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The growth of Renewable Energy in India is enormous and Wind Energy proves to be the most effective solution to the problem of depleting fossil fuels, importing of coal, greenhouse gas emission, environmental pollution etc. Wind energy as a renewable, non-polluting and affordable source directly avoids dependency of fuel and transport, can lead to green and clean electricity.

Wind energy has been the leading technology in terms of installed capacity for several years now as costs continued to fall due to increased competition among turbine manufacturers which eventually also started providing end-to-end services, including project development, operation, and maintenance. The Indian wind energy sector is expected to reach new heights as the Government recently approved the national offshore wind energy policy. The policy has opened up potentially the entire 13,000 kilometres of the Indian coastline for wind energy projects, with the first auctions of offshore blocks for the projects to take place in January 2016.

By March 2022 the Government aims to have an operational wind energy capacity of 60 GW. Several leading project developers have set ambitious goal to set up wind energy projects over the next 5-7 years. The total capacity addition commitment received by the Indian Government from such developers is around 48 GW. The Government of India has announced a laudable Renewable Energy target of 175GW by 2022 out of which 60GW will be coming from wind power. 

Overall the future of Wind Energy in India is bright as energy security and self-sufficiency is identified as the major driver. The biggest advantage with wind energy is that the fuel is free, and also it doesn’t produce CO2 emission. Wind farm can be built reasonably fast, the wind farm land can be used for farming as well thus serving dual purpose, and it is cost-effective as compare to other forms of renewable energy.