Wind producers in TN favouring power forecasting & scheduling
As per an article in The Hindu, Tamil Nadu a leader in wind power generation (installed capacity of around 7200 MW) in the country has, off late, been disappointing its wind power producers. TN’s state distribution company (TANGEDCO) has been shying away from purchasing power generated from these generators owing to poor evacuation facility and a “Banking” clause which empowers generators to claim the power previously injected into the grid.
Wind power producers have been making huge losses as TANGEDCO continues to discard the power that is being generated from these wind machines. But a positive side as a consequence of this, seems to be tilting in favour of forecasting & scheduling. Hon’ble CERC had recently barred all commercial settlements envisaged under the RRF mechanism.
Wind power producers (in same article) are betting on forecasting & scheduling to serve as a saviour for them. They say that an estimated declaration of power to be injected, beforehand, is expected to address most issues of TANGEDCO.
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