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EU and India join hands to facilitate Offshore Wind
Facilitating India’s transition towards low carbon development by
supporting implementation of national policies and programs for offshore
wind power
27th January 2014 + + + The Global Wind Energy
Council and partners announced today the launch of a four year project to
develop a roadmap for offshore wind development in India, with a focus the
states of Gujarat and Tamil Nadu. Supported by a € 4 million contribution
through the European Union’s Indo-European Cooperation on Renewable Energy
programme, the project will work in close cooperation with the Ministry of
New and Renewable Energy, State governments and other relevant offices of
the Indian government to look at the challenges and opportunities
presented by offshore wind.
"The Offshore Wind Power Development
project supported by European Union's Indo-European Cooperation on
Renewable Energy programme falls perfectly in line with the vision of the
Government of India for development of offshore wind power in the country.
The project is being launched when the Ministry of New & Renewable Energy
is also working towards the introduction of National Offshore Wind Energy
Policy in India”, said Alok Srivastava, Joint Secretary of the Ministry of
New & Renewable Energy.
"We in Europe are committed towards
reducing emissions and moving towards sustainable forms of energy, thereby
lowering the dependency on fossil fuels and working towards a cleaner
climate. This project on Wind energy in partnership with our Indian
counterparts is driven by the same philosophy – secure, affordable and
clean energy for all," said Dr. João Cravinho, Ambassador of the European
Union.
Globally, although onshore wind is now a mature, competitive
and mainstream energy generation source, offshore wind is still in a
relatively early stage of development. Most of the 6 GW of capacity
installed is in the North Sea, Baltic and Irish Seas. The only other
substantial market is in China, although there are exciting developments
in Japan, Korea, Taiwan as well as early movement in the United States. As
with all new technologies, the capital costs are high, and there is still
a great deal of technical and management learning required to bring costs
down to competitive levels. One of the goals of the project will be to
learn as much as possible from the European experience to ensure that when
India ventures offshore it does so in the most effective way possible.
“We look forward to working with our Indian and European partners to
help fuel India’s development with clean renewable energy. We believe that
with careful analysis and thorough preparation drawing on our global
network, offshore wind can make a significant contribution to ensuring
that clean energy plays the dominant role in supplying India’s growing
energy needs,” said Steve Sawyer, GWEC Secretary General.
The
partners bring a wealth of experience to the project: The World Institute
for Sustainable Energy (WISE), based in Pune, will host the project
management unit, and focus on the state of Gujarat; The Center for Study
of Science, Technology and Policy (CSTEP), based in Bangalore will focus
on the State of Tamil Nadu; DNV-GL, the world’s largest renewable energy
consultancy, will, through its Bangalore based subsidiary, provide it’s
long expertise in the offshore industry, as well as its experience in
technology assessment, project design, due diligence and other areas; and
we are pleased to have the support and participation of the Gujarat Power
Corporation Limited.
The specific objectives of the project are to
create an enabling environment for offshore wind through through resource
mapping, policy guidance and capacity building measures, and to assess the
inrastructure base and identify improvements required. In addition, the
project will seek to build partnerships at a technical, policy and
research level both within India and between India and EU companies,
research groups and institutions, with a final goal of developing an
Offshore Wind Outlook and development pathway for India up to 2032.
Source: Lauha Fried and Shruti Shukla,
GWEC Global Wind Energy
Council www.gwec.net
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