In a bid to give a big thrust to wind power, the Ministry for New and
Renewable Energy (MNRE) has constituted an Offshore Wing Energy Steering
Committee (OWESC) under the chairmanship of Secretary, MNRE to steer
the offshore wind power development in India in a directed and focused
manner especially in Tamil Nadu, Maharahstra and Gujarat.
This committee will work out a roadmap for offshore wind power
development in the country. It has been pointed out in various studies
carried out by C-WET and others which suggested offshore wind power
potential in Tamil Nadu, Gujarat and Maharashtra.
A Technical Committee has already been constituted to analyse the
available data with various agencies for preliminary assessment of
potential including identification of pockets for offshore wind power
development.
The Offshore Wing Energy Steering Committee will focus on issues like
allotment of offshore wind sites which requires multilayer clearances,
coordination with various government departments/agencies such as
Environment, Shipping, Defence, Maritime and Civil Aviation. The
Committee will include various stakeholders including government
department/agencies.
According to the terms and reference of OWESC, it will provide policy
guidance for tapping offshore wind energy potential on sustained basis;
approve plans and proposals relating to offshore wind energy development
in the country; develop policy framework/guidelines for offshore wind
resource assessment through public/private entities and guidelines for
awarding the sites to private sector for establishing offshore wind
power projects.
It would also work to create an institutional mechanism for inter-agency
coordination for integration of offshore wind power with established
uses of the sea; evaluation of the potential partners (private/public
sector) for setting up of pilot offshore wind power projects of 100 m
size in a period of 2-3 years and evaluation of PPP mode for offshore
wind energy development.
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