Located in Gadag distict, the Kappadagudda Project is the first Wind Energy project in Karnataka. 9 Units of 225 KW each were installed during 1995 - 96. As part of its expansion plans, 11 more Units of 230 KW each were added during 2002 - 03 to increase the total installed capacity to 4.555 MW (20 Units ). The total annual energy benefit from Kappadagudda is 12 MU.