Negotiations are in the final stages
between the Union ministry of nonconventional energy sources (MNES)
and the Danish International Development Agency (DANIDA) to establish a Wind Energy Centre at Kayathar in Tamil Nadu.
MNES secretary 8 R Prabhakara
says that Tamil Nadu is the ideal
location as it accounts for 3/4th of
India's 350 mw installed capacity in
wind energy." DANIDA and the
MNES will share the cost of the
Centre - estimated to be around
Rs 8 crore.
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