is extracted from airflow using wind turbines. It is a cheap and pollution free source of energy. Power from wind mills are used for pumping water and to sail propel ships. Wind power is plentiful, renewable, widely distributed, clean and produces no greenhouse India - Resources and Industries gas emissions during operation.
These plants occupy only a less space. Tamil Nadu has the largest installation of wind turbines in the country. Muppandal-Aralvoimozhi in Kanniyakumari district, has the largest concentration of wind farm capacity at a single location in the world. The development of wind power in India began in with first wind farms were set up in coastal areas of Gujarat (Okha), Maharashtra (Ratnagiri) and Tamil Nadu (Thoothukudi) with KW Vestas wind turbines.
The capacity has significantly increased in the last few years. India has the fourth largest installed wind power capacity in the world. The National Institute of Wind Energy (NIWE), Chennai was established in Tamil Nadu in as an autonomous institution under the administrative control of the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy. NIWE’s main activities include resource assessment testing and certification.
d) Biomass Energy Bioenergy maybe obtained through bio- degradable materials like animal dung, kitchen wastes, water hyacinth, agricultural residues and city wastes etc. It is clean and cheap source of energy. Energy derived from biomass is mostly used for domestic purposes. e) Tidal and Wave Energy There are two main sources of ocean energy.
They are Ocean tides and Ocean waves. The Gulf of Cambay is the best suited area for tidal energy. This is followed by Gulf of Kutch ( ,000MW) and Sunderbans (100MW). An wave energy power plant of KW(maximum) has been installed at Vizhinjam near Thiruvananthapuram.
An another plant of this kind has been set up near Andaman & Nicobar Islands.