Govt releases draft national wind-solar hybrid policy

New Delhi, June 14: The government has sought public comments on draft national wind-solar hybrid policy which aims at providing a framework to promote large grid connected windsolar PV system for optimal and efficient utilisation of transmission infrastructure among others.

“Draft National Wind-Solar Hybrid Policy has been prepared and being placed .... for comments/ suggestions/views of the stakeholders,” ministry of new & renewable energy said on its website, adding that the “the comments/ suggestions/views on the draft policy may please be sent... by June 30, 2016.”

The goal of the policy is to reach wind-solar hybrid capacity of 10 GW by 2022, it said. Further, the “policy aims to encourage new technologies, methods and way outs involving combined operation of wind and solar PV plants,” it added.

The main objective of the policy is to provide a framework for promotion of large grid connected wind-solar PV system for optimal and effi ci en tu ti lisa ti on of transmission infrastructure and land, reducing the variability in renewable power generation, thus, achieving better grid stability.

Solar and wind power being infirm in nature impose certain challenges on grid security and stability.

Studies have revealed that solar power and winds are almost complementary to each other and hybridisation of two technologies would help in minimising the variability apart from optimally utilising the infrastructure.