Our earlier notes focused more on Solar Energy, apart from energy efficiency. In the last blog other forms of renewable energy were also indicated. In this blog we will explore more about these.
Wind Energy
Wind is an important source of renewable energy, In fact in India wind energy is the leading source of renewable. Particularly Tamilnadu is the leading exponent of wind energy, richly harvesting the abundant wind power available in the Aralvoimozhi, Sengottai and Palakkad passes in the western ghats. These are the gaps (passes) in the western mountain ranges and during south west monsoon (June – August) wind gushes through these gaps to be converted into energy TN has about 7300 MW of installed generation ca-pacity from wind. Tirupathi/Tirumala in the east-ern range and other gaps in the western mountain regions are good sources of energy