Schneider Electric is a major player in the electronics and power sectors. They aim to showcase how they can cater to growing needs in automation and smart power terminals. Schneider supports large coal power projects in India and wants to enter the market for smaller players. They aim to provide reliable, safe and accurate control systems to help power generators commission on time. Schneider will also contribute to reducing power distribution inefficiencies in India by addressing outages and related issues. Smart power is an upcoming area that will revolutionize the sector through localized renewable energy generation. Cyber security is a major concern for the power sector, and Schneider provides cyber-compliant and secure systems and components to address this issue. IoT also has a role to play if

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The control system is the
most crucial part of the
power plant. Our main
aim is to have a reliable,
safe and accurate control
system.
Rodney Berg, Senior
Power Consultant,
Schneider Electric
Schneider Electric is a big name in the area
of Electronics and power sector. In an
interaction with EPR, Opening the talk on the
motive of projecting Schneider Electric in power
sector, RahulNargotra, Business Development
Director APAC Power Industry, Schneider
Electric said, “The motive is to showcase that
Schneider can cater to the growing needs of
automation, keeping in mind the innovations,
and smart power terminals that are coming up.”
Changing the future of automation
When asked about how Schneider can change
the future of automation in the power sector
in India, Rodney Berg, Senior Power Consultant
said, “In India, we support the super critical
projects, that are coal fired, that include IPPs,
NTPCs. We are also looking forward to enter the
revolutionised market for the smaller players.
We are also trying to address the growth need
of the country by supplying the control systems
that are accurate, helping the power generators
to commission on time and to provide a reliable
control system. The control system is the most
crucial part of the power plant. Our main aim
is to have a reliable, safe and accurate control
system.”
Reducing inefficiency of power distribution
Nargotra also talked about how Schneider will
contribute in reducing the inefficiency of the
power distribution. He said, “It is not about
producing a specific amount of electricity in
India. However, the main issue is to provide a
24x7 reliable power supply, which currently is
not met with. The mechanical failures also add
to the problems. Efficiency and advantage are a
mathematical calculation. There are also many
external factors that worsen the scenario. We
are looking into solving the outages and the
related issues that give rise to problems.”
Smart power
Smart power is an upcoming area that will
cause a revolution in the power sector. Speaking
more about smart power, Nargotra said, “In
the current scenario, smart power is a few
years ahead. For smart power, the cities need
to be smart, the citizens should be smart. The
generation of power will be within the city,
using renewable or gas based. The need for coal
based power generation will soon die out.”
Cyber security in Power sector
Cyber security is a major concern in a lot of
areas. “The cyber security is a major concern
for the power sector too. It is the prime
requirement. We have been selling systems in
the Middle East, Korean and other areas. For
our products, the clients should have a cyber
security compliant system. We press for the
same. We have a cyber offering at Schneider
that makes not just the system cyber compliant,
but event the components cyber secure too. We
have asked our clients to upgrade the system to
Windows 10 to make it safer from the point of
view from cyber security.”
IoT in Power sector
Internet of Things (IoT) is the new trend that is
catching up. When asked about the role that
IoT will play in the power sector, Berg says, “We
need a platform to build the whole IoT concept
and to bridge it with the power sector. The client
needs to understand the need to analysis before
going for IoT. We will need to understand and
convince the clients for the same.”
Changing the
face of power
sector