<div><strong>C.H. Unnikrishnan</strong><br><br>Tulsi Tanti-promoted wind turbine maker Suzlon Group on Tuesday (29 September) said that it has completed the commissioning of a 100.8 MW wind power turnkey project for power generation company CLP India in Rajasthan.</div><div> </div><div>CLP India, a subsidiary of Hong Kong Listed CLP Holdings, is currently one of the large wind power developers in the Indian power sector. The new project will provide electricity to over 50,000 homes and help curb some 0.21 million tonnes of CO2 emissions annually.</div><div> </div><div>With the Rajasthan project located at Tejuva in Jaisalmer, Suzlon will offer operations and maintenance for 20 years through an integrated service package contract. It comprises of 48 WTGs (Wind Turbine Generator) of Suzlon’s robust S97- 2.1 MW wind turbines featuring Doubly Fed Induction Generator (DFIG) technology. All 48 turbines in this project — which is designed to optimally harness the available wind resources and deliver higher energy, productivity, improved serviceability and higher return on investment (ROI) to customers — have a 90 meter hub height, the company said.</div><div> </div><div>“Wind Energy is an integral part of CLP India’s business strategy and is expected to continue making a vital contribution not only to CLP's growth plans for India but also to its commitment to reducing its CO2 emissions,” said Mahesh Makhija, director – Business Development (Renewables) at CLP India.</div><div> </div><div>With the successful commissioning of this project, we now have installed wind generation capacity of 874.2MW in the country, he added.</div><div> </div><div>According to Suzlon Group chief sales officer Ishwar Mangal, the successful commissioning of this new project demonstrates the group’s strength in being the partner of choice for leading independent power producers.</div><div> </div><div>Suzlon also stated in a release on Tuesday that; “Given the positive change in the Indian renewable energy landscape, our focus this year is to cater to Indian market and enhance our market share and the company endeavours to bring down the cost of energy and provide clean and affordable energy for all.”</div><div> </div><div>CLP Holdings — one of the leading investor-owned power businesses in Asia at present, is also the top foreign investors in the Indian power sector with a total committed investment of over Rs 14,500 crore. Its investment in India is spread across a diversified and environment-friendly generation portfolio that covers renewable energy, supercritical coal and gas fired power plants, amounting to over 3,000 MW. Entered in India with the acquisition of a 655 MW gas fired power plant at Bharuch, in Gujarat in 2002, ULP also owns and operates a 1,320 MW (2 X 660MW) supercritical coal-fired power plant in Jhajjar, Haryana.</div>
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