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Wind energy capacity addition may dip this year
The wind energy capacity addition in the State during the current financial year, which will end on Monday, is likely to be less than what it was in the previous years. ...Another reason is that most of the high potential and commercially remunerative areas have been exhausted. T. Kanagasabai, former additional chief engineer of the Board who dealt with non-conventional energy sources for 15 years, says Muppandal and the Aranvoimozhi Pass have reached saturation.
The replacement of old windmills with new ones will lead to higher production ...However, the idea of replacing the old mills may be workable only in clusters of windmills put up by a company or a group of companies. Those who have established one or two windmills may not find it profitable to go in for the new ones.
March 30, 2008
by T. Ramakrishnan
in The Hindu
The wind energy capacity addition in the State during the current financial year, which will end on Monday, is likely to be less than what it was in the previous years.
Though 237 MW has been added this year, a senior official of the Tamil Nadu Electricity Board hopes the figure will cross the 300-MW-mark eventually, as the Board has given approval for installation of more windmills. The unseasonal rain earlier this month in the southern districts, especially in Tirunelveli and Kanyakumari, affected their commissioning.
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