NAMAKKAL: Anguished windmill owners have urged Tamil Nadu Generation and Distribution Corporation (TANGEDCO) to not curtail the transmission grid depending on the demand as it led to losses for them. They also list out issues facing them such as irregular payments, poor infrastructure, line loss and officials seeking bribes to clear the red-tape procedures among others.
Speaking to TNIE, Indian Wind Power Association chairman K Kasthurirangan said, “With over 8,000 windmills instaled in Tirunelveli, Udumalaipettai, Tiruppur, Dindigul, Thoothukudi and Kanniyakumari districts, Tamil Nadu has 25 per cent of the country’s total installed wind power generation capacity. However, the TANGEDCO has not utilised their 100 per cent capacity.”
