Berkeley Energy Wind Mauritius Ltd.

Development impacts

• Local economic growth

  India suffers from an important energy shortage, which is a bottleneck for growth. Large cities and rural areas have to face load shedding and power cuts throughout the day. By adding new capacity to the grid, the project will support the activity of small and medium firms and answer to the people's growing needs.

• Fight against climate change and preservation of natural resources

  India has very large coal reserve and coal power plants represent 50% of the installed capacity. Developing the renewable energy capacity will help to have a more balanced energy mix and to support the increasing energy access while limiting the corresponding CO2 emissions.

• Food security & rural development

  23 million rural households in 120.000 villages were not connected to the grid due to lack of capacity. This project will increase the global capacity and indirectly help increase rural access to energy.