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Interview with Sandra Soares da Silva: Head, Energy Cell, KfW India

April 24, 2019

“We push for stringent quality checks” India’s energy transition has attracted a host of international organisations that have provided significant support, making the achievement of targets possible. With over Euro 3.5 billion currently invested in […]

Views of Pitamber Shivnani: President, Power Grids, ABB India

April 23, 2019

“Digital solutions are key to grid stability” Renewable Watch recently interacted with Pitamber Shivnani, President, Power Grids, ABB India, regarding the role of digitalisation in the renewable sector, on the sidelines of GRIDTECH 2019. Excerpts […]

Interview with Dr Ken Haig: Senior Director, Market Development and Regulatory Affairs, Oracle

April 22, 2019

“The Indian market is ready for digital disruptions” The mainstreaming of renewable energy in India is leading to multiple grid integration challenges for generation and transmission utilities. The power sector has begun its digital transformation […]

Views of Jatindra Nath Swain: Managing Director, Solar Energy Corporation of India (SECI)

March 27, 2019

“There is a need to devise a balancing mechanism” The intermittency and grid integration challenges of renewables underscore the heightened risk of curtailment, in terms of technical issues and misalignment with demand-supply forecasts. There have […]

Connectivity Challenges

March 26, 2019

The evacuation and integration of renewable energy faces various issues and challenges, which include high costs of transmission and energy storage systems, inadequate levels of accuracy in forecasting and suboptimal despatch optimisation. Transmission capacity addition […]