Gujurat is all set to install, India's first Offshore Wind Farm. The State Finance Minister Nitin Patel Presented this proposal during the budget presentation for 2013-14 in the State Assembly.
The Exact location of the Project or the Capacity to be installed is yet unknown. There is an increased interest from the government officials recently for the development of Offshore Wind farms in the Country.
The Current Status of Offshore Wind Farm Development:
India has a coastline of nearly 7600 Km. But still there is not even a
single MW installed in the sea, though India has conducted various
surveys to check the feasibility of having Offshore Wind Turbines in
it's waters.
India recently conducted a Preliminary assessment at 54 locations on the
coast in the states of Tamil Nadu, Gujarat, Odisha, Maharashtra, Andhra
Pradesh, Karnataka, Kerala and West Bengal. Also MNRE has started
steering Committee, which will aid the growth of Offshore Wind in India.
A Subcommittee of this Committee has been assigned to create a draft
Policy of Offshore Wind Development.
Also MNRE along with a Scottish agency had recently conducted surveys
in Rameshwaram and Kanyakumari area in Tamilnadu (state with largest
installed Wind capacity) and the result indicated nearly 1GW of
Capacity in both the areas. More details can be found here
