The plant comprising of three wind turbines installed in collaboration with Suzlon Energy Limited has the potential to generate 150lLakh units per annum with an estimated annual savings of approximately Rs 9 crore to the Company, he added. This is the first ever megawatt scale renewable energy project that HAL has set up at a cost of about Rs 44 crore. More such avenues would be explored in future.

The windmill is a hybrid type design and has a lattice portion and a tubular section. The rotor diameter is 97 meters and the length of each blade is 47.5 meters. The swept area of the blades is 7,390 square meters. The turbine is designed for 20 years of operation.
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