Mini-grids can play a pivotal role in achieving these targets, by providing decentralised power to remote areas, using RE.
The Government of India plans to integrate 175 GW of variable renewables into the grid by 2022.
This project explores a general case methodology for designing mini-grids through a pilot project implementation, to provide a sustainable, economically viable and reliable supply of power to remote areas that face zero-to-poor energy access.
Energy access is a critical challenge in the Indian power sector.
Batteries are commonly employed as energy storage systems for PV stand-alone microgrid.
The Southern Region (SR) leads renewable energy (RE) deployment in India, having an installed capacity of about 43 GW as of December 2020.
Renewable energy is increasingly becoming cheaper than that derived from thermal power plants.
India, the world’s third-largest GHGs emitter, has its transport sector contributing 10% of total national GHG emissions, with road transportation contributing about 87% of the sector’s total emissions.
Mini-grids (MG) — the small power stations that are scaled-down versions of city power grids — are today recognised for their role in bringing reliability to power supply.
In 2016, we at the Center for Study of Science, Technology and Policy (CSTEP) were studying the electrification status of various villages in Karnataka.
The International Energy Agency published a report entitled ‘Southeast Asia Energy Outlook 2022’ last month.
The Ministry of Power (MoP) recently came out with renewable purchase obligation (RPO) targets for up to 2030.
To meet its global commitments, India is planning to reduce fossil-fuel-based power generation by targeting 500 GW of non-fossil fuel capacity by 2030.
