CONTENTS1. INTRODUCTION 4 1.1 BACKGROUND 4 1.1.1 Industry Structure 5 1.1.2 Indian Power Sector Scenario 7 1.1.3 Maharashtra Sectors Scenario 9 1.1.4 Renewable Sector in India 11 1.1.5 Wind Energy 12 1.2 AIM 14 1.3 OBJECTIVES 14 1.4 RESEARCH QUESTION 14 1.5 METHODOLOGY 15 2. LITERATURE REVIEW 16 2.1 INSTITUTIONAL STRUCTURE 16 2.1.1 Central Government 16 2.1.2 StateGovernment 27 2.2 POLICY AND REGULATIONS 32 2.2.1 Electricity Act 2003 32 2.2.2 National Electricity Policy 33 2.2.3 Tariff Policy 33 2.2.4 Foreign Investment Policy 34 2.3 INSTITUTIONAL & POLICY ANALYSIS 36 3. WIND ENERGY BASICS 40 3.1 WIND ENERGY 40 3.2 WIND TURBINES 40 3.3 WIND POWER GENERATION 44 3.4 WIND POWER PLANT 44 3.5 CAPACITY FACTOR 44 3.6 AVAILABILITY OR AVAILABILITY FACTOR 45 3.7 WIND ENERGY COST 46 3.8 ANALYSIS 47 4. SCENARIO OF MAHARASHTRA 49 4.1 GENERAL 49 4.2 INSTALLED CAPACITY & GENERATION 51 4.3 ELECTRICITY USE PATTERN 53 4.4 DEMAND SUPPLY ANALYSIS 54 4.5 WIND POWER SCENARIO IN MAHARASHTRA 56 4.6 VILLAGE SURVEY 61 4.7 DATA ANALYSIS 62 ANALYZING WIND ENERGY AS SOLUTION FOR ENERGY CRISIS IN MAHARASHTRA Nitin A. Lambat IP 0808 Page 2 CHAPTER 5. CONCLUSION & RECOMMENDATIONS 67 5.1 CONCLUSION 67 5.2 RECOMMENDATIONS 68 5.3 STRATEGIES 70 REFERENCES 74 ANNEXURES 76