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WIND ENERGY SCENARIO Figure 2: Wind power potential and power installed in seven wind states
IN INDIA in India (MNRE, 2020)
India had installed renewable
140
energy capacity of 84GW at the
end of November 2019. This 120
includes 37.28 GW from wind 100
energy, 32.52 GW from solar, 80
9.94 GW from bio-power and Wind power (MW)
4.65 GW of small hydro plants. 60
The government has set a target 40
of installing 175 GW of
20
renewable energy capacity by
0
2022 including 100 GW from Guj RJ KNK MH AP TN MP
solar, 60 GW from wind, 10 GW State
from biomass and 5 GW from
small hydropower projects Potential at 120m agl Potential at 100m Installed Capaity-2019
(Joshi and Abdi, 2020).
Source: (MNRE, 2020)
At present 31.68 GW capacity
projects are at various stages of
industry and has shown potential maps at 50 m, 80 m and
implementation and 18.68 GW
consistent progress. The 100 m and presently, in the
capacity projects are under
expansion of the wind industry process of assessing wind
various stages of bidding. The
has resulted in a strong potential at 120 m above ground
overall capacity addition in the
ecosystem, project operation level. The latest assessment
sector is likely to stand between
capabilities and manufacturing indicates gross wind power
8.5 GW and 9.0 GW in the
base of about 10,000 MW per potential of 292 GW (Figure 2)
current financial year, the same
annum. The country currently for seven windy states at 120m
level as the last fiscal. The share
has the fourth highest wind above ground level (MNRE,
of renewable energy in the
installed capacity in the world 2020).
country's overall power
with total installed capacity of
generation rose from 5.6 per cent WIND TURBINES AND
38.78 GW as of February 2021
in 2014-15 to 9.2 per cent in 2018- RESULTING WASTE
(NPP, 2021).
19 (Joshi and Abdi, 2020). Wind A typical wind turbine (WT) has
Wind is an intermi ent and site-
power installations in India a foundation, a tower, a nacelle
specific source of energy and
reached 2.07 GW in the financial and three blades. The
therefore, an extensive Wind
year (FY) 2019-20, a 31% increase foundation is made from
Resource assessment is essential
as compared to 1.58 GW in the concrete; the tower is made from
for the selection of potential
FY 2018-19. Wind power steel or concrete; the nacelle is
sites. The Government of India,
represents 10.1% of the total made mainly from steel and
through National Institute of
installed power capacity in India copper; the blades are made
Wind Energy (NIWE), has from composite materials
as of Q1 2020 (Parikh, 2020).
installed over 900 wind- (Schmidt, 2016). The materials
India's wind energy sector is led
monitoring stations all over commonly present in wind
by indigenous wind power
country and issued wind turbines, and by extension in
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