Renewable Integration Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd Manish Kumar Tiwari Asst. General Manager (Smart Grid)

Challenges to World Energy Development Resource Constraint Environmental Pollution Climate Change Source: Global Energy Interconnection: From Internet to Interconnection, Paper by GEIDCO; www.geidco.org Source: globalcarbonproject.org Source: www.behindenergy.com

Global Renewable Scenario Total Installed RE Capacity 2017 GW Hydro 1096 GW Wind 487GW Solar 303 GW Other (Bio Energy, Geo Thermal, Marine 131 GW Renewables consumption by region Million tonnes oil equivalent Renewables share of power generation by region Percentage 9% The highest ever growth rate in RE capacity additions during 2016 62% Renewable Energy as part of Net additions to global power generating capacity 161 GW Total increase in global RE capacity in 2016 despite 23% less investment 47% Share of Solar PV in newly installed renewable power capacity in 2016 2

Climate Pledges for COP-21 decouples power sector emission from electricity generation

Renewable Integration - Challenges Total Load All India Wind Gen. Apr-Sep’16 Net Load Date Months

Challenges and Solutions Distributed Bi-directional flow of Power Intermittent, Uncertain and Variable Partially Predictable Location Specific Short Gestation period Advanced planning for matching Infrastructure Flexibility in Generation: AGC, Lower Technical Minimum for thermal units, Standby Gas / Hydro Power plants Energy Storage Systems: Pumped Hydro, BESS Increased Balancing Areas Forecasting of Renewables Ancillary Service Market Flexibility in Load

Initiatives by POWERGRID

Green Energy Corridors-ISTS GEC Part A: KfW Tranche-I KISHENPUR GEC Part D :ADB MOGA GEC Part B: KfW Tranche-II BIKANER(New) Suratgarh Bhadla (PG) GEC Part C : KfW Tranche-III Bhadla (RVPN) GEC Part D : ADB Bikaner (RVPN) Didwana Jaipur Tr. Scheme for Solar Parks AJMER(N) Ajmer (RVPN) GEC Part B : Tranche-II Bhilwara GEC Part-A : Tranche-I CHITTORGARH(N) Kankroli BANASKANTA Chittorgarh (RVPN) S/W S/W Kutch BHUJ POOL Banswara/Pratapgarh S/W Sankhari Patan GEC Part C: Tranche -III Green Energy Corridors – Under development (Rs. 15,236 cr. ) 8

Green Energy Corridors-II (Solar Parks) Locations of Ultra Mega Solar parks Evacuation System for Solar Parks 34 Solar Parks in 21 states (20 GW) Evacuation System for Solar Parks of over 20,000 MW under Implementation POWERGRID assigned to implement evacuation system for 8 Solar Parks in 5 States (*) (Estimated cost Rs 4300 Cr) N.P Kunta (1500MW) Solar Park in District Anantpur, Andhra Pradesh, Ph-I commissioned Transmission system for other solar parks being implemented * 5 States Andhra Pradesh Rajasthan Gujarat Madhya Pradesh Karnataka

Renewable Energy Management Center 11 no. of REMC : 7 States + 3 Regions + 1 National level NRLDC Raj WRLDC MP Guj Mah SRLDC TN AP Kar NLDC NLDC NRLDC Rajasthan Gujarat MP Maharashtra WRLDC AP Forecasting of RE generation Real time tracking of RE generation from RE sources Scheduling solutions Karnataka SRLDC TN

Pilot Project on BESS Sl. No. Technology Capacity Package I Advanced Lead Acid 500 kW-30 Min (250 kWh) Package II Lithium ion Package III Flow 250 kW-4 hours (1000 kWh)