We've discussed the ongoing challenges and opportunities with the Indian electrical grid on this blog in the past; There are many technologies and strategies that could be implemented to improve the overloaded grid in India, and many other parts of the world. 

Electronics For You (EFY) magazine focused on the Indian electrical grid in its latest issue and spoke to a TI smart grid expert about what is transforming the smart grid. The article discussed several important topics, including how a smart grid responds to an outage, the evolution of smart grid technologies and many security concerns.

TI's Shailesh Thakurdesai discussed the evolving smart grid communication standards, with various state utilities experimenting with different technologies like 2.4 GHz ZigBee and power line communication (PLC). 

Take a look at this full article (attached below) and let us know what you think. What are the biggest opportunities for the smart grid in countries like India?

Learn more about TI's smart grid solutions: www.ti.com/smartgrid

What is transforming the smart grid, EFY, Feb 2014.pdf
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