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GE Power to deliver largest Wide Area Monitoring System

By Swati Deshpande,

Added 13 July 2018

Supports PGCIL to secure India’s Northern Grid

GE Power's Grid Solutions business has commissioned the first leg of the mega grid-stabilization project by handing over what will be the world's largest Wide Area Monitoring System (WAMS) solution to Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd (PGCIL) for the Northern Grid (NR) in India. The project is part of the Unified Real Time Dynamic State Measurement (URTDSM) initiative that entails monitoring and controlling of the electricity supply across the country which will positively impact India's total population. The project has been executed by GE T&D India Limited, listed entity of GE Power's Grid Solutions business in India.

This first stage will enable PGCIL to monitor power flow across 110 substations in the Northern Grid (NR) and respond to fluctuations within a fraction of a second. This will be critical in addressing power demand-supply imbalances and ensuring grid stability benefitting from the integration of renewable energy with the grid.  The northern grid covers nine control centers, namely Punjab, Haryana, Rajasthan, Delhi, Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu & Kashmir and Chandigarh.

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