Date of Publication :7th July 2016

Abstract: Status of a country is known by its per capita consumption of energy. With rapidly increasing demands of electricity, limited coal and fossil fuels and pollution by them, the importance of renewable energy is increasing. Different forms of renewable energy, being dependent on nature, keep on varying. Electrical storage is limited and very costly. Similarly, the demand of power is also fluctuating during different times of the day. To address the existing limitations, the solution lies in moving towards smart grid which allows smooth integration of renewable energy sources with the non-renewable energy sources. Smart grid can achieve desired results by use of intelligent controllers. The intelligent controller in a smart grid can be used for maintaining uninterrupted and stable power balancing the supply and demand. This paper provides an introduction to the present installed capacity of power sector wise & source wise for nonrenewable and renewable energy, Renewable energy plans of India, a brief on India-One nation one grid, emerging synchrophasor technology and advantages of synchrophasor technology. The steps taken by India to proceed towards smart grid by synchrophaser technology using Phasor Measurement Units (PMU), Phasor Data Concentrator (PDC) and Wide Area Monitoring System (WAMS) network are explained. A brief on transmission & theft losses is given. It also explains the use of intelligent controller to minimise power theft and area identification of power theft. Expected changes likely to occur in few years are given which indicate we are proceeding towards one grid for whole world.

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