The aggregate wind power capacity of
Tata Power Ltd has crossed 300 mw, a
company statement said. Clean energy
now accounts for 21 per cent of its total
installed power capacity, the Mumbai based
Tata Group power utility said.
At present, Tata Power has wind farms in
Maharashtra, Gujarat, Tamil Nadu and
Karnataka and an additional 64.5 mw
capacity is under execution and will
be commissioned soon in Tamil Nadu
and Maharashtra.
The company is also in the process of
acquiring 20.95 mw operating wind assets
in Maharashtra from Niskalp Energy and
plans to place an order for 150 mw of wind
capacity to be set up in Maharashtra and
Rajasthan to be commissioned during the
course of FY 12 and FY 13.
"We want to ensure that 25 per cent of our
power capacity comes from clean
technologies. This may go down in the near
term, but we aim to have at least one-fourth
of our power through such sources," TPC
Executive Director, Strategy & Business
Development Banmali Agrawala said in a
statement. While the power generated in
Gujarat, Tamil Nadu and Karnataka is sold
under a long term power purchase
agreement with the state distribution
companies such as Bescom in Karnataka,
Tangedco in Tamilnadu, and GUVNL in
Gujarat, the wind power generated in
Maharashtra is sold to Tata Power's
distribution business unit in Mumbai, the
release noted.