Speaker: Akul Raizada – Energy and Climate Policy Consultant
India’s transition towards renewable energy is reshaping its energy landscape, but fully integrating renewables into the national grid presents significant challenges. This webinar will explore key barriers and innovative solutions, focusing on grid flexibility, transmission bottlenecks, energy storage, and investment strategies.
Topics covered:
- Identifying challenges in grid flexibility and transmission bottlenecks with actionable strategies for renewable energy integration.
- Highlighting the urgent need for investment in grid infrastructure to enhance reliability and support India’s energy transition.
- Examining the role of Battery Energy Storage Systems (BESS) and exploring modernisation strategies to accommodate growing renewable capacity.
- Introducing real-time market optimisation and time-of-day pricing to improve grid efficiency.
- Discussing the importance of Viability Gap Funding (VGF), supportive policy frameworks, and private investment.
The webinar will take place on Zoom at 6pm GMT on Thursday, 27th February.
Registration
Attendance is free of charge. To register, please click here.
About the Speaker
Akul Raizada is a leading expert in energy and climate policy, specialising in EU and Indian energy frameworks, industrial decarbonisation, and feedstock emissions. His recent publication, India’s Broken Power Economics: Addressing DISCOM Challenges (Institut français des Relations Internationales, IFRI), sheds light on critical policy gaps in India’s energy sector.
With extensive experience in strategic planning, stakeholder engagement, and high-impact policy analysis, Akul has played a key role in shaping corporate and regulatory strategies within the energy transition space. He has led transformative initiatives at Nexans and Faurecia (FORVIA) and has advised on European innovation frameworks.
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