The Indian Government is looking to use
gas-based power generation assets alongside renewable energy capacity to
expand low-carbon power infrastructure. India’s Minister for Power, Coal, and Renewable Energy, Piyush Goyal, recently stated
that his government is working hard to significantly increase
utilisation of gas-based power plants that have been either laying idle
or operating at very low plant load factor for several years to fill the
gaps left in power supply by renewable energy assets.
Goyal stated that renewable energy
projects are not suitable to meet the peak load and thus gas-based power
plants would have to be put into action. To increase generation at
existing power plants the government recently auctioned gas supply
contracts, and has also implemented a gas pooling mechanism wherein
power plants are supplied domestic and imported gas to reduced the
overall fuel price.
The Government is also taking measures to
reduce the cost of electricity from renewable energy assets. Goyal
recently announced that charges levied on inter-state transmission of
electricity from renewable energy projects shall soon be removed. India is working on a dedicated power grid for renewable energy projects which would supply power across states.
To further reduce the cost of
electricity, the Indian Government will also hold competitive auctions
for renewable energy projects based on technologies other than solar
power, as the central government and several state governments have
already auctioned off several gigawatts of solar power capacity. Early
next year, the government will auction offshore wind energy sites for the first time.
India aims to have an operational solar
power capacity of 100 GW and wind energy capacity of 60 GW by 2022 in
addition to 15 GW of other renewable energy technologies. In its
recently submitted pledge to the United Nations, India stated a target
of 250 GW of installed renewable energy capacity by 2030 and reduction
of emissions intensity by 40%.
http://cleantechnica.com/2015/10/28/india-targets-gas-renewable-energy-mix-low-carbon-power/
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