National Offshore Wind Energy Policy Approved
Q. To push for cleaner renewable energy sources, government of India on 9th September 2015 approved a new policy for establishing wind power projects in seas alongside the 7,600 km Indian coastline. Provide its name?- Published on 11 Sep 15a. National Offshore Wind Energy Policy
b. Renewable Wind Energy Policy
c. Indian Wind Energy Policy
d. National Wind Energy Policy
ANSWER: National Offshore Wind Energy Policy
Government has approved a policy for establishing wind power projects alongside the Indian coastline. National Offshore Wind Energy Policy cleared by the Union Cabinet allows development of wind power projects in the exclusive economic zone of India. Research initiatives are also part of the policy. It aims at allocation of onshore wind energy block for installing turbines to generate electricity from Wind. Offshore wind represents 2% of global installed capacity currently. 1713 megawatts of new offshore capacity was added in 2014 bringing the total to 8759 megawatts. Close to 91% of offshore wind installations are in European waters. From a total of 8045 MW of new offshore wind installations, North Sea has around 5094.2 MW, Atlantic Ocean has 1808.6 MW and Baltic Sea has 1142.5 MW. India has join nations such as S. Korea, China and Japan as well as the US for looking at offshore wind. There is a potential for generation of 106000 MW power through offshore wind projects in Gujarat and 60,000 MW on TN coastline. Offshore wind energy policy will provide a level playing field for domestic as well as global investors and beneficiaries. Processes will be carried out by NIWE which will implement the policy.
