New Delhi: Delhi is set to witness a new record this winter in power demand which is set to rise to 5,480 Megawatt (Mw), 2.5 per cent higher than the demand of 5,343 Mw recorded in the last year’s winter months, according to private distributor BSES.
“The back-bone of BSES’ power-supply arrangements during the winter-months includes long-term agreements from power-plants, including Hydro and Delhi-based gas fuelled generating stations. Additionally, BSES is also receiving 190+ MW of wind power, 25 MW from Waste-to-Energy and 70 MW of solar power from SECI,” the discom said in a statement.
The firm is also being helped by over 90 MW of roof-top solar power installed on roof-tops in South, West, East and Central Delhi. “Apart from these, BSES discoms are using avenues like Banking, Reserve Shutdown, Power Exchange and ensuring sufficient Spinning Reserves to dispose of surplus power as well as ensuring reliable power supply, as also making arrangements to get power during summer months,” the statement said.
It also said that in case of any unforeseeable contingency, BSES discoms will buy short-term power from the exchange which is available at economical rates. It is also using advanced load-forecasting statistical and modelling techniques to accurately forecast the power demand.
