Wind power in India
[3] The onshore wind power potential of India was assessed at 132 GW with minimum 32% CUF at 120 m above the local ground level (agl).
[9][10] In December 2017, union government announced the applicable guidelines for tariff-based wind power auctions to bring more clarity and minimise the risk to the developers.
[19] In 1960, the CSIR established a Wind Power Division as part of the new National Aeronautical Laboratory (NAL) in Bangalore, which was founded that year.
[citation needed] The project, an initiative of late Dr. K S Rao, then-Director of Gujarat Energy Development Agency (GEDA), was a joint venture between GEDA and J K Synthetics Ltd.[citation needed] Though the performance of this machine was quite poor, it established the technical viability of operating wind turbines in the grid-connected mode in India.
[citation needed] The potential for wind farms in the country was first assessed in 2011 to be more than 2,000 GW by Prof. Jami Hossain of TERI University, New Delhi.
[citation needed] As a result, the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE) set up a committee to reassess the potential[22] and through the National Institute of Wind Energy (NIWE, previously C-WET) has announced a revised estimation of the potential wind resource in India from 49,130 MW to 302,000 MW assessed at 100 metres (330 ft) hub height.
Gujarat government's focus on tapping renewable energy has led to a sharp rise in the wind power capacity in the last few years.
[34] According to official data, wind power generation capacity in the state has increased a staggering ten times in the last six years.
Renewable energy projects worth a massive Rs 1 trillion (short scale) of memorandums of understanding (MoUs) in the Vibrant Gujarat Summit in 2017.
[35] The single largest wind turbine of 5.2 MW capacity at 120 metres (390 ft) hub height was installed in the state as of November 2022.
[73] Additional electricity can be produced by covering the south-facing façade area of the wind turbine towers/masts with solar panels up to the rotor bottom tip height at an economical price.
[78] India has announced tentative schedule for calling request for quotation (RfQ) to establish off shore wind power projects.
[82] The other consortium partners include the Centre for Study of Science, Technology and Policy (CSTEP), DNV GL, the Gujarat Power Corporation Limited (GPCL) and the World Institute of Sustainable Energy (WISE).
The project focuses on the States of Gujarat and Tamil Nadu for the identification of potential zones for development through techno-commercial analysis and preliminary resource assessment.
It will also establish a platform for structural collaboration and knowledge sharing between stakeholders from European Union and India, on offshore wind technology, policy, regulation, industry, and human resource development.
The consortium published initial pre-feasibility assessment reports for offshore wind farm development in Gujarat and Tamil Nadu on 16 June 2015.
[85] India seems pacing up rapidly towards offshore wind energy development as the Nodal Ministry (MNRE) & Nodal Agency (NIWE) calls with the Expression of Interest (EoI)[86] inviting the bidders for development of first 1000MW commercial-scale offshore wind farm in India, near the coast of Gujarat.
The EoI published on 16 April 2018, specifies the proposed area identified under the FOWIND & FOWPI study funded by European Union.
The proposed location of the offshore wind farm could be 23–40 km (14–25 mi) off the coast from the Pipavav port, Gulf of Khambhat.
