Renewable-Energy

RENEWABLE ENERGY SECTOR GUJARAT SCENARIO: WIND POWERGujarat has the second largest Wind Power Plant installed capacity in the country which is about 3250 MW .Annually generating about 5447 million units of electricity.Gujarat: At a GlanceWind Power Density in Gujarat, W/m2• Potential: 12000 MW• Installed Capacity: 3250 MW till date• Cost: USD 1 million per MW• The Centre for Wind Energy Technology, anautonomous R&D institution under MNRE, hasidentified and approved 40 sites for wind energydeployment with annual average wind powerdensity greater than 200 W/sq. m. at a 50 mheight in Gujarat• Over a period of last more than 25 years morethan 65 sites have been monitored for the windspeed and wind power density, and over 50 siteshave been found feasible for harnessing windpowerSource: TERI, Gujarat Energy Development Agency