The Government of West Bengal is planning to set up a wind power station at Dadan Patra Bar near Mandarmoni in East Midnapore district of the state.
The West Bengal Government will set up 100 MW project with an estimated investment of Rs 500 crore. The project will be developed in phases. The state government has already earmarked 1,000 acre of land for the power station and in the first phase of the project a total of 700 acre land will be used. The project is expected to be commissioned by May 2014. Dadan Patra Bar has a wind speed of 19 km per hour. The plant is expected to generate 50 MW power in its phase I.
However, West Bengal has a gross wind power potential of 450 MW, but the installed capacity, as of March 2013 is 2.5 MW.
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