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The Jaisalmer Wind Park is India's second largest and globally the fourth-largest operational onshore
wind farm A wind farm or wind park, also called a wind power station or wind power plant, is a group of wind turbines in the same location used to produce electricity. Wind farms vary in size from a small number of turbines to several hundred wind turb ...
. This project is located in
Jaisalmer district Jaisalmer is the largest district in the Indian state of Rajasthan, and the third largest district in India. Located in Marwar (Jodhpur Division), the city of Jaisalmer is the administrative headquarters of the district. It is around from the ...
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Rajasthan Rajasthan (; lit. 'Land of Kings') is a state in northern India. It covers or 10.4 per cent of India's total geographical area. It is the largest Indian state by area and the seventh largest by population. It is on India's northwestern s ...
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Western India Western India is a loosely defined region of India consisting of its western part. The Ministry of Home Affairs in its Western Zonal Council Administrative division includes the states of Goa, Gujarat, and Maharashtra along with the Union ...
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History

The project was initiated in August 2001 by developed by
Suzlon Energy Suzlon Energy Limited (NSE:SUZLONEQ, BSE:532667) is an India, Indian multinational wind turbine manufacturer based in Pune, India. It was formerly ranked by MAKE as the world's fifth largest wind turbine supplier.Source: MAKE Report: Global Win ...
and comprises Suzlon's entire wind portfolio – ranging from the earliest 350 kW model to the latest S9X – 2.1 MW series. Its installed capacity is 1,064 MW, which makes it one of the world's largest operational onshore wind farms. By April 2012, its combined installed capacity crossed 1000 MW i.e.,1 GW. At 1064 MW, the wind park became the largest of its kind in India, and one of the largest wind farms in the world. In 2015, 24 wind turbine generator of 2.1 MW each were installed at Tejuva, taking the overall production to 1300 MW.


Gallery

File:Jaisalmer Wind Park.jpg, View from Jaisalmer's Fort: part of Jaisalmer Wind Park


See also

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Wind power in India Wind power generation capacity in India has significantly increased in recent years. As of 30 September 2022, the total installed wind power capacity was 41.666 GW, the fourth largest installed wind power capacity in the world. Wind power cap ...
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List of largest power stations in the world This article lists the largest power stations in the world, the ten overall and the five of each type, in terms of current installed electrical capacity. Non-renewable power stations are those that run on coal, fuel oils, nuclear fuel, natural g ...
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List of onshore wind farms This is a list of the largest onshore wind farms that are currently operational, rated by generating capacity. Also listed are onshore wind farms with notability other than size, and largest proposed projects. Largest operational onshore wind ...


References

Jaisalmer district Wind farms in Rajasthan Thar Desert Buildings and structures in Jaisalmer 2001 establishments in Rajasthan Energy infrastructure completed in 2001 {{Renewable-energy-stub