Wind installations to hit 4,000 MW by March 2017

Noting that India had made significant commitment under the Paris Declaration and the CoP 21 to fight against the climate change, the IWTMA Chairman, Sarvesh Kumar, outlined that wind industry witnessed many path-breaking policies in 2016. 

A few among them are the draft Wind-Solar-Hybrid policy, guidelines for development of onshore wind projects and for prototype wind turbines, proposal for evaluation of small wind energy and hybrid projects, competitive bidding of 1,000 MW of wind power and setting up of 1,000 MW ISTS connected wind power projects. 

While noting that the IWTMA had expressed its concern for the state governments that needed to be incentivised by the Central Government to meet their RPO targets,  Kumar, who is also the President and Chief Operating Officer of RRB Energy Limited, New Delhi, commended the Centre for waiving the Central Transmission Utility (CTU) charges in the competitive bidding up to 2019 besides announcing reduction in the duty structure. 

Considering that 90 per cent of the investments came from the private sector in the wind sector, Kumar felt that the payment security “Must Run Status” and maintenance of RPO by wind States were vital. Elaborating that the National RPO and RPO by all the 29 states would bring about the much required traction for wind, Kumar wanted closer working of the industry with the Power Grid Corporation India Limited (PGCIL). 

The IWTMA has partnered with the Global Wind Energy Council (GWEC) to organise a three-day exhibition and two-day conference – “Windergy India 2017” from April 25 to April 27 in New Delhi, where leaders from across the globe would deliberate and discuss the way forward and come out with solutions to tide over the key barriers faced by the wind energy sector.