Energy management systems to upgrade South India state load dispatch centres

To upgrade monitoring and control of energy flow in electricity transmission, Indian conglomerate Larsen & Toubro will develop and implement energy management systems (EMS) in regional and state load dispatch centres in South India.

The conglomerate, which engages primarily in EPC projects, announced that the digital energy solutions (DES) arm of their Power Transmission & Distribution (PT&D) business received the EMS mandate for centres in Andhra Pradesh, Kerala, Puducherry, Tamil Nadu and Telangana.

As part of the order, EMS and associated software systems will be implemented for 12 sets of control rooms, including main and backup configurations.

Larsen & Toubro (L&T) DES will implement the upgrade with power system applications to monitor and control the energy flow in the electricity transmission network in real time for reliable and secure grid operations.

The upgrade work will leverage L&T-Spark-CRIMTM (Control Room Integration Middleware) Platform to integrate substation data.

According to the company in a release, this order is the latest addition to such digitally based intelligent projects being executed by L&T DES globally.

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Commenting on the development in a release was T. Madhava Das, whole-time director & senior executive vice president, Utilities, Larsen & Toubro: “In line with L&T’s ethos of technology for sustainable growth, and banking on our deep domain expertise in Power T&D and Renewable generation areas, we are happy to speed up the data-driven transition of our customers.”

L&T presence in the US

The order was accompanied by another recent mandate, which will see the L&T DES team upgrade a power and transmission control room in the western United States, with one of the most complex configurations involving more than 15 EMS hosts.

The scope includes design and implementation of power and transmission network operation situational awareness to assist operators and analysts to improve grid reliability.

The order in the US expands their presence, with the company’s DES team set to work on other recently awarded grant projects, carried out for partners under contract with the California Energy Commission (CEC) and the US Department of Energy.

Additionally, their DES business in the US will provide a turnkey solution for the 300MW Solar Balancing Authority services in the western US, which enables renewable plant integration while meeting NERC (North Electric Reliability Council) criteria for the reliable operation of the asset and the grid.

The project will be delivered by the Hybrid Energy Network Operation Center (HENOC) in Fairfield, California.