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L&T Infotech Partners with IEEE for Cyber Security, IoT Analytics and Smart Equipmentedit
During the year, L&T Infotech has built strong capabilities across exponential technologies like IoT, Analytics and Cloud. This partnership will further enable the company to actively participate in developing standards through IEEE-Standards Association and IEEE foundation programs driving advancements and innovations that will enable betterment of entire ecosystem.
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Industry News: Information and Communications
4 Technologies To Make India Happier And Saferedit
Similarly, use of clean technologies can curb pollution. Modern technologies such as Big Data Analytics coupled with the internet of things (IoT) can aid in environment conservation and reducing air and water pollutants. With the advent of sophisticated and affordable sensors, there is a data tsunami.
IoTSmart cities – ushering India into the futureedit
The core principle of a smart city is to help redefine the urban space and make it citizen-friendly — far easier to navigate and thrive in — with a central focus on information technology as its driving infrastructure. Wastage of natural resources is minimised, making future growth sustainable while keeping costs low.
IoTSmart CitiesInternet of Things is set to change our livesedit
Not just mobile applications, smartphones have cleared the path for various other technologies to become accessible with ease. Wirelessly controlling your air purifiers and air conditioners has become simple, and VR glasses now cost a tenth of what they used to cost when combined with smartphones. Car owners can now not only ‘GPS-track’ their cars, but also monitor speeds and air-conditioning when they leave the car with their chauffeurs
IoTIndustry News: Education
Social infrastructure for IT development in focusedit
Companies said there was difficulty in attracting the right talents to the State and recommended that the government should, among other things, initiate action to modify the curriculum of engineering colleges in Kerala and set up more fablabs and future labs for skill development and capacity building.
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NTPC makes wind energy debut, commissions first project in Gujaratedit
India’s largest power company NTPC Ltd has commissioned its first wind turbine of 2 Megwatt at Rojmal wind power project in Gujarat having a total capacity of 50 MW. The power company is already present in power generation from coal, gas, hydro and solar. NTPC further said in FY17, its Koldam hydro station achieved highest ever generation of 3.225 billion units while its solar stations clocked a generation of 527 million units.
Renewable EnergyNew software for solar power billing from Mayedit
Haryana Renewable Energy Department (HAREDA) has said the billing software as per guidelines of the 2014 solar plant scheme is now ready. The development comes amid complaints that consumers were not getting the rebate mandated as per the solar policy, owing to glitches in ‘net’ meters.
Solar EnergyIndia, UK to jointly invest £240 mn in green energy sectoredit
India and the United Kingdom (UK) decided on Tues-day to jointly invest up to .C240 million in an India-UK fund to finance India’s rapidly growing energy and renewables market. The fund aims to leverage private sector investment from London and is likely to raise around RS 500 million initially.
Renewable EnergyCash-crunched discoms hinder growth of renewable energy projectsedit
Distribution companies’ (Discoms’) payment delays continue to pose a challenge for the growing renewable energy sector in India as it tries to achieve 175 gigawatts (Gw) of installations by 2022, said Mercom India in its latest report. The tariff in both solar and wind power projects fell to a historic low recently.
Renewable EnergyRenewable energy to be cheaper than fossil fuels in next 10 years: UN reportedit
In the next decade, renewable energy sources will be cheaper than fossil fuels. That statement, which is a beacon of hope for all, comes from a United Nations-backed report.
Renewable EnergyNext target: Mega solar power plantedit
By Chaitanya Deshpande
Taking a step towards green and renewable energy, the Shirdi temple is planning to install a mega power generation plant of 10MW soon. The solar power plant will generate enough electricity for the temple, its residential and food distribution complexes, super speciality hospital, schools and other projects. If that’s not enough, the plant will supply surplus electricity to the state’s power distribution company.
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