Govt tells Parliament: India curtailed 8.13 TWh of solar power in April-June to maintain grid stability
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Grid operators curtailed 8.13 TWh of solar power during April-June to maintain grid stability, even as India's peak electricity demand touched a record 270 GW, The Indian Express reported, citing the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy's briefing to Parliament.
The ministry said curtailment rose from 2,417 GWh in April to 3,235 GWh in May before easing to 2,481 GWh in June. According to the newspaper, the curtailed electricity was equivalent to about one-and-a-half days of the country's total power consumption during the quarter.
The figures underscore a growing challenge for India's energy transition. While solar capacity is expanding rapidly, transmission infrastructure and grid-scale storage have not kept pace. Coal plants also cannot be switched off completely during periods of high solar generation because they must remain available to meet evening demand, forcing operators to curtail excess daytime solar power. If you want to learn more about this, here is a CarbonCopy article.
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