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Non-conventional Energy Wind energy: India ranks fourth in the world, leads in Asia Badal Sanyal
Breezy growth Last year was another record year for worldwide wind energy utilisation. The boom now covers more countries, with 59,982 MW installed capacity worldwide. Today, wind energy delivers worldwide around 1 per cent of the global electricity generation.
Kolkata , April 15 The World Wind Energy Association (WWEA) is of the view that India continues to be the leader among Asian countries in the area of generating wind power. India now ranks fourth in the world in wind power, both in terms of overall capacity (4,430 MW) and additions (1,430 MW). The WWEA is confident that the next world wind energy conference, to be held in November 2006 in New Delhi, will give an additional boost to the Indian wind energy sector and strengthen the industrial capacities as well as contribute to a further increase of wind energy's share in the Indian electricity generation portfolio.
China moves up
Among Asian countries, China graduated from 10th position in 2004 (764 MW) to 8th in 2005 (1,260 MW), while in terms of installations, it has already reached the sixth position worldwide. Following the world wind energy conference in Beijing in 2004, the Chinese Government adopted a renewable energy law in early 2005 with the objective of strengthening its manufacturing industry so that it can produce an increased number of turbines to meet its future requirement. In Pakistan, the first major wind farm can be expected in 2006 with several hundreds MW of power to be installed in the coming years, according to a report received by the WWEA from the Alternative Energy Development Board of Pakistan. A WWEA report has stated that the year 2005 was another record year for worldwide wind energy utilisation. The wind energy boom now covers more countries, with 59,982 MW installed capacity worldwide as on December 31, 2005. The association expects 120,000 MW to be installed worldwide by 2010. Today, wind energy delivers worldwide around 1 per cent of the global electricity generation, with some countries and regions reaching 20 per cent and more.
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