Improving Transmission Planning : Examples from Andhra Pradesh and West Bengal

Development of power transmission networks requires long lead times and substantial capital. Optimization of investment is especially critical in fast-growing economies such as India’s, where there are competing demands on financial resources, and...

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Main Authors: Saraswat, Kavita, Gupta, Amol
Format: Brief
Language:English
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Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2016
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spelling okr-10986-247022021-05-25T10:54:40Z Improving Transmission Planning : Examples from Andhra Pradesh and West Bengal Saraswat, Kavita Gupta, Amol power electricity transmission grid capacity poverty reduction energy efficiency planning Development of power transmission networks requires long lead times and substantial capital. Optimization of investment is especially critical in fast-growing economies such as India’s, where there are competing demands on financial resources, and utilities need to maintain adequate cash flow to expand electricity service for economic growth and poverty reduction. As shown by examples from Andhra Pradesh and West Bengal, integrated, iterative planning of transmission and distribution using appropriate software can provide the necessary optimization while meeting the objectives of expanding grid capacity, maintaining system stability, and improving efficiency. 2016-07-15T14:50:06Z 2016-07-15T14:50:06Z 2016-07 Brief http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2016/07/26552751/improving-transmission-planning-examples-andhra-pradesh-west-bengal http://hdl.handle.net/10986/24702 English en_US Live Wire;No. 2016/65 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research Publications & Research :: Brief South Asia India
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topic power
electricity transmission
grid capacity
poverty reduction
energy efficiency
planning
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electricity transmission
grid capacity
poverty reduction
energy efficiency
planning
Saraswat, Kavita
Gupta, Amol
Improving Transmission Planning : Examples from Andhra Pradesh and West Bengal
geographic_facet South Asia
India
relation Live Wire;No. 2016/65
description Development of power transmission networks requires long lead times and substantial capital. Optimization of investment is especially critical in fast-growing economies such as India’s, where there are competing demands on financial resources, and utilities need to maintain adequate cash flow to expand electricity service for economic growth and poverty reduction. As shown by examples from Andhra Pradesh and West Bengal, integrated, iterative planning of transmission and distribution using appropriate software can provide the necessary optimization while meeting the objectives of expanding grid capacity, maintaining system stability, and improving efficiency.
format Brief
author Saraswat, Kavita
Gupta, Amol
author_facet Saraswat, Kavita
Gupta, Amol
author_sort Saraswat, Kavita
title Improving Transmission Planning : Examples from Andhra Pradesh and West Bengal
title_short Improving Transmission Planning : Examples from Andhra Pradesh and West Bengal
title_full Improving Transmission Planning : Examples from Andhra Pradesh and West Bengal
title_fullStr Improving Transmission Planning : Examples from Andhra Pradesh and West Bengal
title_full_unstemmed Improving Transmission Planning : Examples from Andhra Pradesh and West Bengal
title_sort improving transmission planning : examples from andhra pradesh and west bengal
publisher World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate 2016
url http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2016/07/26552751/improving-transmission-planning-examples-andhra-pradesh-west-bengal
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