Earth System Science Organization, India Meteorological Department (IMD) and Power System Operation Corporation, an arm of Power Grid Corp, have inked an agreement to use weather information/forecast in the power sector.
"ESSO, IMD and <g data-gr-id="16">POSOCO</g>... signed a Memorandum of Understanding for <g data-gr-id="23">optimum</g> use of weather information/forecast in the power sector," a press release issued by the Ministry of Earth Sciences said. As per the MoU, all weather information provided by Earth System Science Organization (ESSO-IMD) shall be used by the power system operators across India for better management and for the
purpose of analysis.
It provides that ESSO-IMD shall make available current weather information for identified stations; and forecasts at different time scales of temperature, humidity, wind speed, wind direction, rainfall and other meteorological parameters of the identified stations/sectors. The parties have agreed to provide expert opinion and knowledge support in areas of weather information and its impact on <g data-gr-id="19">power</g> distribution system. As per the agreement, the Power System Operation Corporation (<g data-gr-id="21">POSOCO</g>) shall endeavour for economic assessment of impact of weather and climate information and regular feed mechanism shall be put in place for continued upgrade of services.