From The Economic Times · ET Bureau · · 1m 10s
Grid Stability Milestones Needed for Clean Energy
India's clean energy target requires grid stability milestones to avoid system failures.
In brief
India's clean energy target requires grid stability milestones to avoid system failures. India's 500 GW non-fossil capacity target by 2030 needs parallel grid stability milestones to prevent system failures. Originally reported by The Economic Times.
India's 500 GW non-fossil target
India's 500 GW non-fossil capacity target for 2030 should be matched by parallel grid stability milestones rather than treated only as a capacity target.
Grid stability challenge
A grid designed for small, predictable generators now absorbs increasing shares of small, weather-dependent, power-electronic generation.
Immediate grid stability measures
The report suggests resolving the legal form of the grid-forming mandate and notifying a single instrument with defined thresholds for battery energy storage systems above 50 MW.
Grid inertia and system strength requirements
It recommends defining and notifying minimum requirements for grid inertia, rate of change of frequency and system strength across the country and in renewable energy-rich regions.
Grid enhancing technologies
The report focuses on completing corridor-identification exercise for grid enhancing technologies and congestion management.
National framework needed
A notification for a model national framework with bounded parameters for deviation settlement and demand flexibility was recommended.
The one thing
India's 500 GW non-fossil capacity target by 2030 needs parallel grid stability milestones to prevent system failures.
