Environment

The power trip

On the day the government elevated power minister Sushil Kumar Shinde;to the post of Union;home minister, half;of;the country was;in darkness after three of its;power grids;collapsed.;It was the second grid collapse in a span of 24 hours. A close look at why the grids failed and what needs to be done to stabilise them

DTE Staff

Published:31st Jul, 2012 at 5:31 PM

By Anupam Chakravartty, Date: July 31, 2012

Load on the grid will be about four times higher in August

By Chandra Bhushan, Date: July 31, 2012

Besides grid discipline, the power generation configuration in India needs to change to stabilise grids

A power grid is an interconnected network of high-power transmission lines that transmit electricity from a power plant to houses