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Behind the Meter: Grid, Solar, Storage and Generation on One Indian Site

Four sources of power now arrive on the same busbar at Indian sites, and something has to decide between them continuously. What that changes about the generating set you buy, and how a hybrid installation should actually be specified.

GensetPedia Technical Desk · 6 min read

Market & Industry

How Diesel Gensets Keep India's Telecom Towers Running

Telecom is DG's second-largest end-user segment — not because of a few huge installations, but thousands of small ones.

8 min read

Market & Industry

Why EV Charging Stations in India Are Turning to Diesel Generators for Backup Power

DC fast chargers pull enormous, spiky loads — and India's EV charging network is scaling faster than the local grid in many locations.

8 min read

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Riddance Engineering's Job at an RMC Plant, and Why a Batching Line Can't Lose Power

A CPCB IV+ Greaves set at a ready-mix concrete plant. Concrete has about two hours from the moment the water goes in, and nothing stops that clock — which is what makes this a harder job than the kVA figure suggests.

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Supernova Engineers: Inside a 1985 Ahmedabad Genset Maker's Perkins & Volvo Penta Range

Founded in 1985 and manufacturing since 1987, Supernova Engineers has shipped 60,000+ diesel gensets from two Gujarat plants -- here's what the company's own published range, from 9 kVA to 2,250 kVA, actually covers.

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Medium-Speed Large Generators (MSLG): Powering Refineries, LNG Terminals, and Nuclear Plants

Beyond conventional HHP gensets sits a specialized class of 3-10 MW industrial generators — a different buyer, a different engineering problem entirely.

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