Later, chatting with businessline, Shivahare identified that a lot of the wind and photo voltaic capacities had been developing in sparsely populated areas comparable to Kachh and northern Gujarat, whereas the consumption centres had been in locations like Ahmedabad, Morbi, Rajkot and Vadodara.
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Massive plans for RE
Gujarat right this moment has 11,823 MW of wind and 14,182 MW of photo voltaic, totalling 26,005 MW. Between 2024-25 and 2030-31, the state expects so as to add 22,546 MW of wind and 24,694 MW of photo voltaic, which is able to take the whole RE capability to 73,245 MW. Throughout these 7 years, the state additionally expects so as to add 2,458 MW of coal (in 2028-29) and 1,620 MW of hydro capacities. As such, there’s a must construct ample transmission capability within the state.
“Should you apply for connectivity, we assure that we provides you with connectivity,” Shivahare advised the gathering at International Wind Day occasion.
He advised businessline that GETCO has been spending round ₹4,000 crore yearly on transmission infrastructure, so within the subsequent 8 years it will solely need to spend extra. Noting that GETCO is a worthwhile and under-leveraged firm, he stated that the Gujarat state authorities is analyzing of elevating loans for the tasks.
₹3.67 per unit storage price
In the meantime, the state has accomplished two tenders for battery based mostly vitality storage—in March and June—and has bought levellised prices of storage of ₹4.43 and ₹3.67 a kWhr, respectively. Every tender is for 250 MW of capability, however the second has a greenshoe choice for an equal capability. Two firms, Indigrid and Gensol, have bagged the tasks within the first tender and Gensol within the second.
GUVNL pays ₹4.48 lakh and ₹3.73 lakh per MW per 30 days to the businesses. The enter vitality might be equipped by GUVNL. The businesses are anticipated to take care of the battery storage system in order that the storage loss doesn’t exceed 15 per cent. The storage firms are to produce electrical energy for 2 hours every within the morning and night peak durations.
At current, Gujarat is assembly the morning and night peak demand by utilizing fuel based mostly energy crops, the place the per-unit price works out to ₹8.5 and ₹9 a kWhr. Battery-stored wind and photo voltaic works out significantly cheaper, Shivahare stated. Additional, since a battery may be switched on and off, “it provides us large flexibility in operation.”
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