Madhya Pradesh New and Renewable Energy Department - Wind Energy Potential in State :

With the growing concern for country's energy security, the role of new and Renewable Energy has been assuming increasing significance in recent times. India has a vast supply of Renewable Energy resources and has one of the largest programs in the world for deploying Renewable Energy products and systems. As on 30 June, 2012, the installed power generation capacity of India is reported to be around 2,05,340.26 MW. Renewable Energy installed capacity constitutes around 12% (24,832.68 MW) of the total installed capacity. Despite growth in supply, our power systems are struggling to overcome severe power shortages and poor power quality. A large basket of sustainable energy technologies and measures will be needed to address the challenges of moving towards clean, reliable, secure and competitive energy supply. A number of favorable policies and incentive structure have been introduced in India, both at central as well as state level, so as to promote new and Renewable Energy in the country. Renewable Energy sources and technologies have made considerable progress in the recent past, but obstacles remain and greater efforts are needed.

The current energy requirement in the state of Madhya Pradesh is heavily dependent on conventional energy sources. The Government of Madhya Pradesh (GoMP) acknowledges the increasing issues related to climate change, global warming and has recognised the urgent need to address these issues. The promotion of Renewable Energy, Energy Efficiency and Energy Conservation are key measures taken by GoMP in this direction. Today new and Renewable Energy is increasingly becoming an integral part of energy security initiative in the state of Madhya Pradesh. Based on this green initiative, GoMP has notified the final promotional policies for all the four Renewable Energy technologies (Solar, Wind, Small Hydro and Biomass), Madhya Pradesh Energy Conservation Fund Rules and other directives for the efficient use of energy, its conservation in state.

The New and Renewable Energy Department (NRED) is the nodal Ministry of the Government of Madhya Pradesh for all matters relating to new and Renewable Energy. The broad aim of the Department is to develop and deploy Renewable Energy, Energy Efficiency and Energy Conservation measures for supplementing the energy requirement of the state.

Vision :

To be the premier Department to facilitate the sustainable generation of green and quality power for the people of the state through New and Renewable sources and to conserve the environment by promoting the Energy Efficiency and Conservation measures, devices in the state.

Mission :

To promote, develop, encourage and popularize implementation of Renewable Energy, Energy Efficiency and Conservation projects and measures sponsored by both state and central governments propelling Madhya Pradesh to be the leading state in the areas of New and Renewable Energy.

Objectives :

• Generation of awareness about new and Renewable Energy technologies.
• Promotion of the policies and programmes necessary for popularizing the applications of various new and Renewable Energy technologies in the state.
• Promotion of the installation of power plants based on Renewable Energy sources for energy security.
• Implementation of demonstration projects based on Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy.
• Rural electrification through Renewable Energy (remote villages) under RVE programme.
• Promotion of Energy Conservation measures for efficient use of energy resources.
• Promotion of green building design for efficient use of energy in houses, commercial and industrial sector.

An estimated potential of around 48,500 MW of grid-interactive Wind power projects exists in India (considering sites having Wind power density greater than 200 W/sq. m at 50 m hub-height with 1% land availability in potential areas for setting up Wind farms @12 ha/MW). The Indian Renewable Energy (RE) market has been dominated by Wind projects, constituting around 60% of the total installed RE capacity.

Data suggests that at 80 m and 50 m hub-height, an estimated potential of 2,931 MW and 920 MW exists in the state of Madhya Pradesh. The Government of Madhya Pradesh has been encouraging Wind power as an additional, alternate source of energy and has notified an investor friendly policy for the development of Wind power projects in the state.