Extracted Data Points
- The Consultative Committee meeting for the Ministry of Power was held in Chandigarh
- Meeting was chaired by Shri Manohar Lal, Union Minister for Power
- Attended by Shri Shripad Yesso Naik, Minister of State for Power, Members of Parliament, Secretary of Ministry of Power, and senior representatives from power sector institutions
- Participating institutions included Central Electricity Authority, Grid Controller of India Limited, and Central Transmission Utility of India Limited
- Committee discussed grid stability requirements due to India's growing electricity demand
- Focus on large-scale renewable energy integration and increasing share of inverter-based generation resources
- Record renewable capacity integration of more than 50 GW achieved in a single year
- Grid stability identified as central to energy security
- Clean energy transition must be supported by reliable, flexible and resilient power grid
Initiatives Already Being Taken
- Resource adequacy planning
- Ancillary services
- Energy storage promotion
- Deployment of STATCOMs and synchronous condensers
- PMU-based monitoring
- Black-start mock drills
- Strengthening of technical standards
10-Point Action Plan for Grid Stability
1. Avoiding mismatch between commissioning of transmission lines and RE generation projects to avoid curtailment
2. Promoting pumped storage projects for long-duration storage to ensure resource adequacy and provide inertial support
3. Encouraging suitable bulk consumers closer to large renewable generation complexes to optimize transmission investments
4. Planning and deployment of equipment such as STATCOMs and synchronous condensers for voltage stability and system strength support
5. Establishing suitable regulatory and commercial mechanisms to harness flexibility services from renewable energy sources and storage systems
6. Periodic and timely review of technical standards for new technologies including battery energy storage systems, grid-forming inverters, electrolyzers and data centre loads
7. Strengthening compliance monitoring through periodic self-audit and compliance reporting by grid-connected entities
8. Improving renewable energy forecasting through better weather data, calibration and maintenance of weather stations, and installation of automatic weather stations in renewable energy plants
9. Enhancing grid resilience through strengthening of transmission and distribution infrastructure in weather-prone corridors, maintaining emergency restoration systems and augmenting black-start capability for faster restoration
10. Developing suitable framework for power quality and harmonics assessment in view of increasing penetration of inverter-based resources