Bengaluru: Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd (HAL) on Saturday announced the inauguration of a 6.3 mw wind power plant at Harapanahalli in Davangere district, about 335 km from here, at a cost of Rs 44 crore.
Power generated from the plant would be used for captive energy consumption at Bengaluru, the company said in a release.
This is the first-ever megawatt scale renewable energy project that HAL has set up and would explore more such projects going forward, the company said.
“We are glad that through this green initiative, HAL would reduce its carbon footprint by around 10,000 tonnes of CO2 emissions per annum. This project would cater to about 15 per cent energy consumption at Bangalore-based divisions," HAL CMD T Suvarna Raju, who inaugurated the plant, said.
The plant, comprising three wind turbines and installed in collaboration with Suzlon Energy Limited, has a potential to generate 150 lakh units per annum with an estimated annual savings of approximately Rs nine crores to the company, he added.
The windmill is a hybrid type design and has a lattice portion and a tubular section. The rotor diameter is 97 meters and the length of each blade is 47.5 meters.
The swept area of the blades is 7,390 square meters. The turbine is designed for 20 years of operation. Mr. V.M Chamola, Director HR (HAL), Mr. Sanjay Nigam, Senior General Manager, Suzlon Energy Limited and other senior officials from HAL and Suzlon were present.
