HONEYWELL AND TPDDL Deploy First-Of-Its-Kind Smart Grid Project To Improve Energy Reliability


BENGALURU: Honeywell and Tata Power Delhi Distribution Limited today announced that  they  have successfully  implemented the first ever Automated Demand Response project for commercial and industrial facilities in India. TPDDL will use Honeywell technology and services to link more than 160 buildings in its distribution network, and call for temporary reductions in energy use when demand threatens to outpace supply in grid stress conditions. This includes power management during periods of peak consumption, as well as other grid emergency situations. ADR gives the grid operator a new domestic resource to help alleviate stress on transmission and distribution lines, and improve supply efficiency.

Given the gap between the power required for homes and businesses in India, and what utilities can produce, many cities across the country face severe brownouts and blackouts. The demand for electricity in Delhi, for example, has almost doubled over the past decade.

With nearly 50 percent of the country’s peak load tied to commercial and industrial sites,
the ability to adjust related energy use is critical. Grid operators like TPDDL can use ADR to help reduce peak load in a facility by 15 percent on average, creating a “virtual power plant” that generates “megawatts” or reduced demand. 

The project will give TPDDL the ability to reduce approximately 11.5 megawatts of peak demand. However, if the same technology were deployed in all buildings in India, electricity consumption could drop an estimated 10.5 gigawatts, close to 7 percent of the peak energy currently required nationwide.

“This is a significant initiative — one that supports our mission to build a resource-efficient, environmentally friendly electrical grid,” said Mr. Praveer Sinha, CEO & ED of Tata Power Delhi Distribution Limited. “We are committed to making this deployment a success, and finding new opportunities to extend ADR to other customers, thus playing a role in helping to meet Delhi’s energy needs. We believe our steps in this direction will also encourage other Indian utilities to adopt smart grid technology for efficient operations.”
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