Small Wind Power Perspective

Presentation by
Rajarshi Sen
Luminous Renewable Energy
Pune, India

What is a Small Wind Turbine

50 Watts

TO

20000 Watts

Price Trend Wind Turbine & Solar in INR

250000
200000

150000
100000
50000
0
2007/08

2008/09

Price Wind per KW

2009/10

2010/11

2011/12

Price Solar 1KW

3

Each IEC 61400 certified small wind

turbine has to pass 2500 hours of
power performance test

Small Turbine Testing & Empanelment

WTG under testing

WTG certified

4
4
2

6
5

1
2
0
0
0
0
2005/06 2006/07 2007/08 2008/09 2009/10 2010/11 2011/12 2012/13 2013/14

Best Global manufacturers achieve 70% of rated output in IEC rating

Manufacturer

Model

Peak Output
Rating

IEC average
output rating

IEC : Peak
rating %

Bergy / USA
Evance / UK

Excel 10
Evance R9000

10 KW
6 KW

7.6 KW
4.7 KW

76%

Endurance/ Canada
Southwest / USA
Kestrel / S. Africa
Zephyr / Japan
Fortis / Netherlands
Luminous/ India
Spitzen/ India

Endurance S-343
Skystream 3.7
Kestrel - e400nb
Air dolphin Z1000
Passat
Whisper 200
Passat

7.5 KW
2.4 KW
3.5 KW
1.0 KW
1.4 KW
1.0 KW
1.4 KW

5.4 KW
1.8 KW
2.3 KW
0.6 KW
0.72 KW
0.7 KW
1.0 KW

72%

78%
75%
66%
60%
51%
70%
71%

Indian Manufacturers are at PAR with Global manufacturers

Growth in Wind Solar Hybrid Demand

4500

Mkt Demand KW

4000

Mkt

3500
3000
2500
2000
1500
1000
500
0
2007/08 2008/09 2009/10 2010/11 2011/12 2012/13

Wind complements Solar

8

0
Jan

Feb

Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Monthly Avg Wind Speed M/S

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Monthly Avg Solar W/m.sq

Solar Power 50% reduced during Monsoon

Daily Kwh from Solar & Wind location wise

- where small wind turbines work better PLF
46%

12
10
8

6
4
2
0

PLF
17%

PLF
25%

40% of India suitable

for wind power

Potential for Small Wind Power

The JNNSM way
JNNSM Solar installation target = 20000 MW
40% locations support wind power = 8000MW
50% of 8000MW by wind power for energy leveling = 4000MW

Same investment, same infrastructure = Higher energy

output & better ROI

Most suitable applications and

business models

Rural Electrification continue present subsidy

Small private wind farms

from 100KW to 500KW soft loans, accelerated
depreciation and power
purchase scheme

A 5KW Wind Turbine can stand on 2 meter Square area in

a Field of Crops

Roof Top Installations Housing Co-op ownership

soft loans, net metering, discount electricity rate

Street light power - No investment on towers

Power Utility/ DISCOM ownership

In conclusion
Small wind turbines are low cost, low maintenance
and dependable alternative energy generators which
can be installed in short time in very little space and
virtually without any additional infrastructure.
The only large investment is in the acquisition of
wind speed data at 20M/ 30M height for the open
lands & roof top levels across the cities of India.

Thank you for your Patience