TY - RPRT KW - India KW - International energy studies group KW - Energy Analysis and Environmental Impacts Division KW - International Energy Department KW - Power sector AU - David Palchak AU - Jaquelin Cochran AU - Ranjit Deshmukh AU - Ali Ehlen AU - Sushil Kumar Soonee AU - S.R Narasimhan AU - Mohit Joshi AU - Brendan McBennett AU - Michael Milligan AU - Priya Sreedharan AU - Ilya Chernyakhovskiy AU - Nikit Abhyankar AB -

The use of renewable energy (RE) sources, primarily wind and solar generation, is poised to grow significantly within the Indian power system. The Government of India has established an installed capacity target of 175 gigawatts (GW) RE by 2022 that includes 60 GW of wind and 100 GW of solar, up from current capacities of 29 GW wind and 9 GW solar. India’s contribution to global efforts on climate mitigation extends this ambition to 40% non-fossil-based generation capacity by 2030. Global experience demonstrates that power systems can integrate wind and solar at this scale; however, evidence-based planning is important to achieve wind and solar integration at least cost. The purpose of this analysis is to evaluate the operation of India’s power grid with 175 GW of RE in order to identify potential cost and operational concerns and actions needed to efficiently integrate this level of wind and solar generation.

BT - Greening the Grid C2 - LBNL-2001011 DA - 06/2017 M1 - Executive Summary N2 -

The use of renewable energy (RE) sources, primarily wind and solar generation, is poised to grow significantly within the Indian power system. The Government of India has established an installed capacity target of 175 gigawatts (GW) RE by 2022 that includes 60 GW of wind and 100 GW of solar, up from current capacities of 29 GW wind and 9 GW solar. India’s contribution to global efforts on climate mitigation extends this ambition to 40% non-fossil-based generation capacity by 2030. Global experience demonstrates that power systems can integrate wind and solar at this scale; however, evidence-based planning is important to achieve wind and solar integration at least cost. The purpose of this analysis is to evaluate the operation of India’s power grid with 175 GW of RE in order to identify potential cost and operational concerns and actions needed to efficiently integrate this level of wind and solar generation.

PY - 2017 T2 - Greening the Grid TI - GREENING THE GRID: Pathways to Integrate 175 Gigawatts of Renewable Energy into India’s Electric Grid, Vol. I—National Study EXECUTIVE SUMMARY VL - 1 ER -