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RENEWABLE ENERGY 
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RENEWABLE ENERGY 
WIND ENERGY 
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RENEWABLE ENERGY 
WIND ENERGY 
INTRODUCTION 
India was one of the early starters in wind energy 
compared to other nations especially developing 
nations.  
It is at the fourth position internationally in overall 
wind generation capacity. 
India has potential of about 60 GW on wind. 
 It is quite likely that it would go up substantially 
because over the time some of the old wind 
power stations that have very low capacity 
could be replaced with wind turbines which 
have higher capacity. 
 
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RENEWABLE ENERGY 
WIND ENERGY 
INTRODUCTION 
India was one of the early starters in wind energy 
compared to other nations especially developing 
nations.  
It is at the fourth position internationally in overall 
wind generation capacity. 
India has potential of about 60 GW on wind. 
 It is quite likely that it would go up substantially 
because over the time some of the old wind 
power stations that have very low capacity 
could be replaced with wind turbines which 
have higher capacity. 
 
WIND ENERGY - ISSUES 
India is likely to install 54.7 GW of wind capacity 
by 2022 against the 60-GW target set by the 
government, Fitch Solutions Macro Research has 
pointed out.  
The combination of several challenges in the 
country's wind power sector will hit near-term 
growth momentum, including land availability 
hurdles, grid access bottlenecks and concerns 
over the viability of low tender bids. 
Due to above reasons, India only will add on 
average 4.5 GW of wind capacity annually 
between 2019 and 2022. 
 
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RENEWABLE ENERGY 
WIND ENERGY 
INTRODUCTION 
India was one of the early starters in wind energy 
compared to other nations especially developing 
nations.  
It is at the fourth position internationally in overall 
wind generation capacity. 
India has potential of about 60 GW on wind. 
 It is quite likely that it would go up substantially 
because over the time some of the old wind 
power stations that have very low capacity 
could be replaced with wind turbines which 
have higher capacity. 
 
WIND ENERGY - ISSUES 
India is likely to install 54.7 GW of wind capacity 
by 2022 against the 60-GW target set by the 
government, Fitch Solutions Macro Research has 
pointed out.  
The combination of several challenges in the 
country's wind power sector will hit near-term 
growth momentum, including land availability 
hurdles, grid access bottlenecks and concerns 
over the viability of low tender bids. 
Due to above reasons, India only will add on 
average 4.5 GW of wind capacity annually 
between 2019 and 2022. 
 
INDIA’S FIRST INTERSTATE CONNECTED WIND 
POWER PROJECT COMMISSIONED IN BHUJ  
126 MW wind power capacity, part of India’s 
first inter-state transmission system (ISTS) 
auction, was commissioned in Bhuj, Gujarat. 
 It was part of India’s first ISTS auction was 
conducted by state-run Solar Energy 
Corporation of India Ltd (SECI) in February 
2017.