FYI, a press release from Ministry of New and Renewable Energy, Govt. of India with regard to constitution of National Offshore Wind Energy Authority. The release is self explanatory.
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Ranjan
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National Offshore Wind Energy Authority (NOWA) to be
constituted shortly
A National Offshore Wind Energy Authority (NOWA) under the
aegis of Ministry of New and Renewable Energy will be constituted that will act
as the nodal agency for Offshore Wind Projects in the country. NOWA will carry
out resource assessment and surveys in the Exclusive Economic Zones (EEZ) of
the country and simultaneously enter into contract with project developers for
development of offshore wind energy project in the territorial water (12 nm).
NOWA will be the single window agency and will coordinate with concerned
Ministries/Departments for necessary clearances. However, NOWA will only act as
a facilitator for getting clearance and application for clearance will be dealt
in entirety by the concerned Ministry/Department. This was stated by Secretary,
MNRE, Shri Ratan P. Watal, while speaking at the “National Consultation of
Stakeholders regarding Development of Offshore Wind Energy in India” here
today.
Shri Watal further said the Government of India is committed
to provide a conducive environment for harnessing offshore wind energy in the
country. Laying down figures he stated that India’s onshore wind energy
deployment has crossed 19600 MW attracting USD 16.5 billion of investment in
2012 and it is estimated that by 2030 installed capacity could reach 191 GW. In
order to facilitate the flow of renewable energy into the national grid, the
Government plans to roll out a Rs 43,000-crore ‘green energy corridor’ project.
The project will be implemented with the assistance of Germany which has
promised to provide developmental and technical assistance of one billion euro
as soft credit, he added.
A study by Scottish Development International done in
January 2012 has indicated potential to establish around one GW capacity wind
farm each along the coastline of Rameshwaram and Kanyakumari in Tamil Nadu.
India is estimated to have 350 GW of offshore wind energy capacity. This was
stated by Shri Alok Srivastava, Joint Secretary, MNRE. Shri Srivastava added
that Europe (4995 MW) is the global leader in terms of offshore wind energy
installation followed by China (390 MW) and Japan (25 MW).
Addressing the stakeholders consultation, Shri B.K.
Chaturvedi, Member, Planning Commission said since cost of power generated from
offshore wind energy is more than that generated from onshore, policy frame
work to be formulated should address this differential in account. He further
said the Planning Commission will ensure highest priority to the renewable
energy sector in the country so that it moves forward to achieve energy
security in the country.
The Ministries/Departments which will be involved in the
process of granting clearances for Offshore Wind Farm Projects are Ministry of
Defence, Ministry of Civil Aviation, Ministry of Home Affairs, Ministry of
Earth Sciences, Coast Guard etc.
The Stakeholders’ Consultation witnessed participation of
various stakeholders discussing different aspects for development of offshore
wind energy in the country.
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