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The Hindu
The Hindu
National
Sanjay Vijayakumar

Tamil Nadu saw underdrawal of power from grid, amid green energy generation in September

Tamil Nadu witnessed underdrawal of power from the Inter State Transmission System in September 2023, amid higher renewable energy generation.

The State’s peak power demand in September was 16,809 MW and the energy requirement was 10,014 million units, as per the data from the Central Electricity Authority (CEA), under the Union Ministry of Power.

According to the policy note of the State’s energy department for 2023-24, the total installed power capacity in Tamil Nadu stands at 34,706.16 MW as on April 1. Out of it 8,739.01 MW or 25.18% is from wind, while 6,539.23 MW or 18.84% is from solar.

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