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New Delhi : The Government notified the ‘National Offshore Wind Energy Policy’ in 2015 providing the basic framework for developing the offshore wind sector.
Post notification of the policy, the Government, through National Institute of Wind Energy, has issued ‘Guidelines for Offshore Wind Power Assessment Studies and Surveys’ to enable private investors to carryout offshore wind resource assessment. Further, Government is carrying out offshore wind resource assessments and related studies through National Institute of Wind Energy to validate the offshore wind resource potential at identified locations off the coast of Gujarat and Tamil Nadu.
The Ministry of New and Renewable Energy has formed a committee to finalise a roadmap for offshore wind development in the country, including upcoming offshore projects. The Government has permitted Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) up to 100 percent under the automatic route for renewable energy projects, including offshore wind energy projects. This information was given by Union Minister for Power and New and Renewable Energy R K Singh in a written reply in Lok Sabha on July 22, 2021, according to a PIB release.