2. WIND ENERGY
• WIND POWER CAPACITY IN INDIA
• TAMILNADU -4900MW
• MAHARASHTRA -2077MW
• GUJARAT – 1863MW
• RAJASTHAN- 1088MW
• KARNATAKA-1472MW
• MADHYA PRADESH – 230MW
3. MAJOR WIND FARMS IN INDIA
POWER PLANT STATE CAPACITY
Vankusawade Maharashtra 259
Cape comorin Tamil Nadu 33
Kayathur Subhash Tamil Nadu 30
Ramakkalmedu Kerala 25
Muppandal wind T.N 22
Gudimangalam T.N 21
Puthlur RCI A.P 20
Lamda Danida Gujarat 15
Chennai mohan T.N 15
Jamgudrani M.P 14
Jogmatti M.P Karnataka 14
Perungudi Newam T.N 12
Kethanur Wind Farm T.N 11
Hyderabad APSRTC A.P 10
Muppandal T.N 10
4. COUNTRY YEAR 2009 YEAR 2010 YEAR 2011
CHINA 26,010 44,733 62,733
U.S 35,159 40,298 46,919
GERMANY 25,777 27,191 29,060
SPAIN 19,149 20,623 21,674
INDIA 10,925 13,065 16,084
FRANCE 4,521 5,970 6,800
ITALY 4,850 5,797 6,747
UK 4,092 5,248 6,540
CANADA 2,550 4,008 5,265
PORTUGAL 3,357 3,706 4,083
OTHERS 21,698 26,998 32,446
TOTAL 159,213 197,637 238,351
5. According to Betz’law of turbine effficiency ,no turbine can exceed 59.3% efficincy
but it has captured 59.3 % of wind.
The newest designs allow for 70 to 80% efficincy of creating power using the wind.