Wind Resource Potential
India’s wind power potential has been assessed at around 45,000 MW assuming 3% land availability for wind farms requiring @12 ha/MW in sites having wind power density in excess of 250W/sq.m. at 50 m hub-height. The potential for grid-interactive wind power would be less (around 15,000 MW) if sites having wind power density in excess of 300 W/ sq.m. at 50 m hub-height are considered in keeping with international practice.
Wind Resource Assessment
Under a special study sponsored for Wind Resource Assessment in the North Eastern Region, 22 wind monitoring stations have been set up with 25 m masts during 2005-06 in Tripura, Manipur, Mizoram, Assam, Arunachal Pradesh and Sikkim. Data collection from another 47 wind monitoring stations established under various programs is in progress. 21 Wind Monitoring Stations with 50 metre tall mast were commissioned in 11 states namely, Chhattisgarh, Haryana, Jharkhand, Kerala, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu, Uttar Pradesh and West Bengal. The C-WET has published 7th volume of Wind Energy Resource Survey in India containing wind energy resource data collected from 26 stations covering the States of Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh, Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh and Gujarat. It is also proposed to prepare a Wind Atlas for India under the UNDP-CEC CCF-II Project.
