COVID-19: Impact analysis and recommendations for power sector operation

Autor: Vijay Mudgal, K.S. Reddy, Senthilkumar Subramanian, V. S. Sriraja Balaguru, Umashankar Subramaniam, Gm. Shafiullah, Taskin Jamal, Kannadasan Raju, Mohammad Taufiqul Arif, Rajvikram Madurai Elavarasan
Rok vydání: 2020
Předmět:
DSM
Deviation Settlement Mechanism
STATCOM
Static Var Compensator
SR
Southern Region
NERLDC
North Eastern Regional Load Dispatch Centre
02 engineering and technology
Plan (drawing)
ERLDC
Eastern Regional Load Dispatch Centre
PGCIL
Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd
Power systems
NRLDC
Northern Regional Load Dispatch Centre
Pandemic
NR
Northern Region
0202 electrical engineering
electronic engineering
information engineering
Indian power system
Global power systems
Emergency management
FY
Financial Year
IISD
Institute for Sustainable Development
ACT
Actual
General Energy
IR
Indian Rupee
SLDC
State Load Dispatch Centre
MCV
Market Clearing Volume
Load demand
FVI
Frequency Variation Index
NHPC
National Hydroelectric Power Corporation
Recommendations for sustainable power systems
SCH
Schedule
ER
Eastern Region
Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)
NER
North Eastern Region
WR
Western Region
020209 energy
WRLDC
Western Regional Load Dispatch Centre
RLDC
Regional Load Dispatch Centre
IEX
Indian Energy Exchange
Management
Monitoring
Policy and Law
Power sector
Article
Electric power system
SRLDC
Southern Regional Load Dispatch Centre
020401 chemical engineering
NLDC
National Load Dispatch Centre
MCP
Market Clearing Price
IEGC
Indian Electricity Grid Code
CERC
Central Electricity Regulatory Commission
0204 chemical engineering
USAID
United States Agency for International Development
NREL
National Renewable Energy Laboratory
Finance
Government
DISCOMs
Distribution Companies
CEEW
Council of Energy Environment and Water
business.industry
Mechanical Engineering
NTPC
National Thermal Power Corporation
COVID-19
RES
Renewable Energy sources
Building and Construction
POSOCO
Power System Operation Corporation
VDI
Voltage Deviation Index
UFLS
Under Frequency based Load Shedding
VAR
Volt Ampere Reactive
Electricity
business
PXI
Power Energy Exchange
Zdroj: Applied Energy
ISSN: 0306-2619
DOI: 10.1016/j.apenergy.2020.115739
Popis: Highlights • Investigation on potential impacts in power sector due to COVID-19 pandemic. • An analysis on Indian power system scenario during pandemic is presented. • Measures to combat unforeseen reduction and shifting of electricity demand. • Recommendations are provided for risk management in power and energy sector.
The demand of electricity has been reduced significantly due to the recent COVID-19 pandemic. Governments around the world were compelled to reduce the business activity in response to minimize the threat of coronavirus. This on-going situation due to COVID-19 has changed the lifestyle globally as people are mostly staying home and working from home if possible. Hence, there is a significant increase in residential load demand while there is a substantial decrease in commercial and industrial loads. This devastating situation creates new challenges in the technical and financial activities of the power sector and hence most of the utilities around the world initiated a disaster management plan to tackle this ongoing challenges/threats. Therefore, this study aims to investigate the global scenarios of power systems during COVID-19 along with the socio-economic and technical issues faced by the utilities. Then, this study further scrutinized the Indian power system as a case study and explored scenarios, issues and challenges currently being faced to manage the consumer load demand, including the actions taken by the utilities/power sector for the smooth operation of the power system. Finally, a set of recommendations are presented to support the government/policymakers/utilities around the world not only to overcome the current crisis but also to overcome future unforeseeable pandemic alike scenario.
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