India to add 6,000 MW wind power by 2012
NEW DELHI: India is expected to expand its wind-based power plant capacity by 6,000 MW by 2012, but this could still be below the eleventh plan target for this period, a latest report says.
The Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE) has fixed a target of 10,500 mega watts between 2007-12, but an additional generation capacity of only about 6,000 MW might be available for commercial use by 2012, as per research and project investment database firm ProjectsToday.
This assumption is based on the progress at the ongoing projects and the plans announced by public and private sectors, it said.
"The shortfall in wind power generated could be due to lack of availability of land for wind farms and the currently planned captive consumption could be used by others if government provides transmission facilities," ProjectsToday CEO Shashikant Hegde said.
During the 10th Plan (2002-2007), India saw installation of 5,426 MW of wind power generation capacity, as against the target of 2,200 MW.
However, accountancy major KPMG Advisory Services' Associate Director Santosh Kamath said that the 11th plan period target of 10,500 additional capacity seems "feasible" as the country is currently adding 1,800-2,000 MW per year.
"The robust growth in the country's wind power generation is largely driven by the incentives provided by the government to companies which set up wind power farms," he added.
India is currently the fourth largest generator of wind power in the world with a capacity of 8,696 MW, even ahead of China's 5,899 MW, ProjectsToday said.
India to add 6,000 MW wind power by 2012- Latest News-The Economic Times
NEW DELHI: India is expected to expand its wind-based power plant capacity by 6,000 MW by 2012, but this could still be below the eleventh plan target for this period, a latest report says.
The Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE) has fixed a target of 10,500 mega watts between 2007-12, but an additional generation capacity of only about 6,000 MW might be available for commercial use by 2012, as per research and project investment database firm ProjectsToday.
This assumption is based on the progress at the ongoing projects and the plans announced by public and private sectors, it said.
"The shortfall in wind power generated could be due to lack of availability of land for wind farms and the currently planned captive consumption could be used by others if government provides transmission facilities," ProjectsToday CEO Shashikant Hegde said.
During the 10th Plan (2002-2007), India saw installation of 5,426 MW of wind power generation capacity, as against the target of 2,200 MW.
However, accountancy major KPMG Advisory Services' Associate Director Santosh Kamath said that the 11th plan period target of 10,500 additional capacity seems "feasible" as the country is currently adding 1,800-2,000 MW per year.
"The robust growth in the country's wind power generation is largely driven by the incentives provided by the government to companies which set up wind power farms," he added.
India is currently the fourth largest generator of wind power in the world with a capacity of 8,696 MW, even ahead of China's 5,899 MW, ProjectsToday said.
India to add 6,000 MW wind power by 2012- Latest News-The Economic Times
India aims for 20,000 nuclear megawatts by 2020
BANGALORE, INDIA After the anticipated commissioning in 2010 of the 500-megawatt (MW) prototype fast breeder reactor (FBR) in Kalpakkam, Tamil Nadu, India plans to build a cluster of 1,000-MW FBRs.
The prototype FBR is currently in an advanced stage of construction, having recently received a $5 million, 140-ton stainless steel safety vessel that was developed at the site by engineering major Larsen & Toubro. The FBR is expected to attain criticality, the initiation of the first chain reaction to start the reactor, by September 2010.
India will build four 500-MW FBRs before taking up construction of the 1,000-MW FBRs that are expected to become the mainstay of nuclear power in the country from 2020. Two 500-MW FBRs will be constructed in Kalpakkam, and the other two will be situated elsewhere, although a location has yet to be decided.
India aims for 20,000 nuclear megawatts by 2020