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CEA issues draft SOP for mandatory third-party fire safety audits of BESS
By December 15, 2025December 15, 2025

The Central Electricity Authority (CEA) has released a draft Standard Operating Procedure for mandatory and independent third-party fire safety audits of Battery Energy Storage Systems. Comments from stakeholders and the public are open until 11 January 2026. The draft Standard Operating Procedure has been prepared under the proposed CEA Measures relating to Safety and Electric…

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Transformer Protection: Ensuring Safety and Reliability in Power Systems
By September 21, 2024November 21, 2024

Transformers face several risks and potential faults that, if left unaddressed, could lead to system failures. Transformers can experience both external and internal faults. External faults include short circuits, overloads, and over-voltages that originate outside the transformer but impact its operation. On the other hand, internal faults occur within the transformer itself and may include…

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