Power India found that, the Government of India is seeking to devise a policy to allocate though auction offshore wind farms in a way similar to auction of oil and gas blocks.
Ministry of New and Renewable Energy has constituted an inter ministerial panel of secretaries including heads of pertinent organizations such as Coast Guards, to frame policy guidelines, approve and oversee execution projects and identify private or public sector partners.
Currently, Petroleum Ministry's exploration block auctions are being used as a model to frame the policy for allotting sites and securing clearances.
Offshore wind farms are a comparatively new phenomenon and have advantage over onland/onshore projects in terms of higher wind velocity and availability. Europe has the only substantial market in the world, with some 6 GW (giga watt) capacity.
A feasibility study conducted in collaboration with Scottish Development International, a Scotland government initiative to push commerce and trade, identified Kerala, Karnataka and hills of Goa as potential sites.
ONGC has identified one location each at Bombay High South and Tapti basin near Surat for setting up wind farms on its abandoned and unmanned oil and gas pumping platforms.
It also showed that Gujarat’s coastal areas as having reasonable potential but prone to severe cyclonic conditions.
India’s first offshore wind farm is currently under construction at Dhanushkodi in Tamilnadu.
More Literature on this topic:
- http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Govt-working-on-wind-farm-allocation-policy/articleshow/13127112.cms
- http://chennaifocus.wordpress.com/2012/04/06/indias-first-offshore-wind-mill-in-dhanushkodi-tamilnadu/
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