Seeking to scale investment in green energy corridor for maintaining RE grid stability: MNRE Secretary

The Union Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE) is seeking to suggest an enhanced outlay for their greenish corridor strategy to guarantee determination exists the close infrastructure to sorb the renewable vigor being produced, Santosh Sarangi, Secretary astatine the Union Ministry held Monday.

“We are besides proposing a substantially bigger outlay for our greenish vigor corridor strategy which volition guarantee that states person the close benignant of equipment, the retention strategy and evacuation infrastructure nether the intra-state web to grip renewable vigor evacuation,” helium stated.

Speaking astatine the manufacture assemblage Confederation of Indian Industries’ Annual Business Summit (2026), Mr. Sarangi mentioned curtailment, that is, erstwhile the proviso of renewable vigor exceeds a grid’s quality to utilise it, arsenic an imperative contented that indispensable beryllium addressed.

“Ability of the grid to sorb the renewable vigor which is getting injected is highly crucial,” helium mentioned, adding, “More deployment of artillery retention vigor system, grid forming inverters, synchronous condensers volition really supply that pathway,” helium stated.

Separately, successful his address, Mr. Sarangi besides stated the ministry is besides mulling connected bringing successful inducement strategy for floating star projects and agri-photovoltaics, arsenic they question to guarantee that renewable vigor adoption is decentralised and not concentrated to circumstantial states.