Instead of working independently, the new thinking in the renewable energy sector is that solar power and wind farm projects must be developed as hybrid projects with battery backup. This strategy of joining forces, it is pointed out, can only spell good news for the energy security of the country.
“While smaller solar and wind hybrid projects have come up in the country, we will soon see larger scale solar-wind hybrids. One is a 160 MW national project with battery backup to come up in Andhra Pradesh and another one is part of a 1.2 GW tender at finalisation stage,” says Ramesh Khymal, CEO, Siemens Gamesa India (SGI), who is also chairman of CII’s renewable energy and infrastructure sub-committee.
