Gujarat JHM Hotels Limited (hereafter referred to as GJHMHL in the subsequent sections of this document) was incorporated in India in 1985 and started its hotel operations in December 1990. The CDM project activity as proposed GJHMHL consists of operating 4 nos wind mills of 0.8 MW capacity each, at Bhambarwadi in Maharashtra. The technology and machines were supplied by Enercon India Ltd. (hereafter referred to as EIL in the subsequent sections of this document) and they have also taken the contract for operating and maintaining the machines for ten years of operation, from the date of commissioning of the machines. The distributed generation of the wind mills of this project activity are as follows:

       Owner        Total capacity of      No. of Wind    Capacity of each     Date of commissioning

       wind mills           turbines          turbine

       Gujarat JHM         0.8 MW                  1            0.8 MW                   22/03/06

       Limited             0.8 MW                  1            0.8 MW                   29/03/06

1. 8 MW 1 0.8MW 28/06/06
2. 8 MW 1 0.8 MW 23/09/06

       Total            3.2 MW                  4            0.8 MW        The wind mills of GJHMHL are proposed to generate and supply power to Maharashtra State        Electricity Distribution Company Limited (hereafter referred to as MSEDCL).        Contribution of the project activity to sustainable development        Ministry of Environment and Forests, Govt. of India has stipulated the social well being, economic        well being, environmental well being and technological well being as the four indicators for        sustainable development in the interim approval guidelines host country approval eligibility criteria        for Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) projects1. 

Social well being

• Rural and infrastructural development in the areas around the project. • Contribution towards achieving the objective of the policy on wind power generation of Government of India and Government of Maharashtra., which is to promote generation of energy through non-conventional sources to supplement the ever increasing demand of the state.

Environmental well being

• Reduction in the consumption of fossil fuels in the grid for generating additional electricity equivalent to that generated by the wind mills; • CO2 abatement and reduction of green house emission through development of renewable technology.

• The project has reduced the local air pollutants and environmental impacts due to increased share of electricity generation through wind power. Economic well being

• Help in economic development of remote villages in Maharashtra by making investment in that area.

• A number of electric sub stations have come in the area resulting in further employment. • All the turbines need maintenance personnel, which in turn gives employment to local people. • The land prices in the neighbouring area have gone up substantially thereby benefiting the villagers.

Technological well being

• Encourage other entrepreneurs irrespective of sector to adopt this technology and invest in wind energy