Green Energy Corridors-I & II

Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd.

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 Future Power Scenario

Capacity requirement to be doubled by next decade and quadrupled in next two(2)

decades

Renewable Capacity Growth

35 31
Trends
30 200
180
165

Renewable Capacity in GW
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Penetration in %

160
18
20 16 140
13 120
15
10 100
10 80 55
6
60
5
40 25
10
20 3.5
0
2014 2017 2022 0
2002 2007 2012 2017 2022
Energy Penetration (%) Capacity Penetration (%)
Wind Small Hydro Biomass Solar
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 Renewable Generation Scale Up Plan

GoIs ambitious plan to add 1,00,000 MW solar and 35000 MW

Wind in next five years

About 20,000 MW through Solar Power Parks

MNRE issued in-principal approval for 16 solar parks in 10

states with total capacity 12,120 MW (each park-500/1000 MW)

Andhra Pradesh, Gujarat, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Meghalaya,

Punjab, Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu, Telangana, Uttar Pradesh
 Uniqueness of RE in Indian Perspective

Low : upto 5%

Medium : 5 to 10%

Large : >10%

Distinct Challenges in Grid Management

High Wind High Penetration in State

generation
during June to 1. Tamil Nadu (~ 35%)
August. 2. Rajasthan (~ 25%)
3. Karnataka (~ 25%)
All India level 4. Gujarat (~ 22%)
penetration 5. Maharashtra (~12%)
9% (max
achieved)
 Expected All India Duck Curve
(After considering 20000 MW of Solar Generation by 2021-22)

Head:
Evening Peak

Heavy Belly
& longer neck

Actual Demand
Neck:
Steep ramping

Net Load

Requires Enhance Ramping

Belly:
Flexibility and Storage Decrease in net load

Source: NLDC SCADA data, CAGR

 Renewable Integration - Challenges

Maintaining Real Time Load Generation Balance, Stability & Security of the
network: A Challenge

Variability
& Intermittency

Issues Partial Predictability

Location Specificity

Short Gestation period (9-12 months)

Power Flow Patterns & Supply Side Management
Reactive Power Management
Low Voltage Ride through
RE not capable of supplying Grid Support Services (Ancillary)
 Mitigating Measures for Integration of RE

Transmission to lead generation

Enlarge balancing areas through Strong Grid interconnections

Forecasting of Renewable generation

Dynamic Reactive Compensation

Flexible generation, Ancillary Services, Energy Storage etc. for

supply-balancing

Demand Side management, Demand Response and Storage for load

balancing
Real time monitoring & measurement
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 Green Energy Corridor-I

Green energy corridor to facilitate Grid

integration of large scale renewables

About 33GW capacity addition envisaged

through wind & solar in next 4-5 years

The Plan includes

Transmission Strengthening(s) Intra &
Inter
Dynamic reactive compensation
Energy Storage
Smart grid applications
Establishment of Renewable Energy
Management Centre enabling
forecasting of renewable generation, real
time monitoring, etc.

Green Energy Corridors-Inter State Transmission

 Green Energy Corridors-II

Green Energy Corridors-II would comprise transmission scheme required for integration
of solar (100GW) & wind capacity (60GW) envisaged in 13th plan by 2021-22

About 22,000MW Solar capacity proposed to be evacuated from Ultra Mega Solar Power
Parks in twelve (12) states
Inter-state transmission system(ISTS) : 17,600 MW including 7500MW in Leh/Kargil (J & K)
Intra state network : 4500 MW

Transmission scheme for NP Kunta solar park (1500MW)

in AP is under implementation

Tendering done for Pavagoda (Tumkur), Karnataka (2000

MW), Rewa (750 MW) Solar Park on priority.
Jalaun (270 MW) to follow soon.
 Needs for greater RE Penetration Levels

Transient Stability Studies to assess RE Penetration limits for given

resource composition portfolio

System Studies for assessment of balancing reserves to address

variability & ramping effect

Study to determine sizing and siting of reactive compensation in

terms of hybrid/dynamic reactive compensation

Tools & Infrastructure for Forecasting of Renewable generation

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Thank You !
Desert Power : Utilization of Wasteland
Contours of transmission plan-
Development of Hybrid EHV AC/ HVDC (VSC) / Super Conductor Transmission
system.
Interconnection of Desert Transmission Corridors with major load centers.
Desert Transmission Corridors integrated with other high capacity
transmission corridors associated with conventional generation complexes.

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