Grid-India's renewable energy centre report for 6 July records solar curtailment of 3.95 million units and wind curtailment of 0.11 million units, both in Rajasthan. Every other state and central pooling station line reads "No Curtailment".
Why it matters
Compare the summer: the advisers' working paper puts combined curtailment at about 677 million units in April and 747 million units in May — roughly 24 GWh on an average May day.
The details
The waste and the want are two hours apart on the same chart. Monday's renewables peaked at 85,514 MW before noon; by 10 pm the intraday market was printing at the Rs 10,000 cap.
Who is affected
Storage that shifted even the curtailed 4 GWh across those hours would have earned nearly the full spread; in May, it would have had six times the material.
What's next
Even in the cloudy season, the midday grid has more energy than takers; the monsoon has merely narrowed the problem to the sunniest state. When the skies clear in September, the May numbers are the ones to watch again.
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