New Delhi, Feb. 9 -- The Centre has stepped in to resolve the green power quagmire of surplus production and insufficient transmission, following sweeping production cuts at solar and wind farms. The curtailment offers a temporary fix and keeps the grid stable, but results in steep losses for the developers, and threatens to derail India's ambitious green energy trajectory.

The new and renewable energy ministry has tasked the Central Electricity Authority (CEA) and the Grid Controller of India Ltd (Grid India) to jointly explore a resolution to this vexed issue, two people aware of the development said. The CEA is India's apex power sector planning body, while Grid India is the national power grid operator. Both agencies would conduct a ...