Power minister calls for creating energy storage capacity – EQ Mag Pro
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New Delhi : With massive renewable power capacity in the pipeline, the government has fast-tracked plans to build enough storage capacity to ensure no energy is lost.
Power minister RK Singh on Thursday held a meeting with state-run power companies, senior ministry officials, renewable energy developers and battery manufacturers for discussion on the
‘Report on comprehensive Policy Framework for promotion of Energy Storage in the Power Sector’.
The minister stated during the meeting that some storage needs to be added with the generation in order to ensure round the clock renewable energy. He further directed to prepare separate
guidelines on treatment of energy storage and resource adequacy.
To meet the target of 500 GW renewable energy by 2030, the minister directed officials to work out the requirement of storage capacity year wise in keeping with the upcoming addition of solar
and wind projects.
Source: uniindia
