In continuation with linkedin blog of mongabay article Repowering Wind in India needs a Robust Pan-India policy irespective of electricity being governed by state as well as central subject.
Now in India with more than 3 decades of wind power harnessing experience it is obvious to point inefficient old wind turbines need to be off the grid.
5D*7D land acquired or leased need not be the best micrositing in wind farms , technology site specific highly scientific siting of wind turbines possible.
Larger modern wind turbines are taller, having larger and would need just the tower foot print area with access to towers
Wind Energy technology is evolving and CUF is higher with higher rated WTGs
Repowering unless implemented and practiced , India will loose domestic wind market because it is going to be recurring in the future, as we have been seeing kW to MW rated WTGs , in kW windfarms crossing even 100s of MW windfarms may be in future we can imagine GW windfarms.
Repowering old farms needs awareness creation and business case campaign to those owners of old wind farms, Meaning that they must join together for their own good, nation's netzero goals, and in turn contribute to the sheer survival of sustainable life and humanity in this one Earth we are bestowed with.
Wind repowering would enable growth of inclusive development of the region , enabling agriculture to continue literally unabated with minimum changes in land use patterns . DrGoms
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