siliconindia | | October 20164It's been 70 years of India's independence and a major chunk of this world's second largest populated nation still either has no access to power or experiences power cuts and shortages. How-ever, the energy demand in agriculture, industrial, commercial and household sectors has increased tremendously placing enormous pressure on its resources. On the other hand, the energy generated is wasted at all levels ­ from generation to consumption ­ thus putting additional pressure on the optimum use of resources, which in turn requires proper energy planning to achieve energy security. This picture is not much different when it comes to water. With Kolkata leading the pack, Bangalore comes second with 50 percent wastage. Other names that made to the list are Hyderabad with 40 percent wastage and Indore wasting around 123 million litres of water. To counter the leakages, usage and check on the assets that need replacement, analytics and big data will play a major role in the E&U sector. MarketsandMarkets predict that the E&U analytics market will grow from $1.81 billion in 2016 to $3.41 billion by 2021, at a CAGR of 13.5 percent. To sustain growth, leaders across energy & utilities are prioritiz-ing four imperatives ­ transform the utility network, improve gen-eration performance, continually improve operational excellence and transform customer operations. Using big data and analytics, E&U is turning knowledge into power to better understand and shape cus-tomer usage, improve service levels and availability, and detect and prevent energy theft through the usage of smart metering. But the unfamiliar landscape has pushed the E&U companies to integrate alternative energies, expand situational awareness across the sys-tem and deepen their relation with customers. Hence organizations that want to expand their business are adopting analytics to increase agility and responsiveness, reduce operational costs and improve asset reliability, and create a win-win situation for both suppliers and consumers. Understanding the need of the hour, we at siliconindia have listed `20 Most Promising Energy & Utilities Solution Providers - 2016' who have played key roles in bridging the gap persistent in the sector. Hope this list edifies the purpose it is built for. Anamika SahuManaging Editoreditor@siliconindia.comEditorialRenewable Energy & Analyt-ics to Drive E&U Market siliconindia Vol 05 · Issue 3 · October 2016 Publisher Alok Chaturvedi Editor-in-Chief Pradeep Shankar Managing Editor Anamika Sahu Editorial Team Ananth. V Inslita R Teles Susila Govindaraj Pushpita Das Sujith Vasudevan VP - Sales & Marketing Virupakshi Pattar GM - Sales & Marketing Ratan Nayak Advertising Managers Editorial queries editor@siliconindia.com To subscribe Visit www.siliconindia.com/magazine-in or send email to subscription@siliconindia.com Cover price is Rs.100 per issue.Printed and Published By Alok Chaturvedi on behalf of Siliconmedia Technologies Pvt Ltd and Printed at Precision Fototype Services at Sri Sabari Shopping Complex, 24 Residency Road Bangalore-560025 and Published At No. 124, 2nd Floor, Surya Chambers, Old Airport Road, Murigheshpalya, Bangalore-560017. Editor Alok ChaturvediCopyright © 2016 SiliconMedia Technologies Pvt Ltd, All rights reserved. Reproduction in whole or part of any text, photography or illustrations without written permission from the publisher is prohibited. The publisher assumes no responsibility for unsolicited manuscripts, photographs or illustrations. Views and opinions expressed in this publication are not necessarily those of the magazine and accordingly, no liability is assumed by the publisher.advertise@siliconindia.comSr. Visualiser MaitreyeeVisualisers S SivasankarGroup Art DirectorAshok KumarDelhi NCRRatnamBranch ManagerCirculation Manager Magendran Perumal Ashu Sethi Garima Anand
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