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Odisha turns to other states for wind power, hopes to get 150 Mw in FY20

None of the locations in Odisha have been deemed to be suitable for installing wind power projects, prompting the state to buy from elsewhere

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Nirmalya BeheraJayajit Dash Bhubaneswar
Faced with hurdles in developing wind power plants, Odisha has turned to other states for sourcing the unconventional energy to help meet its Renewable Purchase Obligation (RPO) mandate.  
 
Gridco has signed a power sale agreement (PSA) with PTC India Ltd to avail of 50-Mw wind power allocated through the Solar Electrification Corporation of India (SECI) under the '1,000 Mw ISTS Connected Wind Power Projects Scheme' of the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE). 

It had also signed a PSA with SECI in 2017 for availing of 100-Mw wind power under the 'ISTS Connected Wind Power Projects Scheme, Phase-II' of

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