India’s national grid is currently 5th largest in the world and to maintain grid stability and power quality is a herculean task for the system. Managing variability of electricity load has been a difficult proposition for the grid operators in India to respond quickly to fluctuations in the power demand & supply. Apart from this, the rise in the solar & wind power, which now consist of over 13% of the generation mix in India, has led to increased variability on the generation side. The cumulative Renewable Energy based capacity addition target set by MNRE till the year 2022 is 175GW of which solar power target is 100GW (MNRE). Read More
