Crompton Greaves launches smart grid facility

Facility will also support economic development, create jobs and boost understanding of Smart Grid solutions in the energy field

Avantha Group company Crompton Greaves has launched its state-of-the-art smart grid facility at the Global Village, in Bangalore for full-fledged manufacturing of smart grid devices. Besides manufacturing smart grid devices, the facility will support economic development, foster job creation and boost an understanding of Smart Grid solutions in the energy field.

The smart grid devices manufactured in this facility will offer numerical solutions to Indian utilities and industries in the Transmission and Distribution (T&D) segment and provide improvement in the electric grid to make it more efficient and reliable.

CG has invested Rs 8 crore in this facility which can employ more than 100 people. The smart grid facility will manufacture substation automation products, Distribution automation devices, protection and control systems, advanced metering infrastructure (AMI) and telecommunication solutions. It will also offer global engineering services such as systems integration, installation, and commissioning.

The facility is fully equipped with modern equipment to ensure an annual production capacity of 10,000 units of power line carrier communication terminals (PLCC) and intelligent electronic devices (IED).

CG has the most comprehensive portfolio that provides specific solutions and products for each application, including systems that can evolve as the network evolves. Its solutions give timely and necessary information needed to implement automatic functions and allow maximum use of the grid at minimum cost. The real value-add of the smart grid concept over the conventional automation system is that smart grids are able to convert the data provided by installed devices  into actions and decisions that are taken in real time to operate the network.