BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT
GLOBAL WIND ENERGY- INDIA
ROB BELL FROM ARCHOMAI AGAIN CONTINUES HIS SERIES ON GLOBAL WIND ENERGY, THIS TIME FOCUSING ON INDIA
ARCHOMAI SPECIALISES IN LOGISTICS AND SUPPLY CHAIN THINKING AND PRACTICE IN EMERGING AND FRONTIER MARKETS
WIND ENERGY AND INDIAN GROWTH In July 2012, India suffered the largest power outage in history affecting over 620 million people. That’s 10% of global and 50% of India’s population. As Rajiv Kumar, secretary general of the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce & Industry (FICCI), told the BBC “Energy is like blood in your veins. It is as vital as that to economic growth”, and there is no doubt that power shortages are slowing down the Indian Tiger.
CURRENT ENERGY SITUATION Current installed capacity is 205,340 MW – 70% generated by fossil fuels - but this covers only 90% of demand. In recent years imported coal has doubled to over 60 million tonnes and, recent global set-backs like Australia’s flooding and Japan’s need to plug the nuclear gap and a falling off of chain coal imports further exacerbates energy security and growth strategies.
India has much to do to increase capacity across all energy sectors and needs a significant renewable dimension; wind power will play a major part.
ONSHORE AND OFFSHORE Land based wind power is fraught with problems on land acquisition but, with a coast line of 7,516 km, India is one of the best markets for offshore wind energy. Recent estimates highlight a potential for between 270 and 300 GW of electric power capacity from wind energy alone. Currently, with an installed base of 24 GW (around 12% of India’s total power generation capacity) India is in the top 5 of global wind power. Generating 45% of Indian wind power.
TAMIL NADU
The Southern State of Tamil Nadu leads and, without wind, the State would have gone dark when the Neyveli Lignite Corporation and the Tuticorin Thermal Power Station failed.
Tamil Nadu is the best location for putting up offshore wind farms with plans for a 500 MW offshore farm being considered.
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