New Delhi, February 18 The integration of AI-driven technologies can be useful in managing the stability of the grid in India, where capacities are being added on a large scale, Union Minister Pralhad Joshi said on Wednesday.
Speaking on the sidelines of the ongoing AI Impact Summit here, the Minister of New and Renewable Energy said that projects are being added in gigawatts. Sometimes, during the peak solar hours, the generation will be high, and sometimes, due to weather conditions, it can also decrease.
When this happens, grid stability becomes an issue, Joshi said, when asked about the potential of AI in the clean energy sector.
"Wind doesn't always blow, and the sun doesn't shine for 24 hours. Taking this into account, when more generation is happening, when less generation is happening, and how we should manage our grid. For this technology, this AI-driven technology, a digital twin can be of help," he noted.
Joshi also said that the sector is facing issues of curtailment. Curtailment means the reduction of energy output from wind or solar sources, preventing clean energy from being fed into the grid.
The International Energy Agency (IEA) has also stated that with solar and wind, the share of variable renewables is expected to be significant by the end of this decade, and AI can help manage complexities in the power sector.
