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Wind Power in Karnataka, India
Displaces fossil fuel-based electricity
By supplying clean wind energy to India’s Southern Regional Electricity Grid, the project reduces greenhouse gas emissions and dependence on non-renewable sources.
2,000 local jobs created
The project has generated around 2,000 skilled and unskilled jobs, boosting the local economy through construction, maintenance, and infrastructure development.
Protects local water resources
Replacing fossil fuel generation significantly reduces pressure on freshwater supplies previously used for cooling in thermal power plants.
Wind Power in Karnataka - is one of the leading wind generation projects in the region, generating and supplying electricity to the Southern Regional Electricity Grid of India. The Project displaces non-renewable fossil fuel based electricity generation that would have otherwise been utilised within the region. The Project thereby leads to a reduction in the emission of GHGs associated with fossil fuel based electricity generation and enables sustainable economic and environmental development.
In addition to providing clean energy, the significant secondary benefits of the project are to provide Social, Environmental, Economic, and Technical benefits within the region.
At the local level, the project activity has led to the creation of an estimated 2000 skilled and unskilled jobs throughout the construction and ongoing operation and maintenance of the project, along with secondary contracts and job opportunities in the development of the local road network and facilities. The technical benefits, with an increased interest in wind energy projects will further push R&D efforts by technology providers to develop more efficient and better machinery, encouraging further investment in the sector.
Environmentally, as an area previously dominated by fossil fuel energy generation, the Environmental Impact Assessment concluded that a significant drop in the strain on local freshwater resources (required for generator cooling) will occur as a result of the project outcomes.
UN Sustainable Development Goals met by this project:
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