Water and Energy International

Table of Contents

• RESEARCH NOTE

  Base paper on gas insulated substations

• Gas Insulated Substations

  • Author: Nihar S. Raj

• Reliability of gas insulated switchgear and user expectations

  • Author: H.R. Patel, Punit Shukla

• REPORT (R&D)

  Report on national conference on gas insulated substations: 28 February & 1 March, 2013, New Delhi

• PROCEEDINGS PAPER

  Report of CIGRE WG A2-42 (transformer transportation) and workshop on transformer transportation by Mr. Asgeir Mjelve (norway) convenor of the working group - 30th January - 1st February 2013, New Delhi

• CASE STUDY

  Application of synchrophasors - a case study in northern regional power system in india

  • Author: Preksha Prabhakar Dalawai, ViVek Pandey

• RESEARCH ARTICLE

  Global Water Governance - A Framework for Analysis

  • Author: Srikanta Panda, Thomas Stratenwerth

• Business and urban water utility operations in India

  • Author: L.V. Kumar

• RESEARCH NOTE

  Those life saving extra seconds in the tunnel Burst

  • Author: R.K. Malhotra

• From water problems to water solutions

  • Author: Jeremy Bird

• REPORT (R&D)

  International seminar on hydro power & sustainable development – a report - 21–22 February 2013, Bhubaneswar

• PROCEEDINGS PAPER

  Workshop on design, construction and risk management in underground construction - 24–25 February 2013 at New delhi

• RESEARCH NOTE

  Tunnelling asia 2013 using underground space for infrastructure projects: Issues and challenges - 26–28 February 2013 at New delhi

• Growth of Installed Capacity

• Karjan Dam

• NEWS AND VIEWS

  Award for PGCIL

• Tata Power's Aap Tak Wins Award

• Award for Delhi Transco

• REC Monetary Assistance for Skill Development Centre

• TPDDL Opens Vocational Training Centre

• BHEL Becomes a Maharatna

• Delhi CM Lays Foundation Stone for BYPL 53rd Grid

• Financial Assistance by REC for Thermal Power Project

• CEA Invites Bids to Help Modernize Thermal Power Plants

• Tata, Reliance, GMR Urgejyotiraditya Scindia for Coal Price Pooling

• India's 1st Geothermal Power Plant to Come up in Chhattisgarh

• Dabhol Project Lenders Worried at Closure

• MSEDCL Opposes Sops for Private Wind Energy Firms

• DERC suggests Bailout Packages for Private Discoms

• PSPCL Proposes over 100% Hike in Service Charges

• Mumbai -Tata Power Bats for Rate Revision

• Solar Panels on Rooftops to Power Delhi Govt Buildings

• Electrifying Response to AP Solar Power Projects

• ANERT to Set up 2-MW Solar Power Plant at Palakkad

• Rail Budget Boost for Wind Power Sector

• Wind Energy Projects of 1,300 MW Capacity to be set up in MP

• Biomass Producers Want Electricity Duty Abolished

• ‘Indigenous biofuel can help meet energy demand’

• Andes Tunnel to be Americas’ Longest

• Maharashtra Ready to Buy Water from Karnataka

• Brahmaputra Dams not to Affect Water Flows to India: China

• WE Sign a new Irrigation Scheme Contract in India

• China Must Agree to Rules-Based Water-Sharing

• Chinese Dams cause of Concern: Arunachal Pradesh Chief Minister

• Dam Collapses in China, Thousands Evacuated

• India Wins Kishanganga case at the Hague Court

• Constitute Cauvery Management Board: TN

• Dripping with Irrigation Success

• IWMI Highlights Success of Drip Irrigation Project in India

• ABSTRACTS OF DISSERTATIONS OR ARTICLES

  Wind Turbine Generator Controls: Meeting Present and Future Grid Code Requirements

• The Romanian TSO's Power Quality Monitoring System as Smart Grids Component

• Market Integration in Europe: A Market Simulator Taking into Account Different Market Zones and the Increasing Penetration of RES Generation

• Planning and Operating Experience of the Hydro-Québec Smart Zone and its Role in Supporting the Evolution of the Distribution System

• Prediction of the Impulse Breakdown Voltage of the Mineral Transformer Oil from Predischarge Phenomena

• Development of the Information Platform for Organization of Data Measurements, Collection, Processing and Transfer between Power Facilities and Control Centers

• Quantification of Trends in Groundwater Levels of Gujarat in Western India

• The Use of RCC for Cofferdams

• Rainfall Downscaling in Time: Theoretical and Empirical Comparison between Multifractal and Hurst-Kolmogorov Discrete Random Cascades

• A Highly Efficient 2D Flood Model with Sub-Element Topography

• 3D Basic Motorway Map – The Klimkovice Tunnel

• Seasonal Variability in Groundwater Resources Available to Rural Communities in Western Kenya

• Impacts of Climate Change on Groundwater Recharge and Salinization of Groundwater Resources in Senegal

• Enhancing Resilience in Britain's Railway Infrastructure

• REPORT (R&D)

  Report on Redeveloping Railway Tunnels

• ABSTRACTS OF DISSERTATIONS OR ARTICLES

  Spatio-Temporal Variability of Streamflow in the Yellow River: Possible Causes and Implications

• FROM THE DESK

  From Editor's desk

  • Author: V.K. Kanjlia