: In Tamil Nadu, rusting turbines showcase India’s challenge in generating more wind power #IndiaNEWS In the tiny Tamil Nadu village of Muppandal in the Western Ghats, truck drivers and travellers

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In Tamil Nadu, rusting turbines showcase India’s challenge in generating more wind power #IndiaNEWS
In the tiny Tamil Nadu village of Muppandal in the Western Ghats, truck drivers and travellers routinely stop at the shrine of Isaikki Amman, offering money and food to the deity for having afforded them safe passage over the dangerous mountain highway.Legend has it that the wind at the Muppandal pass is so menacing, it has been known to overturn two-wheelers – and occasionally larger vehicles.But the gusty winds rising from the Arabian Sea are also an economic opportunity. Since 1986, Muppandal has housed India’s largest operational onshore wind farm calculated by installed capacity. With a capacity of 1,500 MW, the state-developed Muppandal Wind Farm was pivotal in raising the energy capacity of not just Tamil Nadu but the entire country.However, for the past two decades, experts have been complaining that the facility that once was the crown jewel in India’s renewable energy enterprise has been losing its sheen. A visit to the establishment reveals the sight of rusting turbines, broken towers and outdated wind-generation components.Of the 175 GW of power that India aims to harness from a bouquet of non-fossil energy sources such as solar, bio, and small-hydro power by 2022, about 35% is intended come from wind. To...Read more

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