The World Smart Grid Conference India Week 2012

Follow the success of World Smart Grid Conference India Week 2011 organized in Mumbai, SZ&W Group is pleased to announce the 2nd annual event will be held in New Delhi from Sep.12 to 14, 2012.

Event Background

The 2nd World Smart Grid Conference India Week

“Smart Grid” has become a buzz word in the past few years at a time of human being facing serious climate challenges. Have you embarked on your trip to smart grid?Apparently, the pursuit of lower carbon emission is not the only driver for the world’s leading utilities’ “Going Green”. A self-healing, more reliable, less constrained, safer and more efficient grid is in the interest of all stakeholders. That is why in US, Euro and Australia utilities are constantly implementing smart technologies into their grids.For the developing economics, China is planning to increase the renewable energy proportion to 10 percent of the total energy use by 2010, and 15 percent by 2020. We also could see signs of active smart grid initiatives in Brazil, Africa and Middle East.

• Keynote speakers

P Uma Shankar,Sam Pitroda,Dr. Pramod Deo,Ashok Khurana,Kaushal K.Agrawal,Pankaj Batra,Jayant Deo and many more.

What About India? What is happening in the world’s largest democracy’s power industry in response to the new challenges and opportunities?

India now has the fifth largest Electricity grid in the world and the world’s third largest Transmission & Distribution network. However, the demand from increased economic activities and the rising living standard of population has led to a situation where the supply of energy falls short of the demand. India power industry are facing major challenges like huge supply shortfalls, power theft, poorly planned distribution networks and low metering efficiency and bill collection. For India, the smart grid may offer a unique opportunity to leapfrog into a vastly improved electricity environment. The imm