A proposal for setting up a wind farm at Ramakalmedu by the Aluva Plastic Consortium Private Ltd. is gathering dust nearly two years after the project was submitted to the State government for approval. The proposal was made by the consortium to meet the heavy requirement of power by the plastic moulding units. The Agency for Non-Conventional Energy and Rural Technology (ANERT) had approved the technical report. However, the Kerala State Electricity Board is yet to decide on allowing the consortium to set up the wind farm. The proposal is to set up a 1.8-MW captive facility for the consortium. However, the board wants it to be a private generation facility and not a captive one, says an official of the consortium. He said it would have cost the consortium around Rs.15 crore for setting up the facility.The official said that he expected the board to take a more positive view of the proposal in the coming days.The consortium, launched in 2004, is one of the success stories of the Cluster Development Programme launched by the Industries Department. The cluster was launched at an initial investment of Rs.4.60 crore. Of this, Rs.3.15 crore came from the Union government and Rs.92 lakh from the State government.
The Hindu, 7th March 2009
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