IIT-Roorkee to work on energy efficiency with Powergrid Corp

Roorkee: The Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Roorkee on Friday signed an MoU with Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd (POWERGRID), state-run utility, on energy efficiency and sustainable energy.
The MoU targets to bring together academic and industry/corporate prowess, in building efficient, reliable and low-cost energy systems.
The main objective of this MoU is to have long term association between POWERGRID and IIT Roorkee in the area of Energy Management, the institute said in a statement.
POWERGRID is a Navratna Central Public Sector Enterprise and the Central Transmission Utility (CTU) of the country involved in Inter-State Electric Power Transmission Planning and Execution.