#1053: Devarkulam Windmill Power Plant

The main purpose of the project activity is to generate electrical energy using wind power resources, and to utilize the generated output for selling it to the State Electricity Board at Tirunelveli dist in Tamil Nadu, India.

• Project reference:

  1053: 6.75 MW Small Scale Grid Connected “Wind Electricity Generation Project” by Tamil Nadu Newsprint and Papers Limited

• Location of the project

  Devarkulam, Tirunelveli dist in Tamil Nadu, India (map)

• Main contributions to sustainable development
  • Alleviation of poverty by establishing direct and indirect benefits through employment generation
  • Improved economic activities by strengthening of local grid of the state electricity utility
  • Development of road network and improvement of electricity quality, frequency and availability as the electricity is fed into a deficit grid.
  • Investment of about INR 260 million to a developing region
  • Wind energy for generating electricity instead of fuel based power plants,
• Link to UNFCCC

   

• Methodologies Used

  AMS-I.D. ver. 10 - Grid connected renewable electricity generation

• Amount of Reductions

  14,431 metric tons CO2 equivalent per annum

• Registration Date

  25 May 07

• Crediting Period

01 Apr 04 - 31 Mar 14