Honeywell & TPDDL deploy first-of-its-kind smart grid project in India

By Swati Sanyal Tarafdar,

Added 28 May 2015

Together they connect more than 160 commercial and industrial facilities to trim energy use and costs, and help further improve supply efficiency; claim broad adoption of technology could cut peak electricity consumption in India by almost 7 percent

TPDDL is using Honeywell technology and services to link more than 160 buildings in its distribution network

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High-end commercial and industrial consumers in the TPDDL territory with individual connected load of more than 100 kilovolt-amps (kVA) volunteered for the project. As they signed up, Honeywell and TPDDL conducted site audits, and worked with the building owners and operators to identify and implement changes to help temporarily trim consumption. Conservation measures include turning off commercial and industrial loads like banks of motors, pumps, fans and condensers for a short period.

TPDDL is using Honeywell's Akuacom software as a service (SaaS) and smart
meters to communicate with the building systems at the participating sites, and automatically apply the load-shed measures when the grid is overburdened.

By participating, commercial and industrial customers can cut their energy use and costs without compromising operations. The collective decrease in consumption gives the grid operator more tools to balance supply and demand, and help avoid power disruptions.

In addition, ADR helps reduce greenhouse gas emissions and the need to run expensive peaking plants, which typically sit idle until customers require more electricity than the utility is able to provide using its primary, base-load generators.

"TPDDL is steering the country toward a smarter, more dynamic electrical grid where utilities and their customers collaborate to solve broad challenges," said Anant Maheshwari, president of Honeywell India. "This project will help support the development and expansion of smart grid solutions in India. Honeywell is also committed to provide a simplified ADR solution for companies with less of a connected load to boost participation."

Honeywell is a pioneer and leader in ADR with 20 programs underway in the United States and around the world, including groundbreaking projects in Australia, China, India and the U.K.

TPDDL has also successfully demonstrated the ADR-enabled smart grid solution at the India Smart Grid Week 2015 conference in March.

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