06-03-2006, 11:02 AM
`<b>India produces 5300 MW of energy through wind power</b><!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->Chennai, June 03: Claiming that the country`s capacity in wind power was much more than nuclear capacity, a senior government official has said India produces about 5300 MW of energy through wind power.
<b>"Nuclear fuel is just a fashionable term," V Subramanian, Secretary, Ministry of Non-conventional Energy Sources said</b>. <!--emo&:thumbdown--><img src='style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/thumbsdownsmileyanim.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='thumbsdownsmileyanim.gif' /><!--endemo-->
Delivering the inaugural address of the fifth two-day national level training programme on renewable energy for mediapersons here on Friday, Subramanian said, "our capacity (wind power) is much more than nuclear capacity."
India is the fourth largest country in wind power generation in the world, behind Germany, US and Spain, he said.
He expressed hope that India would jump to the third place next year. "Last year we had set a target of adding 1,000 MW. We crossed the target," he said.
On renewable sources of energy, he said, "there are a large number of sugar mills, chemical, petrochemical industries producing a large amount of waste, that can be used to derive energy." <!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
<b>"Nuclear fuel is just a fashionable term," V Subramanian, Secretary, Ministry of Non-conventional Energy Sources said</b>. <!--emo&:thumbdown--><img src='style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/thumbsdownsmileyanim.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='thumbsdownsmileyanim.gif' /><!--endemo-->
Delivering the inaugural address of the fifth two-day national level training programme on renewable energy for mediapersons here on Friday, Subramanian said, "our capacity (wind power) is much more than nuclear capacity."
India is the fourth largest country in wind power generation in the world, behind Germany, US and Spain, he said.
He expressed hope that India would jump to the third place next year. "Last year we had set a target of adding 1,000 MW. We crossed the target," he said.
On renewable sources of energy, he said, "there are a large number of sugar mills, chemical, petrochemical industries producing a large amount of waste, that can be used to derive energy." <!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->