Renewable energy integration in Indian electricity market

An ambitious target of 175 GW installed capacity of renewable energy sources by 2022 has been put forth by the Government of India. It is imperative that a sustainable regulatory and commercial framework is put in place to facilitate forecasting, scheduling, imbalance handling and settlement framework of renewables. This will enable electricity market access to renewables at both intra-state and inter-state level. Flexibility of the conventional generation fleet needs to be tapped for balancing the intermittency and variability associated with renewables especially wind and solar generation. This paper presents the existing legal & regulatory framework, challenges and way forward for RE integration in India.