Lets face it! India and the world on the offshore wind farm technology:

LETS FACE IT! 1.Wind energy sector is the most mature among all the renewable energy sectors in India, there is still a massive scope of expansion in this sector. 2.Contributes over 70 percent of the total renewable energy installed capacity in India. 3.If the current policies are fully implemented, the installed capacity of onshore wind power is likely to grow by almost four times to over 46 GW by but if we include offshore wind farm technology the installed capacity could grow to five times, from 2010 levels, to 65 GW by 2020 and then reach a staggering 165 GW by The Centre for Wind Energy Technology has recently undertaken a study to determine the offshore wind resources in some of India’s south coastal regions. At least of the major power generation companies in India has already sort approval to set up an offshore wind farm. 5.Governments in states with significant wind energy resources have been offering financial incentives like tax breaks, preferential feed-in tariffs and duty waivers to wind energy project developers. 6.China wants to expand its offshore wind power installed capacity to 5 GW by 2015 and 30 GW by 2020, according to the Chinese Renewable Energy Industries Association.China 7.It is expected that by 2030, 40 per cent of global wind farm shall be offshore with an annual expected growth rate of 32 per cent. The total business potential is expected to be in the range of $200 billion from now on till 2030.

Contd… 1.The global offshore wind farm capacity is expected to be 55,000 MW by 2020, as against 3,150 MW (as of October 2010). 2.India's 6,400 km-long coastal line should, however, offer enormous potential. Some of the consultants who have published satellite data of 868 locations globally, have indicated that Kudangulam and Rameswaram in India have high wind potential of greater than 9 m/s (metre per second) which is almost at par with some of the European farms. 3.as on March 31, 2012, the total installed power capacity was GW. Of this, the renewable energy’s contribution was only 23 GW or 12.5 per cent of the total power generation, which is very low looking at natural resources available in the country. 4.At the end of 2011, there were 53 European offshore wind farms in waters off Belgium, Denmark, Finland, Germany, Ireland, the Netherlands, Norway, Sweden and the United Kingdom, with an operating capacity of 3,813 MW,[ while 5,603 MW is under constructionUSA, China, South Korea, Taiwan, France and Japan have ambitious plans to go in for offshore wind farms on a massive scale 5.. The Union Ministry for New and Renewable Energy (MNRE) has constituted an Offshore Wind Energy Steering Committee (OWESC) under the chairmanship of Secretary, MNRE, to steer the offshore wind power development in a focussed manner, especially in Tamil Nadu, Maharashtra and Gujarat. The committee will work out a road map for offshore wind turbines development in the country.

India and the world! 1.A EWEA (European Wind Energy Association) report estimates that between 20 GW and 40 GW of offshore wind energy capacity will be operating in the European Union by Among the European countries, the UK and Denmark have been leading in offshore wind. 2.China has big plans for offshore wind. China’s total wind potential is about 1000 GW onshore and about 250 GW offshore ( see here ). China total installed electricity capacity is about 650 GW, so offshore wind has the potential to supply a large percentage of China’s growing electricity needs.here 3.USA is supposed to have an offshore wind energy potential of about 1000 GW. That’s a lot, and it is almost the same as USA’s total installed capacity ( about 1100 GW ). The potential capacity of US onshore wind resource is about 10,000 GW.