Numaligarh Refinery Limited (NRL) on June 16 signed a Memorandum of Agreement (MoA) with the Institute of Frontier Science and Application (IFSA) and Kaziranga University to carry out a research project titled ‘Assessment of Wind Energy Potential in Northeast India’.
Wind Energy Potential Assessment In Northeast India
A company release said the agreement was signed by NRL’s senior Chief General Manager Nikunja Borthakur, Kaziranga University Vice-Chancellor Dr P K Mishra and IFSA Chairman Dr P Goswami at NRL Corporate Office in Guwahati in presence of Director (Finance) NRL Sanjay Choudhuri and senior officials from NRL and Kaziranga University.
According to the MoA, the project aims at developing wind energy potential assessment over Assam in a riverine environment using mobile lidar observations for a period of three years.
In technical collaboration with IFSA and with funding from NRL, Kaziranga University will implement the project.
