“Hi Chandresh, I am your smart fridge.”
“I want to inform you that the inventory level of milk, cheese, wine and coke is running at 25% below the normal level. Canned pineapple & mushrooms are already beyond their expiry and are non-useable.”
“As per your cooking schedule this week, the grocery list with the necessary ingredients is ready on your E-cart for order “.
“The power consumption was 12% more than average which will add INR 55 to your monthly bill. A power reset must be initiated to go back to the normal mode.”
“OK, order the items in the cart and complete the reset,” I said.
This is the new world where artificial intelligence is making our life easy, automated & efficient. They review, forecast, coordinate, and handle regular & advanced tasks based on set algorithms. This is happening not just in our homes but across the globe in all domains making them FUTURE READY.
During the recent lockdown, everyone realized why the power sector, which was not even closed for 1 day, is an essential infrastructure service. Behind the scenes, dedicated power engineers were ensuring that a mammoth generation capacity of 370 GW & transmission capacity of 75,000 MW was kept ready to meet any demand on a 24×7 basis. During the last 2 months, the consumption pattern has shown very high variation requiring a precious supply & demand side management while keeping the network in an optimal phase.
The lesson learned in this phase is to plan and make the entire power system very dynamic and quick to respond. While coal/hydro/wind power plants can be phased ON/OFF, the transmission network remains alive at any point in time.
In our previous article, we discussed how the concept of SMART CITY is the core of the India 2.0 design. These cities will be digitally connected with each other but must be self-sufficient to operate on their own.
To feed the power need of these cities, there must be a National SMART power transmission & distribution network. This SMART system will behave somewhat like my smart fridge.
Consider it like creating a GOOGLE MAP for the Transmission network. So, during any point in time, it shows the quickest mode for power supply and identifies the green /orange/red tracks of the network. This will help planners decide if they want to expand the capacity of the network showing red or create another path to divide the heavy traffic. This can be implemented across the national transmission grid reducing T&D Loses and increase the capacity of the grid for inter-state power flow.
Sterlite Power is the only private sector organization in India to have brought the full package on the table. With an in-house capability to do network assessment and/or planning, they can simulate a network and identify congestion points. There is an algorithm in which a state’s power network is stimulated for different scenarios and thereby you can identify congestion points. And since you know the congestion points in advance, you can plan better.
Recently they have brought “SMART VALVE” in an exclusive tie-up with Smart wire technologies, USA. It is the industry’s first easily re-deployable, intelligent “valve” to efficiently route power along lines with excess capacity for managing congestion points. Smart Valves allow utilities to fully utilize the grid they have already built.
This gives a future-ready solution to power planners for handling high load variation with an optimized network just like you and I manage to travel across India using network guidance on our GPS enables MAP.
I recently stumbled upon another Smart ideology shared by Pratik Agarwal, Managing Director – Sterlite Power. In a recent article titled – “Achieving power for all with intercontinental power grids” published in Fortune INDIA, Mr. Agarwal has shared his views on how one country’s sunshine can light up homes in another country. Inter-Continental Power Grids is a smartly connected network running across continents via under-sea cables. This two-way energy trade path will leverage the time gap between nations and feed surplus RE (renewable energy) from one country’s grid to another, as per the need. Now that’s what I call the real Smart way to tackle Global Warming and the growing energy needs.
As the saying goes –
“The best way to predict the future is to create it!”
And Sterlite Power is on a mission to create Intelligent Transmission network for an “Atma Nirbhar India 2.0”
Ref :
I so agree that it’s time to make a smart cities with good technologies!! And it’s time to create a wonderful future for all of us!!
It feels so good to read about such advancements happening in India. With everything going hi-tech, we need a good and strong technology base.
This is really interesting and amazes me. IIOT(Industrial Internet of Things) is definitely going to rule the world in a good way and it is fascinating to know.
Such an interesting post and much needed too. I so look forward to such smart cities and the new life they will bring to us.
Power is a vital element on which the whole world runs. Management of power is a very complex task, and AI and other technologies are changing how this is done.
It’s great to know about the technological advancements in our country. Our smart cities really need a strong technological base.
Smart city , smart homes are all happening at rapid phases.Knowing bout what goes behind the ease which we take for granted is eye opening
I hope these smart cities really do contribute to solving the global warming issue. We really need to take care of nature in the future for our children.
Yeah! Everything is changing so fast. We are growing as smart cities but I think the system should be more eco-friendly where we can make a balance between technology and nature.
It’s great to know about the technological advancements in our country, because everything is changing like blink of eyes. We should have to cope with it up.
Makes sense. And a lovely blog. Also thanks for sharing insights on behalf of Sterlite Power. Overall an informative piece.
No doubt what we need today are such smart cities. With such rapid changes taking place this is the need of the hour.
Changing for good is always beneficial for all. Sterlite power is doing best by providing solutions for all people.
This is teh need now throughout India – to build smart cities. WIth such quick changes taking places across the world we need more smart cities.
It will be so awesome to have such smart power options. Totally revolutionary and proud. Thanks for this post.
Technology advancements would surely build up a great and better future of our country. Good to know that the organisation is packed with great plan.
Good to know that such steady process taking place !! With such steady up process there will be great change. Hopefully it will have a great impact globally.
Thanks for the informative post India is a huge country and so its power requirement. It will be quite futuristic if smart cities are formed and furthermore if they are connected intercontinentally.
I recently did this course on AI and it was truly mind blowing! The kind of facts I learnt was just amazing!
Smart cities sound good, but on the ground, the technology backbone is still sorely lacking.
Hopefully, smart cities will benefit the citizens as well as the environment.
Straight out of some sci-fi movie, these AI enabled Smart Cities don’t seem a faraway dream anymore. Your have lucidly pointed out the futuristic goals and they really seem promising!
This brought a lot of memories , my father worked in the power sector and I also see the future changes here.
You’ve explained the concept of smart City so well. The comparison akin to google map is as simple as it could get for laymen like me
Smart solutions are the need of the hour. With more and more urbanisation smart efficient power solutions should be of utmost priority. Nice thoughtful post.
#MyFriendAlexa #ContemplationOfaJoker #Jokerophilia
For sustainable growth smart solutions are required & to craft smart cities is the need of the hour. Very informative post!
This is not really my subject of interest but I was interested to read your article and gather more information on the topic
I would like to read up more about Inter-continental power grids after reading your post. Power indeed is one of the most crucial elements in a country’s growth and Sterlite is doing a stellar job.
This amazes me.. How things are changing so fast and for good.
We usually miss on such advancements. It’s great to see how these will benefit and progress India much more.
Interesting post, we all are heading towards smart cities.
But living in a small hillside town I still feel relaxed in nature’s lap and doing my things on my own, walking to fetch necessary things, instead of buying online or being technology-driven.
No harm being advanced in terms of technology, it’s a great development when we have AI enabled homes.
Completely agree during lockdown the 24 hours working power industry helped people stay entertained and stay inside. Indeed a very informative post.
It is great to read about solar power and how technology is advancing in India
Smart cities are the need of the hour. This was an enlightening post.
That was a wonderful post, came to know the details and yes, I must say smart cities with these smart solutions is the need of the hour. Am sure this will go a long way.
Smart cities can be a game changer for the Indian economy as well as the social system.Smart write up.
A very interesting post. A city can be as smart as its infrastructure. We need these advancements to complement the smart cities.
When will all the cities in India have such grids.Very enlightening post for a rank layperson like me.
An informative post. Is India prepared for smart cities actually? I’m not sure. Honestly AI scares me. But your post made me think there’s so much that I am yet to learn.
It would be a great infrastructural boost if all cities are converted into such smart cities using the latest technology. Got to learn something new today.
Very interesting. We need smart power grids. But also makes me think. Aren’t we too dependent on technology?
Smart Power system is the need of the hour, when we get such grids, it would be amazing for our growth
Smart cities the Idea is really good but how much it is going to be accessible is still a question. Nice post
Smart city technologies have substantial potential to upgrade the quality of life by improving multiple aspects in cities. This is such an interesting post!
I am so happy to read this progressing India post today, gives me pride and I am sure we will achieve new smart city goal
Wow… in these times of load shedding and inadequate power supply, wherein states are codependent on their neighbours to fulfil their power supply needs in peak times, an IoT solution for Smart Power systems looks very promising indeed!
In fact, I believe Tesla has taken it one step forward wherein their systems step in the moment there is a slump in the power supply compared to demand, even before it’s actually reported on the power supplier’s systems! But, in India, I believe we have a much higher need than those developed nations in maintaining stable electricity supplies.
Yes, Completely agree with your viewpoint here.
Doesn’t that make us feel proud, this is definitely us progressive and going leaps and bounds in new world technology. Thanks for sharing
This future is exciting, and a wee bit scary too. Waiting to live it all. Thank you for this super informative post.
If such an idea had to materialize, it would perhaps be the best thing to happen to nature and other countries as well. What an amazing thought for smart cities.
Wow, Smart cities will be a great development. It is right time to make smart cities and get a better future.
It is good to know Sterlite power is on a mission to intelligent transmission. It is a great news for the whole nation. Very happy to know the positive use of technological advancements.
Okay! This indepth science is not my cup of tea but it felt great to know we are progressing and working hard towards being self-sufficient India…great informative blog post…
We have been talking smart cities for so long but its time to upgrade the power sector. So many power companies in the last decade and a half has gone from boom to bust.