full summary of the winners is available via the Insight Magazine, which includes sector-by-sector energy outlook analysis reports.
For more information about Sterlite Power Grid visit on this site sterlitepower.com
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walktohimalayas · 3 years ago
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Sterlite Power secures INR 580 crore funding from REC for Udupi Kasargode Transmission Project
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Sterlite Power, a global developer of power transmission infrastructure, announced the successful financial closure of the project set up by Udupi-Kasargode Transmission Project Ltd (UKTL). It has secured the entire debt funding of INR 580 crores from one of India’s largest power sector lenders, REC Limited  (REC.).
The project set up by UKTL is an Inter-State Transmission System project spanning across the southern states of Karnataka and Kerala. It is made up of two critical elements including a 1000MVA 400/220 kV Gas Insulated Substation (GIS), one of the first GIS substations to be built at Kasargode in Kerala. In accordance with the Letter of Award received from RECTPCL (REC Transmission Projects Company Ltd.), the project involves construction of a 400kV (Quad) D/c  transmission line, extending over ~240 ckm, from Udupi in Karnataka to Kasaragode in Kerala. The project scope also includes supply and installation of two 400kV line bays and bus bar extension at Udupi switchyard.
Commenting on the development, Anuraag Srivastava, Group CFO, Sterlite Power said, “Sterlite Power Transmission has been successful in concluding a number of financial deals with global and national investors in the past. We are pleased to secure funding from REC - one of India’s largest financial institutions in the power sector, for this project.”
Recently, the company announced an equal partnership with global investment manager AMP Capital, to develop greenfield power transmission projects in India which includes the UKTL project as well. It has also raised project finance from both private as well as public sector financial institutions like IndusInd Bank and PFC Ltd., for its transmission projects. In March 2021, Sterlite Power successfully completed its transmission project NER-II and subsequently sold it to IndiGrid.
For more information about Power Transmission in India visit on this site sterlitepower.com
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walktohimalayas · 3 years ago
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Sterlite Power elevates Manish Agarwal as CEO of Infrastructure & Solutions Business
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Sterlite Power, a leading global developer of power transmission, today announced the elevation of Manish Agarwal as CEO of the Infrastructure business, in addition to his existing role as CEO for the Solutions Business.
Manish has been associated with the Sterlite Group for 22 years and has held various leadership positions across the organization.  Prior to his role elevation, he was CEO of the Solutions Business which focuses on brownfield transmission comprising of Master Systems Integration (MSI) and manufacturing of underground power cables and overhead products including High Performance Conductor & OPGW.
In the elevated role, Manish will be responsible for both greenfield and brownfield Sterlite Power Transmission Limited business of the company in India.
Commenting on the appointment, Pratik Agarwal, Managing Director, Sterlite Power, said “Manish is a seasoned leader with rich experience in the power& telecom sectors.  His strong leadership credentials give us tremendous confidence in his ability to lead this business in alignment with our organization’s core-purpose and values”, he said.
Manish holds positions of pre-eminence with various Chambers, Associations, Technical bodies, & Councils and has been a leading voice on industry matters, shaping policy priorities on trade and sustainability.  He is a Harvard alumnus and has also pursued Executive Leadership Programs from IIM-A and ISB, Hyderabad.
For more information about Electric Power Transmission visit on this site sterlitepower.com
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