Raj Kumar Singh dedicates Automatic Generation Control to nation

Power and new and renewable energy minister, Raj Kumar Singh has dedicated Automatic Generation Control (AGC) to the nation. The AGC sends signals to power plants every four seconds to maintain the frequency and thereby reliability of India’s power system. It will help in achieving the government’s target of 500 GW non-fossil fuel-based generation capacity by 2030.

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About the Automatic Generation Control:

• Automatic Generation Control will be operated by Power System Operation Corporation (POSOCO) through National Load Despatch Centre.
• POSOCO will send signals to every power plant through AGC every 4 seconds to maintain the frequency and reliability of the Power System.
• R.K. Singh has also released a report titled “Assessment of Inertia in Indian Power System”. It has been prepared by POSOCO with the help of IIT Bombay.
• India has achieved an installed capacity of 150 GW of renewable energy and aims to achieve a renewable energy capacity of 175 GW in 2022.

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