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Windmills start pumping in much needed power [1]

Westerly winds have started blowing in the district

With the setting of the much awaited westerly winds, sweltering heat and power cuts have almost vanished to a great extent in Tirunelveli and the neighbouring Kanyakumari district. The giant metallic turbine blades of nearly 3,000 windmills of Muppandal have started rotating to generate clean and green energy to effectively bridge the gap between demand and supply.

Publication Date: 
08/06/2012
P Sudhakar [2]
Hindu (Chennai) [3]
Tags:
Kanniyakumari [4], Tirunelveli [5], Wind Energy [6], Kerala [7], Koodunkulam APS [8], Nuclear Power Plants [9], Nuclear Power [10], Renewable Energy [11], Tamil Nadu [12]
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