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States urged to sell surplus wind energy
Why in the news ?
- At the annual meeting of the Indian Wind Power Association, a resolution has been passed that urged State Electricity Boards to arrange to sell surplus energy generated through power exchanges.
Details
- According to the chairman of the wind power association, in Tamil Nadu, which has 8,700 MW of the 34,000 MW installed wind energy capacity in the country, 6,234 million units of wind energy was generated between April 1 and August 5 this year.
- Tamil Nadu has the highest installed capacity in the country with around 7.5 GW and its state regulations are very much favourable to wind power development.
- Several other States have 4,000 to 5,000 MW each.
- Evacuation of wind energy is better in States such as Gujarat and Karnataka.
- "When the load drops, the State Electricity Boards should not back down wind energy generation. Instead, they should look at options such as spot selling of the excess power or swapping it with power deficit States,” chairman said.
- Similarly, some States have settled all the dues for the power purchased from wind energy generators. In States such as Tamil Nadu and Maharashtra, the dues are pending.
Wind power in India
- India accounts for approximately 4 per cent of the total global electricity generation and contributes 4.43 per cent to the global renewable generation capacity.
- India has the 4th largest installed capacity in wind power after China, U.S and Germany.
- The total installed capacity of wind power in India as on March 2017 is around 32 GW.
- A recent study by National Institute of Wind Energy (NIWE) has shown wind energy potential of 302 GW at 100 m hub-height in India.
- Wind Energy has spread across the South, West and North regions of India.
- The ppotential of wind energy is concentrated in the states of – Andhra Pradesh, Gujarat, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu and Telangana.
- Tamil Nadu has the highest installed capacity in the country.
- Maharashtra has the 2nd highest installed capacity of about 5 GW followed by Gujarat with 3rd highest installed capacity of around 4 GW in the country.
Source
The Hindu, IBEF