Wind power to promote social, economic, and environmental wellbeingMany regions in India are underdeveloped, leaving households and businesses without clean and reliable energy. This wind energy project in the regions of Gujarat and Maharashtra involves the installation of 5 Wind Turbine Generators (WTGs). The project activity uses renewable energy (wind) as a clean fuel to generate electrical energy through sustainable means. The project generates 16,490 MW of electricity annually which displaces an average of 16,070 tons of CO2 emissions per year.
As the project requires temporary and permanent skilled and semi-skilled workers, it also provides job opportunities for local communities. The investment in these underdeveloped regions not only positively effects the economy of the villages and nearby areas, it also impacts their social wellbeing. The project provides social, economic, environmental and technological wellbeing for the local communities involved.
How wind energy contributes to climate actionAs the name suggests, wind turbines use the power of the wind to generate energy. During this process, a generator located inside the wind turbine converts kinetic energy into electrical energy. As energy is still mainly generated from fossil fuels in many areas around the world, clean wind energy can replace some of this fossil, high-emission energy and verifiably save CO2 emissions.
In most cases, the sustainably generated electricity from the wind power projects is fed into a regional power grid, which diversifies the power supply and improves energy security in regions that are frequently affected by power shortages and outages. A project often creates increased job opportunities for the local population and the area can be used for additional activities, such as agriculture. Wind power projects make an important contribution to a clean energy supply worldwide and contribute to sustainable development with respect to the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Wind energy projects in the ClimatePartner portfolio are registered with international standards.
