By AZoM Materials
Thursday, September 10, 2009
'India is beginning to tap into its renewable energy resources
and is making significant investments to vastly improve the
throughput and reliability of its power grid," said Greg Yurek,
founder and chief executive officer of AMSC. 'Our advanced power
electronics and superconductor solutions are well positioned to
address these needs both in the near and long term. AMSC India has
been formed to provide high-quality local technical support for our
new wind power customers and build a strong foundation for future
sales into India’s broader renewable energy and power grid
markets."
According to the World Bank, roughly 40 percent of residences in
India are without electricity, and blackouts are a common
occurrence throughout the country’s main cities. To address
this shortfall, the Indian government has established an ambitious
'Power for All by 2012" plan that will require the country’s
installed generation capacity to grow from 140,000 megawatts (MW)
to nearly 225,000 MW by 2012. It also will require billions of
dollars of investment in India’s transmission and
distribution infrastructure.
According to the Global Wind Energy Council’s Global Wind
2008 Report, India now ranks fifth in the world in terms of total
installed wind power capacity. Capacity in the country grew by 22
percent in 2008 to 9,600 MW. The Indian Wind Energy Association
estimates that the country has 65,000 MW of wind power
potential.
AMSC’s first two wind turbine manufacturing customers in
India are Ghodawat Energy Limited and Inox Wind Limited. Both
licensed AMSC Windtec™ turbine designs within the past 18
months. AMSC, which is the exclusive power electronic system
supplier for all Ghodawat and Inox wind turbines, announced today
that it has received initial orders for five wind turbine
electrical systems from Ghodawat and three wind turbine electrical
systems from Inox.
Ghodawat, based in Kolhapur in the state of Maharashtra, India,
will use the electrical systems for its initial production of 1.65
MW wind turbines designed by AMSC Windtec. Ghodawat, in
collaboration with AMSC Windtec and AMSC India, has successfully
erected and tested its first reference 1.65 MW wind turbine.
Inox, located in Noida in the state of Uttar Pradesh, India,
plans to begin volume production of 2 MW wind turbines designed by
AMSC Windtec in 2010. Inox is in the process of collaborating with
AMSC Windtec and AMSC India to erect its first reference wind
turbine prior to initiation of volume production in 2010.
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