Greenko commissions Basvanbagewadi phase-2 wind farm in Karnataka

Greenko has commissioned the phase-2 (50MW) of its Basvanbagewadi wind farm in Karnataka, India.

Currently, the project is providing electricity to the grid as well as selling its power directly to leading global technology companies and commercial customers as part of 10-year indexed power purchase agreement.

Chief executive Anil Chalamalasetty said that the company has commissioned another wind project ahead of the 2014 wind season.

"The Company’s strategy of building large wind farms in a phased manner, using the latest low wind speed turbine technology connected to the high voltage transmission grid, means Greenko is increasingly well placed to deliver significant, predictable and profitable growth," Chalamalasetty added.

"We expect to reach about 700 MW operating capacity to capture the season."

With the commissioning of the phase-2 (50 MW) project the Basvanbagewadi wind farm’s total generating capacity is 131.2MW, including phase-1 (51.2MW) and the Mangalore (15MW) and Matrix (15MW) projects.

Basvanbagewadi phase-2 (BB2) marks the company’s first project to be commissioned so far this financial year and brings the total wind power capacity of the company to 298MW in time for the 2014 wind season.

Worth approximately €45m, the Phase-2 project involves Gamesa G97-2.0 MW turbines, which feature 90m hub height, 97m diameter blades and the potential to deliver a better than 30% capacity factor in an average year.

The project has grid access, as the site’s full capacity of 180MW connection for was completed in October 2013 prior to commissioning of Phase 1.

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Image: Greenko commissions Basvanbagewadi phase-2 wind farm. Photo: courtesy of dan/Freedigitalphotos.net.