Nalco to set up Rs 283-crore wind power project in Jaisalmer

KOLKATA: The company is setting up its second wind power plant at Ludarva in Jaisalmer district of Rajasthan with a capacity of 47.6 MW. The Rs 283-crore project will be executed through Gamesa Wind Turbines Private Ltd., which involves erection of 56 wind turbines, each of 850 KW rating. The project is scheduled to be completed in about eight months.

The move is part of the diversification plans of National Aluminium Company Limited ( Nalco), a navratna PSU, which has been foraying into other metals and energy sectors. This is the company’s second green initiative towards promoting sustainable development by harnessing the unconventional and renewable energy sources. The move is also likely to credit the company with incentives from the government.

N R Mohanty, director (P&T), Nalco, laid the foundation-stone of the project on January 12, in presence of S K Dash, executive director (P&T). Earlier, the company commissioned its first wind power plant of 50.4 MW capacity at Gandikota in Kadapa district of Andhra Pradesh, on December 30, 2012.

As part of the project, 24 wind turbines, each of 2.1 MW rating, were erected, at an investment of Rs 274 crore with Suzlon Energy Limited as the executing agency.