DNV GL conducts study on India's renewables
Published by Sarah Smith,
Assistant Editor
Energy Global,
DNV GL has been contracted by Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) to conduct a major control reserve study for the southern region of India. It is the first control reserve study to be conducted in this part of the world and aims to quantify the control reserve requirements that are needed to balance the energy supply from wind and solar and energy demand, according to the renewable energy plans of India’s southern states by 2022.
In 2016, the Indian Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE) announced a renewable energy expansion programme, with the stated aim of generating 175 GW of green power by 2022. This is planned to include 100 GW of solar and 60 GW of wind power. India already has an installed renewables capacity of 83 GW, plus 31 GW under development and a further 35 GW out for tender, according to the World Economic Forum.
The study is a further element in India's drive towards expanding renewable energy. It forms a part of the Indo-German Energy Programme (IGEN), a joint initiative of the German Ministry of Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) and the Indian Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE) implemented by GIZ India. The study was carried out on behalf of the Southern Regional Power Committee (SRPC), a Government of India enterprise, and covered the southern states of Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Telangana and Andhra Pradesh.
For the study, DNV GL utilised its Renewable Energy Integration Study and Control Reserve Dimensioning Services to quantify the secondary and the tertiary control reserve requirements that will enable optimal sharing of power between the states. Dimensioning of the states' control reserves will help ensure efficient and cost-effective integration of large-scale renewable energy supplies. DNV GL will provide recommendations to SRPC for control reserve requirement identification based on the final report.
Read the article online at: https://www.energyglobal.com/special-reports/26052020/dnv-gl-conducts-study-on-indian-renewables/
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