6 September, 2015
The Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (“MNRE”), Government of India, through the National Institute of Wind Energy (NIWE), an autonomous institute of MNRE, has announced the “Indian Wind Resource Atlas : Online GIS”, with a tracking level of 100 metres, using scientific combination of satellite and one of the world’s largest number of measured (1,300 locations ) ground data. The NIWE (formerly C-WET) had released the Indian Wind Atlas at 50m and indicative values at 80m hub heights in April 2010 in collaboration with RISO-DTU, Denmark.
The new Indian Wind Atlas is an important online GIS (Geographic Information System) tool for identification of the regional and local wind energy potential in India. It contains average annual values of Wind Speed (m/s), Wind Power Density and Capacity Utilization Factor (CUF) calculated for an average 2 MW turbine at 100 m.
India has an installed capacity of renewable power of about 36,500 MW, of which wind power has a significant contribution by way of 24,000 MW installed capacity – mainly in the states of Tamil Nadu, Maharashtra, Gujarat, Rajasthan, Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh.
In order to meet the Government’s ambitious goal of 60,000 MW of wind power by 2022, it is necessary to provide reliable background information on the geographical variation and magnitude of Indian wind resource and an estimated gross technical potential spread across entire country at today’s wind turbine hub heights. This information is essential for policy makers, private parties, Government agencies and other stakeholders of the industry to move towards achieving the ambitious goal as envisaged by the Government. The Atlas module can also be used for solar power projects to check parameters for selecting a site.
For further information, please contact:
Alfred Adebare, Lex Counsel Law Offices
aadebare@lexcounsel.in
