WINDFARM
WIND ENERGY IN INDIA
On average, across the country, the generation
cost of wind is around Rs.3.5–Rs.3.6 per kWh.
Table shows the installed wind power capacity in
India and also shows that the state of Tamil
Nadu leads in installed capacity of wind energy.
INTRODUCTION:
Tamilnadu contributes
about 25% of total wind
power generation in
india.
Muppandal windfarm
has a total capacity of
1500 MW .
PROFILE OF MUPPANDAL WINDFARM:
wind farm is situated in and around the Aralvoimozhi
Pass, Kanyakumari District, Southern Tamil Nadu.
Tamil Nadu is endowed with three prominent passes
having high wind potential, due to the tunnelling
effect during south west monsoon
The annual average wind speed (km/hour) in this
pass ranges between 19 and 25 km/h.
Kanyakumari district is situated in southernmost tip
of Indian mainland and its geographical coordinates
are Kanyakumari that is located at latitude 8º05’N
and 8°08’N and longitude of 77º34’E and 77°57’E. The
average elevation of Kanyakumari is zero metres.
MUPPANDAL WINDFARM
Muppandal windfarm in Kanyakumari district
lies in the range of 3.44–.18 m/s wind velocity
with wind power density ranging from 193.3
W/m2 to 558.4 W/m2 at 30 m hub height.
Windmills of different capacities installed in
Muppandal wind farm are given as
DATA COLLECTION
The study is limited to selected windmills with
rated power of 225, 250, 300, 400, 500, 600, 750
kW. The total number of windmills in Muppandal
region is 483.
The unit cost of electricity, NPV, discounted
payback period, benefit cost ratio, internal rate of
return are calculated to find the economic
viability of investments made in the wind farm.
The values were calculated for different rating
capacities of windmills installed in the selected
wind farm.
UNITARY COST
where Uc is production cost per unit of electricity
generated (rupees/kWh), n is economic lifetime of
the wind turbine, I is initial investment cost
during installing the wind turbine (rupees), OMt
is operation and maintenance costs during the t
year (rupees), Ft is financing cost in a particular
year, r is discount rate and EOt is annual energy
output in
DISCOUNTED PAYBACK PERIOD (DPBP)
It is the time period required for an investment
to create a positive cash flow or recover the cost
of an investment. The payback period is the time
period by which the initial investment cost is
recovered.
RESULTS AND DISCUSSION
Performance of windmills:
The unit cost of electricity produced from
windmills depends on the annual energy output
of the windmills.
The output for all windmills is calculated by
taking the average capacity factor of 33%.
Table shows the annual energy output of each
turbine along with the capacity factor.
ANNUAL ENERGY OUTPUT