SOLUTION FOR INDIA’S WIND

'No system to absorb wind energy'
Urmia Goswami, November 23, 2006 (The Economic Times of India)

- The spurt in crude oil prices has led to a scramble for sustainable energy. Wind and solar energy are the obvious sources that can help reduce the dependence on hydrocarbons.
- Dr Anil Kane, chairman, Indian Wind Energy Association (InWEA) and president World Wind Energy Association discusses the potential of wind energy…
- Twenty years ago, the ministry for non-conventional energy sources (MNES) had put India’s potential at 45,000MW. InWEA analysis puts the potential at 100,000MW. This excludes offshore sites.

- We are nowhere near to exhausting the known potential but the infrastructure to absorb wind energy doesn’t exist…[T]he transmission grid system is saturated in most of states that have favourable wind energy sites…there are obstacles on the financing side…InWea has made a proposal to the government asking it to review its tax incentive structure for the wind energy segment.
- InWEA has proposed that capital subsidy be linked to the amount of power actually generated through tradable tax rebate/credit certificates…payable when electricity is generated…linked to the amount of electricity generated. This will encourage better and speedy exploitation of wind sites…[and] open the doors for independent power producers, who at present find it difficult to arrange financing for their projects. Tradable tax credit certificates will incentivise performance, create a framework for non-recourse project financing.

He's been reading Wikipedia again:

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