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Windmill investors to meet TNEB on Oct 17
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Chennai, Oct. 5 The Tamil Nadu Electricity Regulatory Commission has called for a meeting of windmill investors and the Tamil Nadu Electricity Board to assess the status of evacuation infrastructure and related issues.
At the meeting to be held on October 17, the TNEB is expected to outline its plan on wind power evacuation facilities and the expansion plans over the next three years.
According to sources in the know, the meeting has been called against the backdrop of the problems of evacuation of wind power. Tamil Nadu has over 3,100 MW of wind power generation capacity, the largest in the country. But due to a shortage in evacuation infrastructure — sources estimate the shortage at about 600 MW capacity during peak production season — wind power producers are asked to back down their facilities leading to losses.
Investments in wind energy
Also, industry sources say, that with the recent tariff order hiking the tariff for wind energy to Rs 2.90 a unit for new investments in windmills, a fresh spate of investments are expected in the wind energy sector. Those availing of HT commercial connections can bring down their power cost by setting up wind power generation facilities. A new crop of investors in education, hospitals, hotels and multiplexes are expected to invest in wind energy generation, the sources said.
If the TNEB were to highlight its plans for expanding the evacuation infrastructure in the State, it would benefit the existing players and enhance the confidence of potential investors, according to sources.
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