Research Article
Wind Energy Development in India and a Methodology for Evaluating Performance of Wind Farm Clusters
Table 5
Comparison of the wind farms based on sociological performance indicators (ISoP).
| | Sl. number | Parameters | Wind farm location | | Chikkodi | Saundatti | Belagavi | Raibag |
| | 1 | Jobs created by the plant (number of direct/indirect jobs created by 1 MW WTG at different stages, like manufacture, installation, O&M) | 7588 (5.0) | 6600 (3.6) | 4832 (1.1) | 4764 (1.0) | | 2 | Providing access to electricity (number of households/ number of people having now access to the electricity produced by a 1 MW plant) | 180 (5.0) | 140 (3.40) | 90 (1.40) | 80 (1.0) | | 3 | Industrial Safety Accident Rate (SAR) | 1 (5.0) | 3 (1.0) | 2 (3.0) | 2 (3.0) | | 4 | Monetary benefit to the landowners lakhs Rs. per acre of wind farm (for leased lands, in % annual revenue) | 1.5 (1.43) | 4 (5.0) | 2 (2.14) | 1.2 (1.0) | | 5 | Contribution made to the educational/cultural development of the local area (in terms of % annual revenue) | 2.2 (5.0) | 2 (4.16) | 1.25 (1.0) | 1.5 (2.05) | | 6 | Degree of improvement in the tourism development | High (4.0) | Medium (3.0) | High (4.0) | Medium (3.0) | | 7 | Extent of social costs (environment damage caused to people, etc.) | Very Low (5.0) | Medium (3.0) | Low (4.0) | Low (4.0) | | 8 | Positive effect on agricultural production & rural industrialization | Medium (3.0) | Low (2.0) | Very Low (1.0) | Low (2.0) | | 9 | Positive effect on incomes and poverty alleviation | Medium (3.0) | Medium (3.0) | Low (2.0) | Medium (3.0) | | 10 | Positive effect on migration and birth rates of labour due to the wind farm | Medium (3.0) | Medium (3.0) | High (4.0) | Low (2.0) |
| | | Total (score × weight of ISoP) | 10.31 | 9.32 | 5.48 | 5.12 |
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