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Non-conventional Energy States - Tamil Nadu ‘Wind power will be tapped fully from next year’ Our Bureau Chennai, Sept. 23 Tamil Nadu has the highest installed wind power capacity in the country — about 4,100 MW — but today not all of them generate power even on windy days. Reason: absence of transmission lines to evacuate the electricity. But that, according to officials of the State Government, will change. The Tamil Nadu Electricity Board is putting up enough transmission lines and substations to take out the electricity produced by the windmills. The necessary infrastructure will be ready before the next wind season — May-September 2008, according to Mr K. Gnanadesikan, Finance Secretary to the Government of Tamil Nadu. ‘Situation comfortable’At a press conference of the State Chief Secretary, Mr L.K. Tripathy, Government officials said the power situation in Tamil Nadu was comfortable. (The Confederation of Indian Industry has been saying that the industry in the State faces a sharp shortage of power.) Mr Tripathy said the Government had floated a tender for importing 18 lakh tonnes of cement. The result of the tender would be known in October. He also mentioned that the detailed feasibility report for the Rs 12,500-crore Chennai Metro project would be ready by mid-October. Mr Tripathy was also confident that Tamil Nadu would get natural gas from the Krishna-Godavari basin. More Stories on : Non-conventional Energy | Tamil Nadu
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