Message-ID: <199504181559.IAA25850@cdp.igc.apc.org> Date: Tue, 18 Apr 1995 08:59:07 -0700 From: Tom Gray <mailto:tgray@IGC.APC.ORG> Subject: --India Moves Up in Wind To: Multiple recipients of list DEVEL-L
/* Written 8:54 AM Apr 18, 1995 by tgray in igc:energy.news */INDIA CONTINUES WIND BUILDUP, SEES PRICES MOVING LOWER
India's Ministry of Non-Conventional Energy Sources says that country may become the world's second leading producer of wind energy (after the U.S.) during the next three years, according to Modern Power magazine.
By the end of this year, total installed wind capacity is expected to reach 116 MW in seven states, with 80 MW of that total being privately-owned projects. By the end of 1995, another 150 MW should be added, and projects totaling some 900 MW are under discussion. If all of this capacity is built, it would put India in serious competition with Germany, where wind farms totalling around 700 MW should be in place by the end of 1995.
The capital costs of new wind projects are comparable to those of new thermal power plants, the ministry said, and are expected to decline in the future, while conventional energy costs are project to rise.
The Tamil Nadu Electricity Board (TNEB) plans to add 80 MW of wind to an existing installed base of 88 MW by April, 1995, the article said. Karnataka's state government is building a 5-MW project at Kappatguda, and Vestas RBB India, Ltd., is installing a 2-MW facility, with nine 225-kW turbines, for the Karnataka Power Corp. and the Kerala Electricity Board.
In other international news, Belgian turbine manufacturer WindMaster has won a contract from the Israel Electricity Corp. (IEC) for construction of a 7.2-MW wind farm consisting of 24 300- kW units. The turbines will have 50 percent Israeli content by value. _______________________________________________________________________________
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