Greening the Grid: Pathways to Integrate 175 Gigawatts of Renewable Energy into India's Electric Grid

Technical Report · Wed Jun 28 00:00:00 EDT 2017

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/1369119· OSTI ID:1369119

Cochran, Jaquelin ^[1]

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1. National Renewable Energy Lab. (NREL), Golden, CO (United States)

This fact sheet overviews the Greening the Grid India grid integration study. 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 a target of 175 gigawatts (GW) of installed RE capacity by 2022, including 60 GW of wind and 100 GW of solar, up from 29 GW wind and 9 GW solar at the beginning of 2017. Thanks to advanced weather and power system modeling made for this project, the study team is able to explore operational impacts of meeting India's RE targets and identify actions that may be favorable for integration.

• Research Organization: National Renewable Energy Lab. (NREL), Golden, CO (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE); United States Agency for International Development (USAID)
• DOE Contract Number: AC36-08GO28308
• OSTI ID: 1369119
• Report Number(s): NREL/FS-6A20-68745
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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target setting
planning
renewable energy targets