BRPL, TERI SIGN MOU TO EXPLORE OPPORTUNITIES, RESEARCH IN SOLAR ROOFTOPS
Power giant BSES Rajdhani Power Limited (BRPL) and The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI) have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) for two years to achieve the common goals and objectives. The MoU was signed between Amal Sinha (CEO, BRPL) and AK Saxena, Director, TERI. A senior official of the BSES said the both will jointly explore collaboration opportunities at utility level for capacity building programs and conducting research on solar rooftop PV, energy storage systems, electric vehicles, energy efficiency, demand side management and smart grid technologies for various stakeholders. Amal Sinha, CEO of BRPL said, “I am sure, the collaboration will foster path breaking research and explore newer collaboration opportunities at in the domain of emerging technologies. “This will also provide impetus in rooftop PV sector in NCT of Delhi by mitigating challenges faced by discoms,” he said.
“We are amongst the few utilities in India, which are engaged in actively propagating the roof top solar installations. BRPL has already implemented 8 MW of solar rooftop in its licenses area and estimates addition of another 20 MW during 2017-18,” Sinha added. As a part of the partnership, the two organisations will also identify and finalize different areas of carrying out the studies related to rooftop solar PV development for assessment of various issues, including technical and commercial issues, with higher penetration of PV into distribution grid. SR
The technical studies shall be conducted with objective of assessment of technical issues related to loading of feeders, static and dynamic voltage regulation, power quality, protection, etc. that may arise with higher penetration of solar rooftop systems in distribution grids. Expressing his views on the joint collaboration, A K Saxena, Director, electricity & fuels division, TERI said, “BRPL being one of the proactive discoms in the country. “we value this cooperation and I believe the outcomes of our study would enable informed decision making for large scale adoption of rooftop solar into their distribution grid,” he said. “This collaboration will help all the stakeholders, including BRPL, TERI and consumers. It will also help in improving the quality and reliability of power supply,” the official said. “The growing penetration of solar roof top systems into the distribution system may cause undesired effects in the operation of the distribution system in many ways. TERI will undertake this study to understand the challenges that may arise with higher penetration of solar rooftop systems in distribution grids,” he added. BSES Rajdhani Power Limited (BRPL) is a joint venture between Reliance Infrastructure Limited and Government of NCT of Delhi.
Source:ThePioneer
