The State Renewable Energy Data Centre, a facility to monitor renewable energy generation in real time, will be up and running in six months at Vydyuthi Bhavanam in Thiruvananthapuram. The centre will have a video wall of myriad screens that will not just beam real-time data from solar generation facilities but various other related environmental aspects that are pivotal to the generation. Once it turns operational, Kerala State Electricity Board’s (KSEB) Renewable Energy and Energy Savings (REES) division will be able to analyse the performance of renewable energy generation more accurately in real time and manage grid operations better. Consyst plans to upgrade the system in the next phase of the project with its machine learning-driven product to forecast energy generation and trigger alerts. Hydroelectric projects in the State account for 1,338 MW of power generation compared to 161 MW power being generated through solar energy.

Source: The Hindu June 23, 2020 12:31 UTC