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Reassessing wind potential estimates for India: Economic and policy implications [1]

The study assess the techno-economic on-shore wind potential in India at three hub-heights – 80m, 100m, and 120m. Assuming a turbine density of 9 MW/km2, the total wind potential in India with a minimum capacity factor of 20 percent ranges from 2,006 GW at 80m hub-height to 3,121 GW at 120m hub-height. This techno-economic potential excludes the potential on lands that are difficult to use for wind power development such as low quality wind areas (wind power density

Publication Date: 
01/05/2012
Amol Phadke [2], Ranjit Bharvirkar [3], Jagmeet Khangura [4]
International Energy Studies [5]
Tags:
Wind Energy [6], Renewable Energy [7], India [8], Turbines [9], Forests [10], Electricity [11]
Centre for Science and Environment
National Knowledge Commission Government of India

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