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Table 13 Wind energy tariffs across states in India
Tariffs fi xed by
commissions in
INR per kWh
Validity of tariff
(year)
Charges for captive
users
RPS (%) specifi ed
State
Tamil Nadu
14 %
3.39 (fi xed)
20
10 % (includes 5 % for
banking if applicable)
Karnataka
10 %
4.2 a
10
2-5 %
Maharashtra
6 %
5.07 (Wind Zone 1) b
4.41 (Wind Zone 2) b
3.75 (Wind Zone 3) b
3.38 (Wind Zone 4) b
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Actual open access
(OA) charges
Rajasthan
7.45 %
3.83 for Jaipur, Jodhpur
and Barmer district
20
50 % of normal OA
charges
4.03 for rest of Rajasthan
Andhra Pradesh
5 %
3.5
10
Actual OA charges
Madhya Pradesh
10 %
4.35
25
2 % plus transmission
charge
Kerala
3 %
3.14 (fi xed)
20
5 %
West Bengal
4-6.8 %
4.00 (fi xed, to be used
as a cap)
Flexible
2 %
Gujarat
4.50 %
3.56
25
4 %
Haryana
10 %
4.08 (with 1.5 %
escalation per year)
5
2 %
a Revised price by KERC on October 10, 2013
b (Wind Zone 1 - annual mean WPD of 200-250 w/m 2 )
b (Wind Zone 2 - annual mean WPD of 250-300 w/m 2 )
b (Wind Zone 3 - annual mean WPD of 300-350 w/m 2 )
b (Wind Zone 4 - annual mean WPD > 400 w/m 2 )
Source : http://www.inwea.org/tariffs.htm (accessed on October 21, 2013)
through technology transfer, fi nance and reforms to
global and fi nancial structures. It is desirable that
the developing countries like India realise that green
economy projects and programmes are co-benefi -
cial, bringing in revenues from both environmental
and economic investments.
Indians are found to be enterprising and there
is huge investment potential in the country.
However, money does not fl ow into enhancing
and accounting for ecosystem services except as a
social responsibility which off late has been
legally enforced. Voluntary involvement in socio-
environmental protection activities seems to be
less aspiring for corporate India. Of course few
corporate houses have been doing the desirable
religiously for years. But most of them are far
away from discharging the socio-environmental
responsibilities. One major explanation for low
voluntary involvement could be that “all that is
environmental is Government led and Government
managed with all the attendant framework
limitations” (Chatterjee 2011 ). It seems that the
relationship of the private sector with the environ-
ment is on a regulatory platform, not on a devel-
opment, technology or innovation track. It is
much desirable that the private sector, people and
the government partner with each other to start the
evolution of green economy in India.
According to Govindan ( 2012 ) in the last
decade, India has undertaken several noticeable
initiatives towards greening its growth. Through
public interventions, it has prioritised such areas
as water conservation, renewable energy, renewal
of degraded land and solid waste recycling for
energy, among other initiatives. Probably in the
absence of indigenous green technology, the
adopters fi nd the imported technology costly and
economically unviable. In order to enhance
acceptability and adoption level of green technol-
ogy, the government at various levels has been
providing fi nancial incentives through tax breaks
and subsidies. Despite possible government
 
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