Water and Energy International

Table of Contents

• RESEARCH NOTE

  Latest advances in substations – substation technologies

  • Author: K.K. Sarkar

• Trends in digital substations

  • Author: Rajil Srivastava

• Flexible AC transmission system (Facts)

  • Author: R.K. Sarkar, A.P. Gangadharan

• CASE STUDY

  Effective utilization of space by adopting hybrid switchgear technology – a case study

  • Author: B.P. Soni, D.R. Ghodakiya, B.R. Patel

• First below ground traction substation at church road (New Delhi) receiving substation – a case study

  • Author: Anoop Kumar Gupta, Mahendra Kumar

• PROCEEDINGS PAPER

  Workshop on latest advances in substations: 25th – 26th march 2014, New Delhi

• RESEARCH ARTICLE

  Controlling leakages in hydro structures - adoption of various methods - case studies

  • Author: M.M. Madan

• Testa concrete face rockfill DAM

  • Author: S.K. Aggarwal, B.K. Ojha

• Roller Compacted Concrete (RCC) recent developments and innovations

  • Author: Vijaykumar B. Ashtankar

• RESEARCH NOTE

  Growth of installed capacity

• Storage of important reservoirs in the country (as on 27 march 2014)

• NEWS AND VIEWS

  JERC approves sale of solar power at Rs 1.13 per unit

• GE launches new wind turbine for India

• BHEL to invest 3000 crores to build solar wafer production plant

• 1600 Mw Ennore power project gets environment nod

• Adani Power become top private power producer in India

• SJVN Ltd commissions 412 MW Rampur Hydro Electric Project

• Earth hour today: lights to be switched off globally at 8.30 pm for an hour on Saturday

• Power Discoms’ dependence on subsidy may rise in next year - ICRA

• Nuclear fuel complex to come up at rawabhata plant in Rajasthan

• Recharging rivers key to biz activity

• Declining groundwater table in Punjab: Central scheme to cover entire state

• Nile river DAM threatens war between Egypt and Ethiopia

• World faces ‘water-energy’ crisis: United Nations

• By ‘25, 3.4 Bn to live in water-scarce world

• ABSTRACTS OF DISSERTATIONS OR ARTICLES

  Steady-state and Transient EHV AC cable Shunt Reactive compensation Assessment

• Reactive Power control with CHP Plants -A demonstration

• PRIME as Open communication base for IEc61850 on the distribution network

• Statistics of Failures on Underground high voltage Power cables in Brazil

• Use of Reduced visual Impact designs on 220 kv and 400 kv Overhead Lines in Ireland and their Integration into the Landscape

• VSC-HVDC Transmission with cascaded Two-Level converters

• Substation Automation in the next decade: Predictable Steps and Sound visions

• A comprehensive Approach for Studying the Economic and Reliability Impacts of Greenhouse Gas Policies

• International Power Grid Interconnections in Mexico

• Tread Softly

• Tale of Two Tunnels

• Delhi's Belly

• Technologies Stabilising the Overburden and the Tunnel front Zone used during the Construction of the Blanka Complex of Tunnels

• Reconstruction of Velky Prešticky Tunnel – Stage 2

• Current Possibilities of Eliminating Expenses for Overbreaks in Conventional Tunneling

• Strelná Tunnel Reconstruction

• Assessment of Face Slab Cracks in High CFRds using the L&K-Enroch Model

• Study of the Behavior of CFRds Founded on Active Faults

• Controlled Blasting at Parsa East & Kanta Basan Opencast Mines for Safe and Efficient Mining Operations

• Simplicity: The Key to Success

• United Efforts at Grane Valley

• Timely Praise for Son La

• Xiangjiaba Hydropower Project: Asian project of the Year

• Embankment dam Construction on Mercia Mudstone

• Discharge Coefficient of Subsurface Weirs

• Determining Side-weir Discharge Coefficient using Anfis

• EDITORIAL

  From Editor's desk