India hopes to double wind power generation by 2007

India hopes to almost double its wind power generation to 10,000 megawatts by the end of 2007 to meet rising energy demand and cut its reliance on dirty coal and costly oil, a minister said on Wednesday.

Capacity in the world’s fourth-largest wind power generator rose by 45 percent in the year to March 2006, to 5,340 megawatts.

Big industrial units like state-run Oil and Natural Gas Corp. and Indian Oil Corp. are now scrambling to set up wind farms, which attract hefty tax breaks.

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