Neyveli Lignite (NLC) is expected to commission its wind power project in Tirunelveli district of Tamil Nadu by June 2014.
The company has proposed to set up a 51 MW wind power farm at Kaluneerkulam. Leitwind Shriram Manufacturing had earlier bagged an order worth Rs 346 crore from NLC for supply of wind turbines. The company is a joint venture between Shriram Group and Italy-based Windfin BV. The scope of work includes procuring of land, designing, manufacturing, supplying, erecting, testing, commissioning and synchronising with grid.
Meanwhile, NLC is already in the process of setting up two power projects in Tamil Nadu and Uttar Pradesh at an estimated cost of Rs 24,770 crore.
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