Wind power by state

Kutch
Suzlon surpasses 1100 MW milestone at Asia’s largest wind farm in Kutch, Gujarat.

Ahmedabad: Continuing to attract wind power project developers, Gujarat added the highest capacity for wind power generation in 2019-20. The state had also grabbed a lion’s share of the new wind power capacity installed across India in the last fiscal.

Tamil Nadu
Tamil Nadu is the greatest producer of wind energy in India, according to the National Institute of Wind Energy (NIWE) reports 2020.

Wind power projects with the cumulative generation capacity of 1,020.3MW were installed and commissioned in Gujarat from April 2020 to March 21. With these new installations, Gujarat’s current operational capacity for generation of power from wind energy sources stands at 8,561.8MW as against 7541.5MW in 2019-20.

Wind Power Projects (200.9 MW) As a commitment towards environment care and to have green foot prints, GMDC ventured into harnessing the wind energy and commissioned 200.9 MW wind turbines in Kutch, Porbandar, Devbhoomi Dwarka, Jamnagar, Rajkot and Bhavnagar upto 2016.

Jaisalmer Wind Park, India The 1,600MW Jaisalmer wind park is India’s biggest wind farm. Developed by Suzlon Energy, the project features a group of wind farms located in the Jaisalmer district of Rajasthan, India.

Potential of Wind Energy in India

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Through the National Institute of Wind Energy (NIWE), the government has installed more than 800 wind monitoring stations. The assessment undertaken by the country’s National Institute of Wind Energy suggests a gross wind power potential of 302GW in India at 100m above ground level.

Jaisalmer Wind Park
Jaisalmer Wind Park, India The 1,600MW Jaisalmer wind park is India’s biggest wind farm. Developed by Suzlon Energy, the project features a group of wind farms located in the Jaisalmer district of Rajasthan, India.

This project addresses not only the power demand–supply gap in the state of Gujarat, but also assists in sustainable growth, conservation of resources, and reduction of greenhouse gas emissions into the atmosphere.

India has an offshore wind energy potential of around 70 GW in parts along the coast of Gujarat and Tamil Nadu. India started planning in 2010 to enter into offshore wind power, and a 100 MW demonstration plant located off the Gujarat coast began planning in 2014. In 2013]

The total wind installed capacity in Tamil Nadu is 7633 MW. During the fiscal year 2014–15, the electricity generation is 9.521 GWh, with about a 15% capacity utilization factor. Maharashtra is one of the prominent states that installed wind power projects second to Tamil Nadu in India.

As of now there are 50 developers registered with state nodal agency “Maharashtra energy Development Agency” for development of wind power projects. All the major manufacturers of wind turbines including ReNew Power, Suzlon, Vestas, Gamesa, Regen, Leitner Shriram have presence in Maharashtra.