September 07, 2008

6 locations in Rajasthan identified for wind power projects

Mr Vilas Muttemwar union minister of state in the ministry of new & renewable sources said that there is potential for setting up wind power projects at 6 locations in Rajasthan. This indication came after wind resource assessment studies were carried out at 38 locations in Rajasthan.

They have wind power density of 200 watts per square meter or more. Based on this, a gross wind power potential of 5400 MW has been estimated in the state assuming land availability at 1% of potential areas and wind farm land requirement at 12 hectares per MW.

Indian government is promoting setting up of commercial wind power projects in India, including in Rajasthan, by providing fiscal incentives such as concessional import duty on certain components of wind electricity generator, excise duty exemption, 10 years tax holiday on income generated from wind power projects, benefit of accelerated depreciation and loan from Indian Renewable Energy Development Agency. Technical support including detailed wind resource assessment to identify further potential sites is provided by the Centre for Wind Energy Technology. This apart, preferential tariff is being provided for wind power in most of the potential states, including Rajasthan.