Wind power in India

Mean wind speed in India[1]

Wind power generation capacity in India has significantly increased in recent years. As of 31 March 2024, the total installed wind power capacity was 45.887 gigawatts (GW). India has the fourth largest installed wind power capacity in the world.[2] Wind power capacity is mainly spread across the southern, western, and northwestern states.[3] The onshore wind power potential of India was assessed at 132 GW with minimum 32% CUF at 120 m above the local ground level (agl).[4] Whereas, the estimated potential at minimum 25% CUF is 695 GW at 120 agl.

Wind power costs in India are decreasing rapidly.[5] The levelised tariff of wind power reached a record low of ₹2.43 (2.9¢ US) per kWh (without any direct or indirect subsidies) during auctions for wind projects in December 2017.[6][7][8] However, the levelised tariff increased to ₹3.17 (3.8¢ US) per kWh in May 2023.[9][10] In December 2017, union government announced the applicable guidelines for tariff-based wind power auctions to bring more clarity and minimise the risk to the developers.[11] Wind power installations occupy only 2% of the wind farm area facilitating rest of the area for agriculture, plantations, etc.[12] Wind power plants are also capable to provide fast frequency response in ramping up falling grid frequency.[13]

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  4. ^ "India's Wind Potential Atlas at 120m agl" (PDF). National Institute Of Wind Energy. Retrieved 16 May 2024.
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  8. ^ "SECI's 1.2 GW Wind Auction Sees Lowest Tariff of ₹2.82/kWh". 15 February 2019. Archived from the original on 30 June 2019. Retrieved 15 February 2019.
  9. ^ "Juniper, EDF Renewables, ACME, and Solarcraft Win GUVNL's 300 MW Wind Auction". Retrieved 7 May 2023.
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  11. ^ "Govt issues guidelines for tariff-based wind power auction". 12 December 2017. Retrieved 12 December 2017.
  12. ^ "How Much Land Would It Require To Get Most Of Our Electricity From Wind & Solar?". NREL. 25 February 2023. Retrieved 27 February 2023.
  13. ^ "Inertia and the Power Grid: A Guide Without the Spin" (PDF). NREL. Retrieved 25 March 2023.