Crompton Greaves is setting up a
greenfield plant in Jigani Industrial
Area, Bangalore, which will be
operational by this year-end and help
bolster India's Smart Grid initiative. The
plant will be making intelligent electronic
devices (IEDs) which are critical in the
control and monitoring of power systems,
a CG statement noted. The plant will also
assemble control and relay panels using
these IEDs, complying with IEC 61850-
the latest substation automation
standard.
This plant will be the base for
manufacturing in India the entire range of
Protection, Control and Communication
products from CG's Automation Business
Unit. With the acquisition of ZIV
complete, CG gets access to ZIV's Smart
Grid technologies, including expertise in
grid automation. ZIV complements CG's
offering for grid automation, enhancing
its differentiated offering in its core
business.
Covering 4,050 sqm, the plant will
employ 30 people in its first year of
operations. With demand in the Indian
market picking up substantially, the plant
will first cater to the Indian market. It will
gear up to meet demand in nearby
geographies and further extend its market
reach in the years to come.
As India's power network becomes
complex and the demand for energy
increases, the country needs to accelerate
the deployment of Smart Grid
technologies. Offering unprecedented
control and efficiency in power supply, a
Smart Grid could go a long way in
protecting consumers from the kind of
outage Northern India experienced
recently. India needs to improve its power
generation and transmission, which can
be enabled by investing in these
innovative grid control technologies. As
of now, pilot projects for Smart Grid
technologies are being carried out in
several cities, including Bangalore, the
CG release noted. |