Wind power industry in India has all the required components to become the country’s main renewable energy sourceRenewable energy harnesses energy that is available to us infinitely, from sources like wind or lunar energy. according to AM Devendranath, Associate Vice President at research-based consulting firm Feedback Business Consulting Services.

Unlike other sources, windWind occurs due to different temperature levels in the atmosphere (troposphere) which are heated up by the sun. A typical example are the trade winds at the equator where the sun is most powerful.. is said to have all the required components to achieve a mature industry status.

“A good natural resource backed by favourable enablers and a strong supporting infrastructure could drive the renewablesRenewable energy is power generated from infinite sources, such as wind or solar power. Conventional energy is generated from finite sources, such as natural gas or fossil oil. business in any market” says Mr. Devendranath.

“Although sources such as biomassEnergy resources derived from organic matter. These include wood, agricultural waste and other living-cell material that can be burned to produce heat energy. They also include algae, sewage and other organic substances that may be used to make energy through chemical processes.
Biomass, a ..., small hydro and solar have ample natural resources and benefit of both progressive and adequate government policies, they lack the required support mechanisms or infrastructure” – he explains.

Wind on the other hand benefits from all the above mentioned key components for it to achieve the required commercialization:

• Abundant natural resources: 216 sites across Andhra Pradesh, Gujarat, Karnataka, Kerala, M.P., Maharashtra, Rajasthan and Tamil Nadu have an annual average wind power density above 200 Watts/m2.
• Favourable government policies such as concessional import duty on specified parts and components, preferential tariff by State utilities and generation based incentive among others, saw this sector growing from a small 50-100 MW installations per year to more than 1500 MW installations per year in 2010.
• Well established infrastructure in terms of technology, local manufacturing, skills, research, development and technical support have provided for an ever growing, independent and self reliant wind powerWind power is the conversion of wind energy into a useful form, such as electricity, using wind turbines. By 2010, a single wind turbine can produce several MW of electric power. industry.
  The Indian Wind TurbineA wind turbine is a rotary engine that extracts energy from the flow of wind. The simplest turbines have one moving part, a rotor assembly, which is a shaft with blades attached. Wind energy acts on the blades, or the blades react to wind, so that they rotate and impart energy to the rotor. ... Manufacturers Association said earlier this month that the wind energyWind power is the conversion of wind energy into a useful form, such as electricity, using wind turbines. By 2010, a single wind turbine can produce several MW of electric power. sector in the country will add more than 5,000MW of generation capacity by 2015.

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