Wind power
Wind power is the conversion of wind energy into more useful forms, such
as electricity, using wind turbine At the end of 2006, worldwide capacity
of wind-powered generators was 74,223 megawatts
It currently produces just over 1% of world-wide electricity use
Indian scenario
- India ranks 4th in the world with a total wind power capacity of 6,270
MW in 2006.
- Wind power generates 3% of all electricity produced in India.
- The wind farm near Muppandal, India, provide an impoverished village
with energy of work.
- India-based Suzlon Energy is one of the word’s largest wind turbine
manufacturers .
