World Wind Watch | Green Energy News

July 25, 2004 – Vol.9 No.18

WORLD WIND WATCH.

Here’s a number any wind turbine maker would be proud of. Since they began production, NEPC India Limited has rolled out 1809 wind turbines from its factory in Chennai.

The company has been in business for 20 years and makes grid-scale turbines of 225, 250 and 400 kilowatt nameplate capacity. (The turbines are small in size compared with other grid scale turbines, but that’s their market niche.) The company says it has a 27 percent market share for wind turbines in India. Visit NEPC at http://www.nepcindia.com/

The 20.7 megawatt Wigton Windfarm in Manchester parish, Jamaica is completed and open for business. The 23-turbine facility was built for $26 million.

Local residents are apparently concerned that the new neighbor is blocking the wind. According to news reports residents say that since the erection of the turbines the village has become very hot as the farm is using up all the breeze.

Officials assured the residents turbines will not deplete the abundance of wind. Visit Wigton at the Petroleum Corporation of Jamaica at http://www.pcj.com/ .

The Tehachapi and Antelope Valley area of California have wind resources strong enough to produce as much as 4 gigawatts of green electricity. Currently there are plans to add 1100 megawatts to the existing 600 installed in the area.

To bring that power to the grid the California Independent System Operator (ISO) has approved a request by Southern California Edison (SCE) for the construction of a 25-mile $94 million transmission line to bring the new capacity to customers. The project, and new wind capacity, is in response to California’s Renewable Portfolio Standard aimed at requiring 20 percent of the electricity delivered to customers to be from renewables.