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SMARTCITY

INTRODUCTION enhanced energy efficiency, smart health examinations such as
The 'smart city' concept is gaining widespread limelight big time now. patient monitoring, sensor networks to improve public services,
It focuses majorly on the development of clean and green cities which infrastructure usage and safety, smart mobility for optimizing traffic
emphasizes on no facility downtime. The electrical industry plays a flows & improving road safety, and lastly city-wide network
justified role in this regard, for any smart city by ensuring safety, connections that are available to its residents and visitors.
continuous operation of any setup, measuring, and controlling several
relative parameters. In the smart city concept, the conventional infrastructure of housing
and utilities is equipped with modern fiber optic sensors and Gupta
Cities depend extensively on the electrical industry for constant Power is at the forefront of that technology.
power supply right from generation, transmission, distribution, and
even to optimize the power usage, to achieve the status of smart and Fire survival cables are the new reality of a smart city. With increased
efficient. The Electrical and power industry acts as a backbone for focus on electrical safety and in the light of fire hazards, Gupta
these kinds of plans. Power's fire survival cables are pioneering safety innovation and
making our hospitals, office spaces, residential spaces, malls and
GUPTA POWER- SMART SOLUTIONS FOR SMART CITY traffic junctions a safer place.
PROJECT
Clean, continuous, and reliable source of power is one of the key Green wires are another major innovation: They are marked by low
essentials of Smart Cities, where it becomes imperative to develop smoke, and are lead free and halogen-free. It's just a matter of
dedicated renewable sources generating clean and sustainable educating the end consumer on the benefits of green wires and
energy to cater to daily energy needs. Gupta Power's Distributed Gupta Power is carrying out campaigns to sensitize and educate
micro grids through rooftop solar panels can be used to augment consumers on the benefits of adopting Green Wires.
energy sources and cater to localized energy requirements.
Public lighting has been named 'the nervous system of a city',
Adoption of new age storage technologies at optimal costs will further connecting hundreds of thousands of streetlights with access to
boost renewable usage for smart cities because as of today, power across the city. Gupta Power's smart LED lighting is aligned
renewable continue to be an intermittent source of energy and needs with smart city goals of energy savings and optimization. Information
augmentation through thermal or fossil fuel based generation is paramount for any city nowadays, arguably even more important
sources.” than direct energy savings. Whether it's information regarding the
Other technologies such as digital sub-stations, smart meters and street lighting (functionality, electrical parameters) or the city itself
anti-theft cables will ensure seamless power distribution with minimal (pollution sensors, for example), Gupta Power's city managers prefer
AT&C losses to further support smart city infrastructure. to rely on solid data to optimize city processes and operations.

GUPTA POWER'S FOCUS AREAS AND HOW IT ALIGNS WITH IN CONCLUSION
THE SMART CITY CONCEPT The objective of a smart city is to use digital communication and
The HTLS conductors are a breakthrough innovation in the technology to optimise the usage of resources such as energy, water,
transmission of electricity. Through smart grid implementation, and roads and infrastructure and improve governance, transportation,
monitoring, control and real-time measurement of generation, health care, and waste management. From energy perspective, a
transmission, and distribution of electrical energy have become smart city will be able to optimise the electricity consumption of the
possible and hence the reliability of electric supply is improved. city by being able to record the real-time data pertaining to different
residential, commercial and industrial spaces. A smart city is
Gupta Power's cutting-edge optical fiber is not only advancing smart
equipped with smart grids which facilitate this collection and
broadband internet connections but doing a lot more. Optical fiber
transferring of electricity-related data throughout the city, free from all
cable is ideal to accommodate today's smart city applications as well
hassles and wouldn't even require manual labour.
as future technologies. The existence of fiber optic cables opened the
opportunities to have ultra-broadband and low latency communication Gupta Power aims to empower the smart city resident so that he
in cities as opposed to the traditional copper cable network, which would essentially have excellent control over his or her electricity
had its own limitations. consumption and ultimately would be able to optimise the expenses.
Electrical safety is of utmost priority along with product quality.
The high-bandwidth and low-latency characteristics of fiber facilitate
numerous key applications in smart cities, including smart grids for After all, smart electrical solutions power a smart city.
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