Enercon Wind Farms

Project Location: Karnataka State, India
Commercial On-line Date (COD): March 2003 through March 2006
Total Capacity: 106.6MW (a 73.6MW and a 33MW bundled project)
Annual Energy Production: 247,491 MWh combined
Annual Emission Reduction: 230,644 mtCO2e combined

Project site:

• The project includes 107 600kW turbines and 53 800kW turbines made by Enercon.
• Enercon India Ltd. and its investors supply, own, operate and maintain the wind turbines.
• The electricity will power the Karnataka state electricity grid within the Southern regional electricity grid of India.

Additionality:

• The project passes the additionality tests of the CDM and VCS.
  
• Wind energy is beyond business as usual: With only 1.45% of power in Karnataka produced with wind energy in 2004-2005.
• The project would not be financially viable without carbon revenue: Without carbon income, turbine internal rate of returns (IRRs) range from 7.25% - 11.39%, well below the 14% benchmark established by the Indian Central Electricity Regulatory Commission.

Co-Benefits:

• The project provides job opportunities to the local population through construction, operation and security services provided to the windmills.
• Infrastructure development for the project will help improve basic amenities to the community and lead to improved local living standards.
• Enercon provides grants to the local villages to support local schools and temples.
• The blades, towers, and generators are manufactured in India. Enercon is the 2nd largest wind developer in the world and employs 3,200 people across India.

Emissions Reduction Calculation:

The project will displace fossil fuel electricity generation that would have otherwise been provided by the operation and expansion of the fossil fuel based power plants.

Emissions Reduction Verification:

A validation report prepared by SGS has been submitted to the Kyoto Protocol Clean Development Mechanism for the purpose of generating Certified Emission Reductions (CERs) for compliance markets. Verified Emission Reductions (VERs) are being sold into the voluntary market based on emissions reductions occurring at the project prior to the date of CDM registration. VERs will be verified and registered under the Voluntary Carbon Standard (VCS), using CDM ACM0002 methodology by TUV.