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

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

3. Global Renewable Scenario
Total Installed RE Capacity 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

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

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

6. 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

7. Initiatives by POWERGRID

8. 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

9. 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

10. 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

11. 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)