Way ahead for Smart Grids in India
Smart Grids have been touted as a panacea for all of the power industry´s problems. Janaki Krishnamoorthi does a reality check India's energy demand is expected to increase three-folds in the next decade. To meet this demand as also to counter several existing problems plaguing the power sector like shortage of power, poor access to electricity in rural areas, power thefts, huge losses in the grid etc., India needs a major revamp of the aging power system from generation, transmission and distr