AleaSoft collaborates in the development of renewable solar and wind energies in India
AleaSoft: The electricity generation park in India is currently led by the generation of thermal origin, mainly coal. The wind and solar energies rank third and fourth in terms of installed capacity and the Government of India has set the goal of a significant increase in the coming years. In this context, AleaSoft collaborates with Power Grid Corporation of India, as a provider of solar and wind energy forecasting.
The electricity system of India is divided into five regions: North, Northeast, East, West and South. The integration of these regions is carried out by the system operator, National Grid, which is operated and maintained by Power Grid Corporation of India. The electricity system is interconnected with Bhutan, Bangladesh, Myanmar and Nepal.
India’s electricity generation park is largely thermal. Taking into account the data available up to February 29 of this year, out of the 369 GW installed, 62% correspond to thermal generation, which includes coal, lignite, gas and diesel. Coal occupies the first place in terms of installed capacity in the country, with 54% of the total.
The renewable energies represent 36% of the generation park in India, with the hydroelectric energy in first position. The large hydroelectric and small hydro power plants together constitute 14% of the installed capacity in the country. In fact, this technology occupies the second position in terms of installed capacity in the Indian mix.
The wind and solar energies rank third and fourth respectively, in terms of installed capacity. The wind energy, with 38 GW installed, represents 10% of all installed capacity, and the solar energy constitutes 9.3%, with 34 GW.
Source: Prepared by AleaSoft using data from the Central Electricity Authority (CEA).
The objectives of the Government of India regarding the development of renewable energy are ambitious. According to the National Electricity Plan (NEP), the goal is to increase the renewable capacity to 175 GW by 2022, an amount that does not include the large hydroelectric capacity. Currently, the renewable capacity without including the large hydroelectric is 87 GW. Specifically, it is expected that the solar energy capacity in that year will reach 100 GW and the wind energy capacity 60 GW. By 2027, the target is to reach 275 GW of renewable capacity.
AleaSoft, the company specialised in energy forecasting, is participating in this growing process of the renewable energies in India. This month marks the first quarter of its collaboration with Power Grid Corporation of India, India’s Central Transmission Utility (CTU) and the country’s largest electricity power transmission company. AleaSoft, together with other providers, has been supplying solar and wind forecasting services for the Renewable Energy Management Centers (REMC) of India since January 2020, after a year of testing and calibration of the forecasting models.
The service that AleaSoft offers to Power Grid consists of supplying generation forecasting for wind and solar power stations in the short term, including forecasts for next week, next days and next hours, with several granularities. At the moment, the stations from which AleaSoft obtains forecasts are located in the states Tamil Nadu, Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh in the South region and Gujarat, Maharashtra and Madhya Pradesh in the West region.
AleaSoft aims to continue helping the growth of renewable energy in India for the next years, as well as in other Asian countries.
Source: AleaSoft Energy Forecasting
