The Jaisalmer Wind Park is India's second largest and globally the fourth-largest operational onshore wind farm.[1] This project is located in Jaisalmer district, Rajasthan, Western India.

History

The project was started in August 2002 by developed by Suzlon Energy and comprises Suzlon's entire wind portfolio – ranging from the earliest 350 kW model to the latest S9X – 2.1 MW series.[2] Its installed capacity is 1,064 MW, which makes it one of the world's largest operational onshore wind farms.[1]

By April 2012, its combined installed capacity crossed 1000 MW i.e.,1 GW.[3] At 1064 MW, the wind park became the largest of its kind in India,[3] and one of the largest wind farms in the world.[4]

In 2015, 24 wind turbine generator of 2.1 MW each were installed at Tejuva, taking the overall production to 50.4 MW.[5]

Gallery

  • View from Jaisalmer's Fort: part of Jaisalmer Wind Park
    View from Jaisalmer's Fort: part of Jaisalmer Wind Park

See also

References

  1. ^ a b "Top 10 onshore wind farms - Top jaisalmer-wind-park-1064mw | Lists | Energy Digital". www.energydigital.com. Retrieved 22 September 2020.
  2. ^ "S97-S111_ProductBrochure" (PDF). www.suzlon.com. Retrieved 16 December 2020.
  3. ^ a b "Suzlon crosses 1 GW capacity at Jaisalmer park". The Economic Times. Retrieved 22 September 2020.
  4. ^ Reporter, B. S. (11 May 2012). "Suzlon creates country's largest wind park". Business Standard India. Retrieved 22 September 2020.
  5. ^ "Suzlon commissions of 50.40 MW wind power project". The Economic Times. Retrieved 22 September 2020.