India Braces for Sizzling Summer; Power Demand to Peak to 270 GW

NLDC has recommended shifting planned outages and optimizing energy storage

March 10, 2025

/ B.S. Nagaraj
/ Demand Response, Grid
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India’s National Load Despatch Centre (NLDC) has forecast that energy shortages will be more pronounced from April to October with the most significant shortages to be recorded in May. The unmet demand during the non-solar hours could exceed 15 GW between April and September.

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