Shri Piyush Goyal Releases Report of Technical Committee on Large Scale Integration of Renewable Energy
Shri Piyush Goyal Releases Report of Technical Committee on Large Scale Integration of Renewable Energy
Committee Recommends 15 Point Action Plan for Facilitating Large Scale Integration of Renewables
Committee Recommends 15 Point Action Plan for Facilitating Large Scale Integration of Renewables
Shri Piyush Goyal, Union Minister of State (IC) for Power, Coal and New
and Renewable Energy released Report of the Technical Committee on Large
Scale Integration of Renewable Energy, Need for Balancing, Deviation
Settlement Mechanism (DSM) and associated issues here today. Shri Goyal
also launched Ancillary Services Operations in India.
Speaking on the occasion, Shri Piyush Goyal said that this is going to be a game changing report which will set up unparallel benchmarks in the world. The Minister assured to diligently work on recommendations of the report. Taking about the grid management, he said that now his team will take up ‘one nation, one grid, one price 24X7’ on mission mode. Shri Goyal explained his action plan for international support by informing that India will provide free of cost technical support for strengthening of grid systems of the neighbouring SAARC countries and under developed countries in other part of the world. Shri Pradeep Kumar Pujari, Secretary, Ministry of Power, Shri Upendra Tripathi, Secretary, Ministry of New and Renewable Energy, Shri Devendra Choudhary , Secretary DAPRG , Dr, Pramod Deo, Chairperson, CERC and other senior officials of CERC, POSCO, CEA, PGCIL etc were also present at the event.
India has set an ambitious target of achieving 175 GW of renewable generation capacity. In order to integrate such high penetration of renewable energy and address the concerns of the stakeholders in renewable energy, a high level Technical Committee was constituted with members from Ministry of Power, Central Electricity Regulatory Commission (CERC), Central Electricity Authority (CEA), renewable rich states like Gujarat, Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu, West Bengal, Power Utilities like PGCIL, Power System operation Corporation Ltd. (POSOCO), NTPC, State Generating companies and Private generating companies and Institutions like India Meteorological department (IMD), National Institute of Wind Energy (NIWE), National Institute of Solar Energy (NISE), GIZ, Ernst & Young (E&Y), etc. The committee had extensive deliberations and has recommended several actions, such as bringing flexibility in the conventional generation, frequency control, generation reserves, ancillary services, forecasting, scheduling, deviation settlement mechanism, balancing requirement, data telemetry and communication, Renewable Energy Management Centres (REMCs), Transmission system augmentation and strengthening as well as certain compliance actions at renewable generation front.
The Committee has put forth a 15 point Action Plan for facilitating large scale integration of renewables in the country, in a secure and reliable manner. Some of the actions have been completed with active support of CERC, State Energy Regulatory Commission (SERC), NIWE and other stake holders. Regulatory Framework for Intra-State Settlement and Imbalance Handling has already been implemented in 5 states. For Model Regulations for Regulatory Framework for Forecasting, Scheduling and Imbalance Settlement for Renewable Energy (RE) generators have been published in Nov. 2015 and Draft regulations have already been floated by 6 States. Other States are in the process of formulation. Regulatory Framework for Reserves at inter-state level have been issued in Oct. 2015.
Ministry of Power (MOP), MNRE, GIZ, POSOCO and States are working together to prepare the DPR for implementation of Renewable Energy Management Centres (REMCs). DPR for Southern States and Southern Regional Load Despatch Centre (SRLDC) is under finalisation and combined NIT would be floated soon.
CEA as Planners would specify Technical Standards and Protection Requirements for Renewables. Focus has also been given on Capacity Building of State Load Despatch Centres (SLDCs) particularly in RE Rich States. Report also talks about the Newer Technologies say Micro-Grids, Demand Response, Prosumers, Electricity Storage, Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicles etc. Thus all the recommendations aim at making the grid secure and reliable even with large scale integration of renewables.
In an electricity grid, the basic services are power generation, energy supply and power delivery from the producer to the consumer. Some system support services such as frequency and voltage control are required for secure & reliable grid operation. These support services are known as ‘Ancillary Services’ and are basically procured and pressed into service by the System Operator. Amendment to the Tariff policy has also been notified, which mandates implementation of Ancillary Services. The Regulatory framework for implementation of Ancillary Services Operations has been notified by CERC. National Load Despatch Centre (NLDC) operated by POSOCO has been designated as Nodal agency for implementation of Ancillary Services. Ancillary Services is being implemented for the first time in the country and would help in better grid management even with large scale renewable generation addition in the grid.
The initiative undertaken by the committee would not only lead to smooth and secure grid operation with large scale integration of renewable but is also environment friendly and would help in fulfilling our commitment to green and clean environment. It would reduce the carbon foot print and help in meeting our commitment towards reduction in carbon emission.
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Speaking on the occasion, Shri Piyush Goyal said that this is going to be a game changing report which will set up unparallel benchmarks in the world. The Minister assured to diligently work on recommendations of the report. Taking about the grid management, he said that now his team will take up ‘one nation, one grid, one price 24X7’ on mission mode. Shri Goyal explained his action plan for international support by informing that India will provide free of cost technical support for strengthening of grid systems of the neighbouring SAARC countries and under developed countries in other part of the world. Shri Pradeep Kumar Pujari, Secretary, Ministry of Power, Shri Upendra Tripathi, Secretary, Ministry of New and Renewable Energy, Shri Devendra Choudhary , Secretary DAPRG , Dr, Pramod Deo, Chairperson, CERC and other senior officials of CERC, POSCO, CEA, PGCIL etc were also present at the event.
India has set an ambitious target of achieving 175 GW of renewable generation capacity. In order to integrate such high penetration of renewable energy and address the concerns of the stakeholders in renewable energy, a high level Technical Committee was constituted with members from Ministry of Power, Central Electricity Regulatory Commission (CERC), Central Electricity Authority (CEA), renewable rich states like Gujarat, Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu, West Bengal, Power Utilities like PGCIL, Power System operation Corporation Ltd. (POSOCO), NTPC, State Generating companies and Private generating companies and Institutions like India Meteorological department (IMD), National Institute of Wind Energy (NIWE), National Institute of Solar Energy (NISE), GIZ, Ernst & Young (E&Y), etc. The committee had extensive deliberations and has recommended several actions, such as bringing flexibility in the conventional generation, frequency control, generation reserves, ancillary services, forecasting, scheduling, deviation settlement mechanism, balancing requirement, data telemetry and communication, Renewable Energy Management Centres (REMCs), Transmission system augmentation and strengthening as well as certain compliance actions at renewable generation front.
The Committee has put forth a 15 point Action Plan for facilitating large scale integration of renewables in the country, in a secure and reliable manner. Some of the actions have been completed with active support of CERC, State Energy Regulatory Commission (SERC), NIWE and other stake holders. Regulatory Framework for Intra-State Settlement and Imbalance Handling has already been implemented in 5 states. For Model Regulations for Regulatory Framework for Forecasting, Scheduling and Imbalance Settlement for Renewable Energy (RE) generators have been published in Nov. 2015 and Draft regulations have already been floated by 6 States. Other States are in the process of formulation. Regulatory Framework for Reserves at inter-state level have been issued in Oct. 2015.
Ministry of Power (MOP), MNRE, GIZ, POSOCO and States are working together to prepare the DPR for implementation of Renewable Energy Management Centres (REMCs). DPR for Southern States and Southern Regional Load Despatch Centre (SRLDC) is under finalisation and combined NIT would be floated soon.
CEA as Planners would specify Technical Standards and Protection Requirements for Renewables. Focus has also been given on Capacity Building of State Load Despatch Centres (SLDCs) particularly in RE Rich States. Report also talks about the Newer Technologies say Micro-Grids, Demand Response, Prosumers, Electricity Storage, Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicles etc. Thus all the recommendations aim at making the grid secure and reliable even with large scale integration of renewables.
In an electricity grid, the basic services are power generation, energy supply and power delivery from the producer to the consumer. Some system support services such as frequency and voltage control are required for secure & reliable grid operation. These support services are known as ‘Ancillary Services’ and are basically procured and pressed into service by the System Operator. Amendment to the Tariff policy has also been notified, which mandates implementation of Ancillary Services. The Regulatory framework for implementation of Ancillary Services Operations has been notified by CERC. National Load Despatch Centre (NLDC) operated by POSOCO has been designated as Nodal agency for implementation of Ancillary Services. Ancillary Services is being implemented for the first time in the country and would help in better grid management even with large scale renewable generation addition in the grid.
The initiative undertaken by the committee would not only lead to smooth and secure grid operation with large scale integration of renewable but is also environment friendly and would help in fulfilling our commitment to green and clean environment. It would reduce the carbon foot print and help in meeting our commitment towards reduction in carbon emission.
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110 Villages Electrified last week under DDUGJY
110
villages have been electrified across the country during last week (from 11th
to 17th April 2016) under Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Gram Jyoti Yojna
(DDUGJY). Out of these electrified villages, 24 villages belong to Arunachal
Pradesh , 24 in Assam, 21 in Jharkhand, 18 in Rajasthan, 6 in Bihar, 4 in
Chhattisgarh, 4 in Odisha , 5 in Madhya Pradesh, 2 in Manipur and 2 in Uttar
Pradesh . The progress of ongoing electrification process can be tracked on http://garv.gov.in/dashboard
An
update on ongoing electrification process
In
view of the Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi’s address to nation, on
Independence Day, Government of India has decided to electrify remaining 18,452
unelectrified villages within 1000 days i.e. by 01st May,
2018. The project has been taken on mission mode and strategy for
electrification consists of squeezing the implementation schedule to 12 months and
alsodividing village electrification process in 12 Stage milestones with
defined timelines for monitoring.
7,343
villages have been electrified till date. Out of remaining 10,665 villages, 444
villages are uninhabitated. 7,189 villages are to be electrified through grid,
3,057 villages to be electrified through off- grid where grid solutions are out
of reach due to geographical barriers and 419 villages are to be electrified by
State Govt own. Total 1654 villages were electrified during April 2015 to 14th
Aug 2015 and after taking initiative by Government of India for taking it on
mission mode, 5,689 additional villages have been electrified from 15th
August 2015 to 17th April,2016. In order to expedite the progress
further, a close monitoring is being done through Gram Vidyut Abhiyanta (GVA)
and various actions are also being taken on regular basis likereviewing the
progress on monthly basis during the RPM meeting, sharing
of list of villages which are at the stage of under energisation with the state
Discom, identifying the villages where milestone progress are delayed.
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