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 2009/10 2010/11 2011/12

Price Wind per KW 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
4 4
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 IEC average IEC : Peak
Rating output rating rating %

Bergy / USA Excel 10 10 KW 7.6 KW 76%

Evance / UK Evance R9000 6 KW 4.7 KW 78%
Endurance/ Canada Endurance S-343 7.5 KW 5.4 KW 72%
Southwest / USA Skystream 3.7 2.4 KW 1.8 KW 75%
Kestrel / S. Africa Kestrel - e400nb 3.5 KW 2.3 KW 66%
Zephyr / Japan Air dolphin Z1000 1.0 KW 0.6 KW 60%
Fortis / Netherlands Passat 1.4 KW 0.72 KW 51%
Luminous/ India Whisper 200 1.0 KW 0.7 KW 70%
Spitzen/ India Passat 1.4 KW 1.0 KW 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
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2007/08 2008/09 2009/10 2010/11 2011/12 2012/13
 Wind complements Solar
8

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Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec

Monthly Avg Wind Speed M/S 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
12 46%

10
PLF
8 25%
PLF
6 17%
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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