India inaugurates 11 renewable energy management centres

The facilities have AI-based RE forecasting and scheduling tools.

India dedicated 11 renewable energy management centres as part of its drive to ramp up renewables’ share in the power mix.

India’s power minister R.K. Singh said the renewable energy management centers are equipped with Artificial Intelligence based RE forecasting and scheduling tools and provide greater visualisation and enhanced situational awareness to the grid operators.

The Renewable Energy Management Centers (REMCs) are co-located with the State Load Dispatch Centres (SLDCs) in Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh, Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh, Gujarat & Rajasthan and in RLDCs at Bengaluru, Mumbai and New Delhi and at the NLDC. Presently, 55GW of renewable capacity (solar and wind) is being monitored through the eleven REMCs.

The government approved the implementation of the REMCs as a central scheme and had mandated POWERGRID, a Maharatna CPSE under the Ministry of Power as implementing agency. These REMCs are being managed by Power System Operation Corporation of India Ltd. (POSOCO) at regional and national level and at state level by State Load Despatch Centres (SLDCs).