And Finally the wait is over, as Indian Government has constituted an Offshore Wind
Energy Steering Committee under the chairmanship of Ministry of New & Renewable Energy Secretary, associating the stakeholder Ministries to
steer the offshore wind energy development in the country in a directed
and focused manner including modality for inter-agency coordination.
The development of offshore wind energy projects also depends upon firming of wind resource, oceanographic studies, environmental impact assessment, infrastructure to support fabrication, interconnection and evacuation of electricity from these systems, clearances required from various Ministries/stakeholders etc.
The Current Status of Offshore Wind Farm Development:
The development of offshore wind energy projects also depends upon firming of wind resource, oceanographic studies, environmental impact assessment, infrastructure to support fabrication, interconnection and evacuation of electricity from these systems, clearances required from various Ministries/stakeholders etc.
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.
