Wind Power Facilities in India | Tourist Places In India

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India mainly relies on fossil fuels like coal for its power generation. Experts have reported that the fossil fuel resources in India will get exhausted in another 100 years or so. Therefore the government of our country started looking at alternate sources of power such as wind and solar energy. Wind power was initiated in the 1990s and from then on it has witnessed considerable development. The growth of wind power generation in India is so drastic that within a short period of time India ranks fifth in terms of wind power capacity.

Among all the states, Tamil Nadu ranks number one with generating capacity of around 6007 MW which is nearly 50 percent of the total capacity generated through wind plants in India. The government has taken all possible efforts in increasing the number of wind power plants in our country so as to ensure that there will be enough power generation for future generations to come. In Tamil Nadu, wind power facilities are located at Cape Comorin, Kayathar, Muppandal, Perungudi, Chennai and in few other places too. In Andhra Pradesh, it is located in Puthlur and Hyderabad. In Gujarat, it is located at Lamda and in Chitradurga District of Karnataka.

S.No.	State	Owner		City	Total Capacity(MWe)
1	Andhra Pradesh	Puthlur RCI	Wescare (India) Ltd.	Puthlur	20
		Hyderabad APSRTC	Andhra Pradesh State Rapid Transit Corp.	Hyderabad	10
2	Gujarat	Lamda Danida	Danida India Ltd.	Lamda	15
3	Karnataka	Jogmatti BSES	BSES Ltd.	Chitradurga Dist.	14
4	Kerala	Ramakkalmedu	Subhash Ltd.	Ramakkalmedu	25
5	Madhya Pradesh	Jamgudrani MP	MP Windfarms Ltd.	Dewas	14
6	Maharashtra	Vankusawade Wind Park	Suzlon Energy Ltd.	Satara Dist.	259
7	Tamil Nadu	Cape Comorim	Aban Lloyd Chiles Offshore Ltd.	Cape Comorim	33
		Kayathar Subhash	Subhash Ltd.	Kayathar	30
		Muppandal Wind	Muppandal Wind Farm	Muppandal	22
		Gujdimangalam	Gujdimangalam Wind Farm	Gujdimangalam	21
		Chennai Mohan	Mohan Breweries & Distilleries Ltd.	Chennai	15
		Perungudi Newam	Newam Power Company Ltd.	Perungudi	12
		Kethanur Wind Farm	Kethanur Wind Farm	Kethanur	11
		Muppandal Madras	Madras Cements Ltd.	Muppandal	10
		Poolavadi Chettinad	Chettinad Cement Corp. Ltd.	Poolavadi	10