Digital Transformation and high penetration of renewable and distributed generation systems play a major role in shaping the current power system and its technologies around the world. India happens to be the fourth most valued nation in the renewable energy sector which implies the growth of businesses in the products as well as the services segment in this sector. With advanced control and protection systems, clients need state-of-art equipment along with expert engineers well-versed in hardware and software offerings from various manufacturers.
With a huge capacity of power generation being added every day, the need for testing and commissioning services is going up. However, there is a gap in the industry regarding expert technical knowledge and customizable solutions. Clients often face problems regarding the accuracy of the service provided and moulding a solution according to their needs. This is where exactly Minaatral Power Systems have a vital role to play.
Saravanan Balamurgan, CEO, Minaatral Power Systems states, “Our engineers are trained in-house with the latest equipment and software tools for providing our testing services. We have a frequent assessment of the engineers, and we encourage their participation in workshops and conferences. Every power system has its unique design and requirements. Hence, even our services and solutions are tailored to fit their exact problems. Our engineers also take care of
adjacent issues to ensure that the reliability of the system is intact”.
Factors Contributing To Unique Market Position
Minaatral Power Systems has a unique perspective with its service offering. Their offerings start from complete system design, its analysis and optimization, all the way up to testing and commissioning. The company’s target market includes public utilities and PSUs on one side, to private medium and large-scale process industries on the other. This helps them provide solutions to a wide range of customers.
Minaatral takes pride in the training and development facilities for their engineers. Their investments in state-of-the-art testing and diagnostic equipment can bear fruit only when the engineers can extract maximum value from them. Hence, the company’s major focus is on continual training and knowledge sharing sessions either in-person or online. They also provide customers with custom solutions based on their expert knowledge, including remote support with the technical team 24x7.
“Our consulting division provides our clients with tailormade solutions to the various requirements and problems. Our services include power system design, earthing system design, analysis, fault calculations, protection relay coordination and setting calculations, transient analysis and other system optimization services. We also provide maintenance contract services for their technical needs, such as fault analysis and event root cause reports”, mentions Saravanan.
Bright Future Ahead
The company offers testing and commissioning of protection and substation automation systems, which essentially forms the brain of the entire power network. With the digital transformation, these systems have increased their capabilities tremendously over the last 10 years. To keep up with this trend, Minaatral has invested in flexible and innovative equipment which adapt to hybrid environments where a combination of legacy systems and automation systems coexist.
The company’s major focus is on continual training and knowledge sharing sessions either in-person or online
Saravanan concludes, “We are aiming to add cyber security assessment and intrusion testing of power system assets such as substation and process industries as a part of our service portfolio. We are also developing in-house software for predictive maintenance of equipment based on data analytics and expert intelligence. The future is gearing up to be smart digital technologies with close-to-real-time analytics of power system events and decision making and Minaatral intends to be ahead”.
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