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Bharat Book Bureau: Ongoing Studies and Demo Projects Point toward India's Massive Smart Grid Plans(M2 PressWIRE Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) Summary The Government of India (GoI) came up with the Restructured Accelerated Power Development and Reforms Program (R-APDRP) in 2008 for transforming the power distribution sector in India. Through R-APDRP, distribution utilities plan of building Information Technology (IT) infrastructure, IT applications and automation systems. A policies and implementation framework is now present for the initiating and testing smart grid technologies in India. The GoI came up with the India Smart Grid Task Force (ISGTF) and the India Smart Grid Forum (ISGF) to accelerate the deployment of smart grids in India. The US-India Partnership to Advance Clean Energy-Development (PACE-D) programs was undertaken from June 2012 to advance the growth of smart grid in the nation. The program will provide help for advancing the development of clean energy through its partnership with the Ministry of Power (MoP) and the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE) in India. Around 14 demo/pilot smart grid projects have been announced by the GoI. A number of functionalities such as Advanced Metering Infrastructure (AMI), Outage Management (OM), Distributed Generation (DG), Peak Load Management (PLM), Power Quality (PQ) and microgrids have been found to be proposed in the announced smart grid projects. Scope - The role of R-APDRP in India's Power Utilities' IT integration. - Policy notifications and secretarial framework for advancing the growth of smart grid in India. - PACE-D programs involved in accelerating the growth of smart grids. - Demo projects/pilots helping out with India's massive smart grid plans. For more information kindly visit : http://www.bharatbook.com/consumer-electronics-market-research-reports/ongoing-studies-and-demo-projects-point-toward-india%E2%80%99s-massive-smart-grid-plans.html Contact us: Bharat Book Bureau Tel: +91 22 27810772 / 27810773 Call UK: +44 7405 208461 Toll Free No for USA/Canada : 1-866-279-8368 Email: [email protected] Website: www.bharatbook.com Follow us on twitter: https://twitter.com/researchbook Follow us on linkedin : http://www.linkedin.com/company/bharat-book-bureau Our Blog : http://blog.bharatbook.com/ ((M2 Communications disclaims all liability for information provided within M2 PressWIRE. Data supplied by named party/parties. Further information on M2 PressWIRE can be obtained at http://www.presswire.com on the world wide web. Inquiries to [email protected])). (c) 2013 M2 COMMUNICATIONS |