Web Exclusive | June 2013
Tata registers its Gadag wind project under UN programme
In Karnataka's Gadag, Tata Power Company, India's largest integrated power utility, on June 4 announced the successful registration of its 50.4 mw wind power project under the Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) programme by United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). The wind plant was commissioned in July 2009 and uses 63 wind turbine generators of 800 kw capacity each to harness wind energy for power generation.
The Gadag plant helps in reducing an annual average of 99,100 tonne of Carbon Dioxide equivalent, by producing 107,064 mwh per year (average) equivalent amount of clean energy. Anil Sardana, Managing Director, Tata Power said the company has always established that 'clean and renewable energy' is the need of the hour and Tata Power will continue its efforts towards this.