Blitz Bureau
NEW DELHI: The installed wind energy capacity in India has touched the 51.67 GW mark as on June 30 this year, Minister of New and Renewable Energy Pralhad Joshi informed the Parliament on July 30. The addition of wind energy capacity in the country has been increasing steadily in the last three financial years from 2,275.55 MW added in 2023-24 to 3,253.39 MW being added in 2024-25 and 1,637.02 MW of fresh capacity being set up in the April-June quarter of 2025-26 so far, according to data tabled by the minister in a written reply in the Lok Sabha.
The top three states contributing the highest share in wind power generation capacity are Gujarat with 13,816.68 MW of installed capacity, followed by Tamil Nadu, which has 11,830.36 MW. Karnataka is ranked third in the country with an installed wind power capacity of 7,714.74 MW. The minister further stated that the target of 500 GW non-fossil fuel-based power generation by 2030 includes 340 GW of ground-mounted solar and wind. This comprises 110 GW connected to the Intra-State Transmission System (In-STS) and 230 GW to the Inter-State Transmission System (ISTS).
He further stated that the government has issued the ‘National Repowering & Life Extension Policy for Wind Power Projects’ on December 7, 2023, providing a facilitative framework for the repowering of old wind turbines. The minister said that the government has taken several steps to develop offshore wind power projects in the country, which include the notification of the ‘Offshore Wind Energy Policy’ in October 2015 to provide a framework for the development of offshore wind energy in the country.
