ABSTRACT
India is among the world’s high-growth economies, and as its share in the global gross domestic product continues to rise, so does the demand for reliable and uninterrupted energy supply. Coal-based power generation in India caters to approximately 70% of the energy supplied to the grid, contributing around 2,000 million tonnes of CO2 to the environment. The variable nature of renewables is forcing conventional energy sources to continue at partial load and become more flexible in their operations to serve the base load requirements of the grid. Digitalisation will drive cost-efficiency with digital twin solutions leveraging automation of end-to-end processes in power plants or an entire off-shore platform being managed remotely, efficiently and with less people. India is faced with challenges such as an aging energy infrastructure, uncertain oil prices that make overall energy costs unpredictable, blackouts due to natural disasters or other events, which raise concerns over grid resilience and energy security of systems.
