ITC Installs Wind Power at Packaging Plant

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Monday, October 06, 2008

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ITC Installs Wind Power at Packaging Plant

INDIA - ITC one of India's leading commodity companies is to use wind energy in its packaging and printing business.

In the move, which the company says is in line with its vision to contribute meaningfully to sustainable development, ITC has recently commissioned a 14 MW Wind Energy Project in Tamil Nadu by installing four Windmills in Theni District, near Madurai and five Windmills in the Radhapuram Taluk, Tirunelveli District, at a capital cost of about Rs. 900 million.

The project will not only result in cost savings but will also enhance ITC’s positive environmental footprint, the company said.

The generation from these wind turbines will be used by its Packaging and Printing plant at Tiruvottiyur, Chennai.

The project is proposed to be enlisted and registered as a Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) Project with the CDM Executive Board set up under the Kyoto Protocol.

Wimco, Chennai, an ITC subsidiary, is already using four turbines of 250KW each feeding into the TNEB grid at Mupppandal, Tirunelveli. ITC’s hotel in Hyderabad – The ITC Kakatiya is already using wind energy as part of its energy portfolio for the hotel.

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