Wind Energy Sector in India - Shakti Sustainable Energy Foundation

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Wind Energy Sector in India
Shakti Sustainable Energy Foundation
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Wind Energy Sector in India

• Wind capacity deployment 4 times in less than 10
  years
• Still not considered mainstream power source
• Better understanding of some key aspects can
  lead to aggressive deployment

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Wind Potential and Location
Wind has limited potential and is far away from
load centres!
Potential Estimates for India at 80m (GW)
Potential not a constraint, close to load centres
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Availibility of Wind Power
Wind Power is intermitent!
Scheduling and forecasting mechanisms enhance
predictability Wind penetration in Spain 17.1
in 2011 18.1 in 2012
Wind is Variable but not predictable
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Integration of Wind Power with the Grid

• Very difficult to manage!
• Possible to integrate with presence of
• Well defined grid planning and operation
  principles
• Balancing power and associated cost
  sharing/market mechanisms
• Regional cooperation
• Possible immediate solutions
• RE investment zones along with transmission
  planning
• Flexible and fast ramping generating/consumption
  options
• Conventional fuels as bridge to RE

Variable RE (wind) can be integrated with the
grid at large scale
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In comparison to Conventional Power
Wind cannot replace conventional power!
Wind can serve base load
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Wind sector performance in India
Wind sector performance has been grim!

• gt70 of Indias RE capacity 10 of power
  capacity 50 of RE generation
• Improving CUFs and net foreign revenue earner for
  Indias economy
• Saved 41 million tonnes of coal imports during
  11th Plan
• Estimated forex savings of INR 19,800 cr during
  11th Plan

Wind leads RE development in India and adds
economic value
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Why is wind important for India
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