Oil India Commissions Wind Energy Project

Oil India Ltd. (OIL) has commissioned a 52.5-MW commercial wind energy project developed partly in Gujarat and partly in Madhya Pradesh. A company statement said that another 500-KW captive solar project in Jorhat, Assam has also been commissioned.

The 52.5-MW project is split between a 27.3-MW capacity pro-ject operational at Kotiya in Gujarat and a 25.2-MW capacity project operational at Unchwas in Madhya Pradesh. “The Kotiya, Gujarat sub-part of the project was fully commissioned on January 12, while the Unchwas, Madhya Pradesh sub-part was fully commissioned on March 31,” the statement added.

With this, OIL’s present installed renewable energy capacity stood at 188.1-MW, including 174.1-MW of wind energy projects and 14-MW of solar energy projects.

OIL also commissioned a captive 500-KW solar power project at pump station number 3 in Jorhat, Assam on March 19.