India's Solar Power Grid Stress Management

under review/analysis

A working paper by the Economic Advisory Council to the Prime Minister (EAC-PM) highlights that India's rapid solar power expansion is causing stress on the power grid due to inadequate storage capacity and the need for conventional power plants to ramp generation up and down sharply. The study discusses the challenges of managing demand swings and renewable output, the volatility in power demand and prices, and the need for increased energy storage systems such as grid-scale batteries and pumped hydro storage to smooth net load fluctuations.