CHENNAI: Tamil Nadu wind power developers are an aggrieved lot with the tariff falling under all expectancies.
The latest tariff of 2.65 in step with unit is the bottom and wind companies have appealed in opposition to the tariff in Appellate Tribunal for Electricity stating that present tariff is too low and Tamil Nadu Electricity Regulator Commission (TNERC) has not taken into consideration the whole cost for setting up a wind power tower.
The TNERC set a feed in tariff for wind power of Rs 2.80 in step with unit with depreciation receive advantages and Rs 2.86 in step with unit with out it. Subsequently, it additionally licensed a suggestion by Tangedco, to conduct a wind auction of 1,500MW at a ceiling worth at Rs 2.65 in step with unit.
In reaction, the Indian Wind Turbine Manufacturers Association (IWTMA) has petitioned the Appellate Tribunal for Electricity (APTEL) that TNERC’s feed in tariff was low as it has grossly underestimated a number of of the prices incurred in setting up wind initiatives, and that its determination to allow Tangedco to set an even decrease tariff was worse still for developers.
“The wind power tariff has been falling under the base tariff of thermal devices. Tangedco and different discoms will be happy to evacuate wind power at a tariff not up to Rs three in step with unit as a substitute of burning coal in their very own devices,” said IWTMA respectable.
The investments in wind power can even building up the tax earnings for the state govt.
“Investments in each MW will building up the employment alternative. Each MW will give employment to at least 50 individuals in production of the wind turbines in addition to in keeping up once the wind mill is commissioned,” he said.
But at the turn facet, the price of setting up a wind power tower is expanding and it is only due to that we have approached APTEL. The tariff isn't overlaying our cost, he said.
The latest tariff of 2.65 in step with unit is the bottom and wind companies have appealed in opposition to the tariff in Appellate Tribunal for Electricity stating that present tariff is too low and Tamil Nadu Electricity Regulator Commission (TNERC) has not taken into consideration the whole cost for setting up a wind power tower.
The TNERC set a feed in tariff for wind power of Rs 2.80 in step with unit with depreciation receive advantages and Rs 2.86 in step with unit with out it. Subsequently, it additionally licensed a suggestion by Tangedco, to conduct a wind auction of 1,500MW at a ceiling worth at Rs 2.65 in step with unit.
In reaction, the Indian Wind Turbine Manufacturers Association (IWTMA) has petitioned the Appellate Tribunal for Electricity (APTEL) that TNERC’s feed in tariff was low as it has grossly underestimated a number of of the prices incurred in setting up wind initiatives, and that its determination to allow Tangedco to set an even decrease tariff was worse still for developers.
“The wind power tariff has been falling under the base tariff of thermal devices. Tangedco and different discoms will be happy to evacuate wind power at a tariff not up to Rs three in step with unit as a substitute of burning coal in their very own devices,” said IWTMA respectable.
The investments in wind power can even building up the tax earnings for the state govt.
“Investments in each MW will building up the employment alternative. Each MW will give employment to at least 50 individuals in production of the wind turbines in addition to in keeping up once the wind mill is commissioned,” he said.
But at the turn facet, the price of setting up a wind power tower is expanding and it is only due to that we have approached APTEL. The tariff isn't overlaying our cost, he said.
Tariff plummets, TN wind power firms get jolt
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