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Renewable energy contributes over 22 per cent to India's installed power generation capacity. Although conventional fuels still dominate this segment, the share of renewable energy sources has been steadily increasing from about 8 per cent in 2009.

Power electronics started with the development of the mercury arc rectifier. Invented by Peter Cooper Hewitt in 1902, it was used to convert alternating current (AC) into direct current (DC).

Big density for big data The new high-density UPS from Delta launches at a time when annual global IP traffic is expected to nearly triple over the next five years.

A Mechanical Engineer by qualification, Gurdeep Singh, CMD, NTPC, has over 28 years of experience in power generation sector. He started his career with NTPC and has worked at various levels in both Indian and multi-national companies such as Powergen, CLP, IDFC, CESC and AES.

Siemens has been a pioneer in motor manufacturing. The company's manufacturing setup in Kalwa is one of the oldest Siemens setups in India. It was also the first to manufacture the entire range of energy efficient motors (labelled as IE1 & IE2) in India in 2011.

India has benefitted immensely from lower crude oil prices, which fell over 50 per cent in 2014 and 2015, till recently. It helped the government in handling of inflation and fiscal and current account deficits.

India is planning major investments in its power generation and distribution infrastructure as nearly 400 million Indians lack reliable energy supply. Most of this investment will be made in the renewable energy sector.

Fitch expects Indian state-owned oil and gas companies to undergo large debt-funded consolidation in 2018