Comments on: India’s Wind Energy Capacity could top 65 GW by 2020

By: India Plans to Reassess Wind Energy Resource to Match Latest Wind Energy Tech - CleanTechnica

Sun, 13 May 2012 15:12:00 +0000

[…] to attract huge investment from domestic as well as international investors. Last year, the Global Wind Energy Council stated that, even in the absence of any new policies, the wind energy capacity is likely to double […]

By: Projected Wind Power Growth (Worldwide) – CleanTechnica: Cleantech innovation news and views

Mon, 18 Apr 2011 17:02:30 +0000

[…] India had ~13 GW of wind power capacity installed at the end of 2010. Depending on which policies are implemented, a report by the Global Wind Energy Council found that the country could increase to 24 GW, to 46 GW, or to as much as 65 GW by 2020. In the first scenario, with the weakest policies, it is projected that capacity would increase to 30.5 GW by 2030. In the second scenario, the projection is that the country would hit 108 GW by 2030. And in the third scenario, it could hit 165 GW by 2030. India wind power potential growth. (click to enlarge) […]

By: Anumakonda Jagadeesh

Anumakonda Jagadeesh — Sat, 16 Apr 2011 06:27:00 +0000

It is a tall claim. With 13,065 MW (December 2010), India is not even half of what China has. Ironically China started in Wind much later than India. I have been advocating Off-shore Wind farms for the last decade,. Not even a pilot project project launched. It is hoped Ministry of New and Renewable Energy will start a pilot off-shore Wind farm.

Dr.A.Jagadeesh Nellore (AP), India
Wind Energy Expert
E-mail: anumakonda.jagadeesh@gmail.com