Indian Wind Resources Atlas launched

New Delhi, Dec 7 (KNN)  The National Institute of Wind Energy (NIWE) has recently launched the Wind Energy Resources Map of India at 100 meter above ground level and solar radiation map at ground level on online Geographic Information System (GIS) platform.

This online Wind Atlas is available online in the NIWE website www.niwe.res.in, said Minister of State for Power, Coal and New and Renewable Energy, Piyush Goyal in a written reply to a question in the Rajya Sabha today.

The Minister further stated that the Wind and Solar Resource Maps will not only help and guide the wind and solar power developers and other stakeholders in identifying potential areas for the development of wind and solar power projects in the country but also help the central and state agencies in planning and developing the infrastructure including transmission system, required for installing renewable power projects in these potential areas.  (KNN Bureau)