TASMA has filed a case to ensure compliance of a must-run provision for windmills. A conservative figure of 15 per cent back down translates to an annual loss of 2,000 to 2,500 million units.” A TASMA official said, “The curtailment averaged around 30-35 per cent of the generation in the peak season during 2012-15 and averages at 20-25 per cent today. This can be attributed to evacuation problems, history of curtailment and payment delays, all of which are acute in Tamil Nadu because of the large shares of renewable energy in its power mix. In 33 years, India struggled to exploit just 12% of its wind energy potentialīut the wind generating capacity in the state has stagnated since 2012.Įven the reintroduction of accelerated depreciation could not revive the regional wind market. Today, TASMA cooperatives own a total of 3,500 MW of wind energy capacity, 45 per cent of the state’s wind-generation capacity.ĪLSO READ: Why rooftop remains the most untapped solar source
The Tamil Nadu Spinning Mills Association (TASMA) was an early adopter of the ‘bundled wind project’ model-several small power consumers formed cooperatives to invest in wind turbines. Of the total capacity today, nearly 5,500 MW36 of captive plants have been set up by textile mills and cement industries. The policies and incentives offered by the government - bundling of wind power projects, accelerated depreciation, a Technology Upgradation Fund etc - have driven the state’s power-intensive industries to invest in captive wind power plants. Persistent load shedding by the Tamil Nadu Generation and Distribution Corporation Limited (TANGEDCO) has been a huge problem for the local industry. Wind power capacity in Tamil Nadu increased from a meager 877 MW in 2002 to 7,652 MW in 2017. Today, 14.3 per cent of all the energy demand in the state is met by renewable energy, primarily solar and wind. A 2018 report lists Tamil Nadu as one of the top nine renewable energy markets in the world.
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