India’s second largest state-owned oil explorer, Oil India Limited has commissioned a 54 MW wind energy project in Gujarat and Madhya Pradesh. The project has been hampered between the two states. Gujarat will have a 16 MW capacity plant at Patan and Madhya Pradesh will have a 38 MW capacity plant at Chandigarh. The total cost of the project is estimated to be Rs 439 crore. ie Rs 126.5 crore for Patan plant and Rs 312.45 crore for Chandigarh plant.
Project Details
- Funded by – Oil India Limited
- Project Developers – Gamesa Wind Turbines of Chennai.
- Project Management Consultants – Power and Energy Consultants, New Delhi
Tidbits
- Oil India Limited was founded in 1959.
- The Headquarters of OIL is Duliajan, Assam.
- OIL is the II largest hydrocarbon exploration & production (E&P) Indian public sector company.
- OIL is present in many countries, which includes the USA, Bangladesh, Yemen, Sudan, Iran, Nigeria..etc.
- Mrs.Rupshikha Borah is the current Chairman and Managing Director OIL.
