The Union Cabinet gave its approval for the National Offshore Wind
Energy policy on Wednesday Sep 09,2015 which would provide the roadmap for
development of such plants in the country.
“The policy framework will provide a roadmap for mapping the offshore
wind energy potential. Based on this, we will locate and identify the
areas which have the potential for offshore wind energy. Government will
get all approvals for these areas and offer it to developers by way of
bidding,” Piyush Goyal, Minister of State (Independent Charge) for
Power, Coal and New & Renewable Energy, said.
The Ministry of New & Renewable Energy will be the nodal ministry
for use of offshore areas within the Exclusive Economic Zone of the
country and the National Institute of Wind Energy will be the nodal
agency to allocate wind energy blocks to developers.
As per the policy, the offshore wind energy plants can come up to seaward distance of 200 nautical miles of the country from the base line
As per estimates, Gujarat has the potential of around 100,000 MW for offshore wind energy, while Tamil Nadu has about 60,000 MW potential
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