Global Wind Day 2025

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GS III: Conservation, environmental pollution and degradation, environmental impact assessment

Overview

1. News in Brief
2. About Global Wind Day
3. India and Wind Energy

Why in the News?

On the occasion of Global Wind Day 2025, the Union Minister of New and Renewable Energy addressed a conference.

News in Brief

• In order to become a global manufacturing hub, India needs energy.
• Be it solar energy, wind energy or any other form of energy.
• Our national goals are ambitious and clear: 50% of our power capacity from non-fossil fuel sources by 2030, and a net-zero India by 2070.
• Wind energy is central to achieving these goals.
• Wind energy is not a component of our renewable energy strategy, but it is at the heart of it and at the centre of Atma Nirbhar Bharat.

About Global Wind Day

• Global Wind Day is celebrated on 15th June to mark the development of wind energy, and with the Government’s consistent policy support, the Wind Energy Sector has displayed substantial growth.
• Organised by the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy, the event, through the participation of key stakeholders from central and state government authorities, DISCOMs, CPSUs, the wind industry, academia, think tanks, etc.
• It aims to facilitate conversations on key aspects, including the country’s progress of wind energy development.
• The event is also supported by Wind Independent Power Producers Associations (WIPPA), Indian Wind Turbine Manufacturers Association (IWTMA), and Indian Wind Power Association (IWPA).

Importance of Global Wind Day

• Explore wind energy, its power and the possibilities it holds to change the world for a clean future environment.
• It is crucial for the health of humankind and the planet. The wind is created by three simultaneous events
  • The sun heats the atmosphere unevenly
  • Surface irregularities of the Earth
  • Earth’s rotation

Who does the day focus on and how?

• Communities, industry leaders, governments and campaigners across the world are calling for a clean.
• Cost-effective and homegrown power source transforming our global energy system to push for a fairer and greener energy future.

How does Wind Energy Limit Global Warming?

• One of the electricity sources with the quickest rate of growth in the world is wind energy.
• It is a key component of the transition away from fossil fuels is wind power.
• In many markets, it is now one of the least expensive sources of additional power.
• Allowing nations to quickly and economically decarbonise their systems.
• Wind energy increases energy independence and protects economies from unstable international markets and geopolitical shocks by lowering dependency on imported fossil fuels.
• It will help reduce greenhouse gas.
• By 2030, we need to treble the capacity of renewable energy sources in order to keep global warming to 1.5°C.
• The promise will undoubtedly come from wind energy.

India and Wind Energy

Funding and Wind Turbine

• In 2025 the renewable energy budget has gone up by 53%, to ₹26,549 crore, with a large share directed to wind.
• India has huge potential in the renewable energy sector as it has globally the fourth largest wind power installed capacity.
• India is third third-largest renewable energy producer.
• India is manufacturing wind turbines ranging from 225 kW to 5.2 MW, with 33 models being produced by 14 companies.
• These turbines meet our domestic needs and are also cost-competitive globally.

National Offshore Wind Energy Policy was notified in October 2015 with an objective to develop offshore wind energy in the Indian Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) along the Indian coastline of 7600 km.

India is focusing on 5 priorities

1. Expanding into new states like Madhya Pradesh, Telangana, and Odisha.
2. Launching the offshore sector with 4 GW of leasing areas identified in Gujarat and Tamil Nadu, and tenders being readied.
3. Integrating wind into round-the-clock and firm green power strategies, through storage-linked business models.
4. Modernising the grid, investing in AI-based forecasting to manage variable renewable energy.
5. Boosting local manufacturing across the entire wind value chain.

Wind Energy Roadmap and Manufacturing Roadmap

• Documents will serve as guiding frameworks for our journey ahead and reflect our collective ambition, strategic thinking, and commitment to building a strong and Aatmanirbhar wind energy ecosystem in India.
• Best-performing States in terms of Wind Capacity addition were also felicitated at the event.
• Karnataka was first with a wind capacity addition of 1331.48 MW, followed by Tamil Nadu (1136.37 MW) and Gujarat (954.76 MW).

3 key issues for the Wind Energy sector

• India must combine wind with solar and storage (BESS) to deliver round-the-clock power and grid stability.
• Tariffs must be competitive, ie a rate of ₹3.90 per unit is too high, and India must work together to reduce costs.
• Domestic manufacturing must become more efficient, not just to meet our targets, but to boost exports.

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