Government banks on taller towers to expand wind energy scope
The ministry of new and renewable energy (MNRE) is coming with a new wind potential map which would assess power generation capacities from taller towers. Currently, the country’s wind energy potential is benchmarked considering ‘hub height’ of 100 metres.
The new map would account for electricity generation from 120 meter high wind plants, which is expected to broaden the scope of installing these units, Bhanu Pratap Yadav, joint secretary, MNRE, said at CII’s wind power conclave in New Delhi. Currently, with the 100 metre hub height, it is economically viable to set up wind power plants only in certain parts of western and southern India.
