Wind power forecast centre comes up in Chennai

In order to provide forecast for wind and wind power and utilise them at maximum extent, a wind power forecasting centre has been set up here today.
"From the launch of forecasting centre, initially, the services would be available in Tamil Nadu and later be extended to entire country," National Institute of Wind Energy said in a statement.
Ministry of New and Renewable Energy, Joint Secretary, Varsha Joshi at a function formally launched the wind power forecasting services.
The move to establish a wind forecasting centre comes in the back drop of unpredictable nature of wind leading to loss of electricity, the statement said.

State government owned Tamil Nadu Generation, Distribution and Corporation (TANGEDCO), Ministry of New and Renewable Energy, and the National Institute of Wind Energy came forward to offer a solution for utilising the wind power to its extent, it said.
Accordingly, a micro-pilot project was planned at Ayyanaruthu in Tamil Nadu and later extend the service to entire the state.
National Institute of Wind Energy, Ministry of New and Renewable Energy along with Spain-based Vortex Factoria de Calculs jointly carried out various initiatives to create India specific forecasting model to support the wind industry.