SYNOPSIS

Topic of research: Wind power growth pattern of India during the decade 2003-13 Importance of research: During the last few years wind energy has emerged as
most promising among various renewable energy sources for large scale power generation on commercial basis. India has become the 4th largest annual wind power market in the world, and provides great business opportunities for both domestic and foreign investors. The Indian wind power sector experienced record annual growth in 2011 with the addition of more than 3 GW of new installations. Diverse incentives supported by a long-term policy and regulatory framework at the central and state levels have played a crucial role in achieving this goal. Wind power is now increasingly accepted as a major complementary energy source for securing a sustainable and clean energy future for India.

Review of literature: For this research, the central and state-wise wind power policies of
the country as well as various annual national wind energy outlook reports and documents will be review briefly.

Research objectives: The Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE) has set high
targets for the development of wind power in India in the coming years. It states that total power capacity in India would reach 779 GW in 2035. To reach 779 GW in 2035, capacity must grow at a CAGR of 5.9 percent, or over 20 GW per year from 2009 through 2035. The largest addition per year up to now was nearly 18 GW during fiscal year 2011-20123; this scale of expansion could pose a challenge for the government without a significant role for wind power. So research methodologies have to be planned and adhered on how to achieve these objectives.

Research design, tools and methodology: For this research on growth pattern of wind
power in India, state wise wind power development will be studied. Historically, the States of Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Maharashtra and Gujarat have been the leaders in terms of total wind installations. The States of Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh and Kerala are quickly catching up. Majorly, more than 95 percent of the nations wind energy development to date is concentrated in just five states in southern and western India Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Maharashtra, and Gujarat The major incentives and schemes by the govt of India for the development of wind energy in these states will be reviewed and how can they be further modified to continue this pace and achieve the envisaged targets, with the help from wind energy experts in wind power developer companies, by the mode of queries, questionnaires, etc will also be done.

Limitations and delimitations of the study: One of the main limitations is that access to
the actual wind data about wind resource assessment, wind plant site details, wind plant commissioning reports, financial analysis reports, etc is mostly restricted due to strict corporate policies of the wind power developers.

This research majorly includes the study and growth pattern of on-shore wind power projects in India only and minor on the offshore wind power projects as they are currently under R&D (Research and Development) stage by the Govt of India.

Time plan: This research project is expected to be completed by the end of this semester, i.e
December 2013.