India's wind power deployments grow to 2.8 GW in 2023

India brought online 2.8 GW of new wind turbine generation capacity in 2023, witnessing a 56% increase from the prior year’s additions of 1.8 GW, data by Mercom India Research shows.

The improvement was attributed to the Indian government’s decision to include wind power in the Renewable Power Purchase Obligation (RPPO) scheme and the soaring demand for renewable power. The increased pace of installations is also supported by the revision of a 2016 policy for turbine repowering, Mercom said.

In the fourth quarter alone, wind turbines with a combined capacity of 552 MW started delivering power to the grid, a jump of 141% from the same period of 2022. The growth came mainly thanks to the utility-scale segment and the expansion of hybrid wind-solar capacity.

According to the statistics, India ended 2023 with cumulative installed wind power capacity of 44.7 GW, with the states of Tamil Nadu, Gujarat and Karnataka accounting for 59.8% of this total.

Mercom expects India to step up wind deployments with projects in the offshore sector, which will get viability gap funding to enable the addition of 1 GW. Seabed lease rights are also due to be allocated to build 4 GW of offshore wind farms.

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