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Proceedings Report:
Seminar on
“Offshore Wind Power Potential of Gujarat” Date: 1st February 2014 Venue: Pandit Deendayal Petroleum University,
Gandhinagar Organized by: In Association with: Country Partner: Support Partner: Knowledge Partner:
: Event Partners: Wind Partner: Media Partners:
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Contents Background ................................................................................................................................................... 3
Event Details ................................................................................................................................................. 4
Date: 1st February, 2014: .............................................................................................................................. 4
List of Dignitaries................................................................................................................................... 4
Mr. Ranajit Banerjee, Director – Consulting, Pandit Deendayal Petroleum University ........................ 5
Prof. P. K. Banik, Director General, Pandit Deendayal Petroleum University ....................................... 5
Mr. Steve Sawyer, Secretary General, Global Wind Energy Council (GWEC), Guest of Honor ............ 5
Mr. Leon Wijshoff, Senior Advisor, International Programmes Department, Netherlands Enterprise
Agency, Dutch Ministry of Economic Affairs ......................................................................................... 6
Signing of Agreement between Gujarat Power Corporation Ltd and Global Wind Energy Council ..... 6
List of speakers – Technical Session 1 ........................................................................................................... 7
Offshore Wind: Markets, Resource, Economics, Policy and Regulation ....................................................... 7
List of speakers – Technical Session 2 ......................................................................................................... 11
Implementation Strategy and Execution .................................................................................................... 11
List of speakers – Technical Session 3 ......................................................................................................... 13
Technical Issues and Challenges ................................................................................................................. 13
Way Forward ............................................................................................................................................... 16
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Background
The economic growth in India is opening up great potential for development of renewable resources.
Technological advancement in this sector is essential for meeting up with ever increasing energy
demand of the country. Offshore Wind Power in Gujarat has the potential to generate and deliver
sustainable supplies of clean, renewable electricity.
Very recently, Govt. of India announced draft offshore wind power policy which is under active
discussion and finalization. Gujarat being located on the western coast of India and having 1600 Km long
coastline has great potential for offshore wind power projects. This provides an opportunity for
companies around the world to contribute towards development of this sector, by providing expertise,
equipment, services, finance and operational support for Offshore Wind Power development activities
in Gujarat and India at large.
Keeping this in mind, Pandit Deendayal Petroleum University (“PDPU”) in coordination with Ministry of
New and Renewable Energy, Energy and Petrochemicals Department - Government of Gujarat and
Gujarat Power Corporation Ltd. organized a one day International seminar on “Offshore Wind Power
Potential of Gujarat” for deliberations related to the resource assessment, policies, issues & challenges.
Government experts, researchers, industry, university representatives and consultants shared their
experiences and information on a wide range of topics related to successful implementation of Offshore
Wind power projects. This seminar was aimed at bringing various stakeholders in Wind sector on one
platform and understanding their perspectives for successful growth of this sector.
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Event Details
Date: 1st February, 2014:
List of Dignitaries Name Organization
Mr. I. M. Bhavsar Chairman, Gujarat Energy Development Agency
Mr. Steve Sawyer Secretary General, Global Wind Energy Council (GWEC), Guest of Honor
Mr. Leon Wijshoff Senior Advisor, International Programmes Department, Netherlands Enterprise Agency, Dutch Ministry of Economic Affairs
Prof. P. K. Banik Director General, Pandit Deendayal Petroleum University
Dr. S Gomathinayagam Executive Director, Centre for Wind Energy Technology (CWET)
Mr. Bimlesh Shah President – Offshore Business, Suzlon Energy Ltd
Mr. Ranajit Banerjee Director – Consulting, Pandit Deendayal Petroleum University
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Mr. Ranajit Banerjee, Director – Consulting, Pandit Deendayal
Petroleum University Introductory Remarks
Mr. Ranajit Banerjee delivered the introductory remarks and highlighted some of the basic challenges
being faced globally for implementation of Offshore Wind Energy projects, mainly in the form of
economic, technological and policy hurdles. He also welcomed the guests and participants of the
seminar from countries such as Germany, Scotland, Netherlands and China.
Mr. Banerjee informed that Europe had a plan of achieving 40 GW of power from offshore wind by
2020, and that technological advancements and policy support would be crucial to attain this goal. It is
inevitable to identify and promote collaboration between the governments, industry and the academia
for a better future of offshore wind energy projects.
Prof. P. K. Banik, Director General, Pandit Deendayal Petroleum
University Welcome Address
Dr. P. K. Banik, in his welcome address stressed on the importance of renewable energy with special
emphasis on wind energy (as part of India’s energy basket) and the need to deliberate on the ways to
successfully implement offshore wind energy projects.
He warmly welcomed the guests and participants at the seminar, both from India and abroad and hoped
that the event would help the cause of knowledge sharing in the offshore wind sector. He elaborated on
the role played by PDPU in the development of manpower and in the support of research pertaining to
the entire energy sector. Dr. Banik also envisaged that a White Paper could be generated post the
seminar to ensure that the learnings gained during the event, could be shared across the society to
attain the common goal of successful offshore wind energy development.
Mr. Steve Sawyer, Secretary General, Global Wind Energy
Council (GWEC), Guest of Honor Address by Guest of Honor
Mr. Steve Sawyer gave a global overview of the development of offshore wind energy and highlighted
some of the common problems being faced around the world in full utilization of the offshore wind
potential, in terms of policy uncertainty, environmental concerns and technological issues. He explained
that offshore wind is not usually associated with India, and hoped that India could take major steps in
developing this technology in the future.
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Mr. Sawyer explained
how even in the EU
nations, offshore wind
energy growth projections
have not been met, in
spite of the EU being a
pioneer in this
technology. It is
anticipated that by the
end of the decade, the
cost of offshore wind
could be brought down to
100 Euros/ MW.
Moreover, knowledge
transfer/ sharing should
be promoted in this niche
domain and emerging countries in this sector like India can learn from practices and technologies
adopted in EU and China to effectively implement their offshore wind energy development
programmes.
Mr. Leon Wijshoff, Senior Advisor, International Programmes
Department, Netherlands Enterprise Agency, Dutch Ministry of
Economic Affairs Mr. Wijshoff delivered a presentation on Dutch offshore wind experience which can be (nearly)
replicated in Gujarat.
He gave a brief history of wind power development in the Netherlands and explained how the Dutch
were global leaders in this sector. This success can be attributed to the plenty of wind resources
available in the Netherlands and their expertise built over the years.
Dutch Government has a target to generate 16 percent of the power from renewable energy by 2023.
Understanding the importance of collaboration between government, industry and research in this
domain, TKI Wind Op Zee was established in the Netherlands with the aim of achieving 40 percent cost
reduction in wind energy by the time 4500 MW of capacity is installed. Mr. Wijshoff explained
collaboration between the Netherlands and India, could help the latter’s offshore wind energy program,
vis-à-vis, technical expertise and R&D. In this regard, a Memorandum of Understanding will be signed
between the Netherlands and the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy, Government of India,
covering various aspects of renewable energy related to resource estimation and energy utilization of
the same.
Signing of Agreement between Gujarat Power Corporation Ltd
and Global Wind Energy Council
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A MoU was signed between Gujarat Power Corporation Ltd and Global Wind Energy Council, wherein
the later was funding a project to explore the offshore wind energy potential in Gujarat and Tamil Nadu
in India.
As per the
agreement, GPCL is
the official partner
in the project and
will ensure
efficient utilization
of offshore wind
energy resources.
Mr. Sawyer also
proposed that a
Center of
Excellence for
Offshore Wind
Energy could be set up in PDPU in the coming future to conduct research in the field of offshore wind
and thus help harness India’s potential in this energy sector.
List of speakers – Technical Session 1
Offshore Wind: Markets, Resource, Economics, Policy and
Regulation
Name Organization Topic
Mr. Steve Sawyer Secretary General, Global Wind Energy Council
Global offshore wind power markets and financing of offshore wind projects
Dr. S Gomathinayagam Executive Director, Centre for Wind Energy Technology
Offshore wind power: progress and prospects in India
Dr. Andreas Reuter Managing Director, Fraunhofer IWES, Germany
Lessons learned from German offshore market developments
Mr. Bimlesh Shah President – Offshore Business, Suzlon Energy Ltd
Policy and regulatory regime
Mr. Arjan Mast Program Manager, TKI Wind op Zee Offshore wind energy in the Netherlands: Present Scenario
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Dr. Jami Hossain Co – Founder, WinDForce Offshore wind – emerging market scenario in India
1) Mr. Ranajit Banerjee (Session Moderator)
2) Dr. Surendra Singh
1) Director – Consulting, Pandit Deendayal Petroleum University
2) Professor and Head, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Pandit Deendayal Petroleum University
Theme presentation: Offshore wind potential of Gujarat, feasibility and challenges
Mr. Steve Sawyer started his presentation by giving an introduction of the Global Wind Energy Council
(GWEC) and the objectives of the GWEC, vis-à-vis, wind power development in the world.
He highlighted the global scenario of wind energy and the way in which various countries worldwide
have harnessed offshore wind power. Asia has been a leader so far in this space and it would continue
to dominate even in the future, with major contributions from China and Japan. He illustrated various
technical designs for harnessing offshore wind such as the Spar Buoy and VolturnUS; along with the
associated financial aspects of offshore wind power projects.
He mentioned that policy risks affect the success of offshore wind power business more than the
financial risk and how favorable policies positively impact the development of offshore wind. The onus
of development of this domain should not only be on the government, instead, the investors and
commercial finance companies should also play an active and pivotal role. He anticipates that the next
decade will be crucial for this sector, especially in terms of lowering of costs of offshore wind power.
Dr. S Gomathinayagam gave a holistic overview of the development of both onshore and offshore wind
power in India and its future prospects. India as of December, 2013 had an installed capacity of 20 GW
onshore wind power and with strong policy support, the prospects of the same could be much brighter
in the coming future. He attributed the significant success of wind power in India to the policy of
‘Accelerated Depreciation’ implemented in the country till 2012.
He pointed out the strengths in the Indian onshore wind sector so far such as a large manufacturing
base of wind power technologies, skilled professionals and policy support. Some of the weaknesses of
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this sector were: dependence on foreign knowhow, infrastructure and land acquisition issues and the
difficulties in integrating power generated through wind energy into our existing grid network.
He also illustrated the prospects and
benefits for India in the offshore
wind sector such as a huge
coastline, along with prior
experience in handling offshore
conditions; and the challenges we
may face along the path such as
policy, infrastructure and manpower
issues. A draft policy for harnessing
offshore wind power in India has
been sent to the Central
Government for their approval.
Moreover, formation of a single
National Offshore Wind Authority
(NOWA) was being proposed in India as the single window system to aid in the development of offshore
wind power projects in India.
Dr. Andreas Reuter presented an overview of the offshore wind energy scenario in Germany, especially
focused around operations in the North Sea. It is believed that a wind park cluster is more effective in
harnessing the high wind power for a region.
Dr. Reuter too stressed on the importance of a strong and stable policy framework in reducing the costs
of offshore wind power and promoting the technology worldwide. Major steps have been taken to de-
risk offshore wind and to ensure its efficient application with the help of Alpha Ventus and Research at
Alpha Ventus (RAVE). The Alpha Ventus is a research initiative funded by the German ministry of
environment which has developed a research wind farm with 12 x 5 MW turbines.
Mr. Bimlesh Shah illustrated the current status of wind energy in India and prospects of offshore wind
energy in the near future. He discussed the expectations of wind power players from the Government of
India in terms of a policy framework and the support in policy implementation all over the country.
He shared his experience of handling wind power projects and highlighted the economic considerations
for spatial planning and the various challenges in project implementation.
Mr. Arjan Mast next spoke about the structure and history of the Netherlands in terms of wind energy
and the roles of the TKI Wind op Zee. He explained how his organization was working towards
developing offshore wind in the Netherlands and towards reducing the cost of offshore wind power by
40 percent till 2020.
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In this regard, a 300 MW demonstration windfarm is being developed by the TKI Wind op Zee in
cooperation with the Dutch Wind Energy Association (NWEA). He suggested that India and the
Netherlands could collaborate to share best practices and achieve success in the offshore wind power
sector.
Dr. Jami Hossain explained the market structure for power and wind power in India and explained the
policy and growth drivers for the wind power sector in the coming future. He spoke about the multiple
stakeholders in the Indian offshore wind power scenario such as Government organizations, Public
Sector Units and financial institutions; and the huge number of policy and clearance hurdles needed to
establish an offshore wind power project.
He also highlighted Gujarat’s potential for offshore wind energy and the initiatives taken by the
Government of India to harness wind energy potential so far all over the country. Along with a robust
policy framework, India should also learn and implement global best practices in order to achieve a
holistic development in this domain. He mentioned that there are multiple opportunities in the offshore
wind power sector in fields such as Electrical Infrastructure, Wind Turbine Engineering, Marine Traffic,
Monitoring of Marine Environment, Shipping Logistics and Financing of offshore wind power projects.
This discussion was followed by a presentation by Mr. Ranajit Banerjee and Dr. Surendra Singh on the
potential of Gujarat in the field of offshore wind power. They undertook a feasibility analysis for
Gujarat’s offshore wind sector identifying prospective areas to set up wind farms or wind farm clusters.
It was observed that the velocity of offshore wind was higher during summers, thence generating higher
levels of power. This increased generation/ supply of power was critical in meeting the increased
demand during summers.
A very constructive question answer session followed these technical presentations with a number of
pertinent questions asked. Few questions revolved around scour or erosion as a common challenge
during offshore wind power projects and the problems caused by them. Scour was inevitable in offshore
wind power projects and now monitoring projects have been set up to analyze this phenomenon. The
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techniques taken to develop offshore wind projects in ways that do not harm marine ecosystem were
also discussed; which included the implementation of screens and sea weed.
Advancements in turbines and sub surface power generation systems were then discussed, along with
the ways to reduce infrastructure costs during offshore wind projects. Ways such as forecasting, grid
upgradation and creation of additional energy for efficient absorption of renewable energy power into
the main grid were also illustrated through relevant questions and comments.
List of speakers – Technical Session 2
Implementation Strategy and Execution
Name Organization Topic
Mr. Andy Oldroyd Technical Director, Oldbaum Services Ltd, UK
Offshore wind resource assessment: methodologies and risks
Mr. Atul Sharma Deputy General Manager, Gujarat Maritime Board
Maritime & environmental issues and challenges
Dr. Jack Giles Civil Structural Engineer, GL Garrad Hassan, China Offshore Team Leader, Asia – Pacific
Offshore wind challenges, lessons learnt and solutions from a European view point
1) Mr. C. V. Mahadev
2) Mr. Harmis Jose
1) Chief Engineering Manager (Civil), Wind Electrics, Water and Renewable Energy IC, L&T Construction
2) Segment Head – Marine Structures, L&T GeoStructures
Development of offshore wind farms in India – construction challenges & capabilities of L&T Construction
Mr. Bihag Mehta (Session Moderator)
Independent Consultant Offshore wind resource assessment and project execution
Mr. Harshvardhan Bhatnagar
Technical Expert Offshore Wind, IT Power Consulting Pvt Ltd
O&M and its relevance in OSW projects
Mr. Rajendra Kharul Joint Director and Head, Centre for Wind Power at World Institute of Sustainable Energy (WISE)
EU-India Initiative for offshore wind power development in Gujarat
Mr. Atul Sharma gave a presentation on the environmental issues and challenges in implementation of
offshore wind projects. He explained the role of Gujarat Maritime Board in granting various
environmental clearances for development of any offshore project along Gujarat’s coast; in addition to
being the apex body for developing the port sector in the state.
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He gave details of all the clearances required to start an offshore wind power project along Gujarat’s
coast and clearly demarcated the ‘go’ and ‘no go’ areas to set up such pertinent projects. The
participants were thus informed about the proper process to obtain environmental clearances vis-à-vis
Gujarat’s maritime sector.
Mr. Jack Giles illustrated the various kinds of risks associated with offshore operations such as cost risks,
cable risks, resource assessment risks; and the ways to mitigate those using best practices in terms of
technology and management.
He also discussed the financial aspect of such projects by highlighting the Capital Expenditure (CAPEX)
and Operating Expenditure (OPEX) requirements. He illustrated how cost regimes may be different in
India owing to an untested policy structure, untested supply chain and the need for strengthening the
electrical grid.
Mr. Andy Oldroyd delivered a presentation on the various ways and technologies adopted to assess
resources for offshore wind power projects and the various technologies used to assess the same.
He dicsussed the applications of various technologies such as Met Masts, LiDAR, SoDAR, numerical
modeling, floating LiDAR and Scanning LiDAR in the process of developing an offshore wind energy
project and the best practices for implementing these technologies effectively.
Mr. Bihag Mehta discussed the technical and practical aspects of LiDAR and its implementation in
offshore wind projects. Mr. Mehta also shared his technical experiences in wind power projects along
with the challenges faced during the same and the ways to overcome them.
Mr. C. V. Mahadev and Mr. Harmis Jose then spoke about the technical capabilities of their organization
L&T across the entire chain of project implementation and execution. They gave an exhaustive technical
presentation about the different challenges in wind power projects and the various solutions offered by
L&T to mitigate them in terms of Wind Resource Assessment, Geotechnical Assessment, Seabed
exploration and Ground Improvement.
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Mr. Harshvardhan Bhatnagar made his presentation on Operation and Maintenance (O&M) in wind
power projects. He highlighted the importance of O&M in the efficient operation of any wind power
project over the long run, and also shared strategies for implementing O&M in large scale projects. He
gave an overview of the advantages of O&M and the best practices used worldwide.
Mr. Rajendra Kharul focused on the Indo – EU initiative for offshore wind power development in
Gujarat. He explained the objectives of the project to develop wind power in Gujarat and Tamil Nadu
and the roles of associated stakeholders.
The proposed development plan would last for almost 51 months, with a total expected cost of about
USD 6.8 Million. Some of the key benefits of this program relate to the fields of Validation of Offshore
Potential, LIDAR Deployment, Infrastructure Studies, Techno-Commercial Study of offshore wind
projects and Knowledge Exchange between the EU and India.
List of speakers – Technical Session 3
Technical Issues and Challenges
Name Organization Topic
Mr. Nandan Mahimkar Vice President, Business Development – HVDC, ABB India Ltd
Offshore electrical infrastructure – issues and challenges
Mr. Sreenivasa Krishnamurthy
Vice President, Asia Pacific, AWS TruePower
Grid integration, connectivity and dealing with transmission risk
Mr. K Bharathy (Session Chief Executive Officer, Windar Modern technologies in wind turbine
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Moderator) Renewable Energy Pvt Ltd tower design & manufacturing
Mr. Pannirselvam Rajenthiran
Head – Service, Gamesa Wind Turbines Pvt Ltd.
Gamesa's solutions for offshore wind turbines
Mr. Harsh S Pandit Senior Manager – Offshore Business, Suzlon Energy Ltd
Technical issues with offshore wind turbine generators installations – a brief overview
Mr. Vittal Kumar Dhage Energy Sector Specialist, European Business and Technology Centre
Leveraging EU Experience
Dr. Suman Sharma WindFarmer Sales & Support, Renewables Advisory DNV GL-Energy
Demonstration of Windfarmer Software
The final technical session of the seminar started with a presentation by Mr. Pannirselvam Rajenthiran
about the various innovative solutions proposed by his organization Gamesa for offshore wind turbines.
He announced that Gamesa Wind Turbines Pvt Ltd. and Areva had entered into exclusive negotiations to
create a 50/50 joint – Venture Company in the field of offshore wind power.
He also mentioned the G128 – 5 MW offshore wind power project being developed by Gamesa and also
discussed the technical specifications and improvements of each of the innovative components used in
the construction of the same.
Mr. Nandan Mahimkar spoke about the experiences of his organization, ABB India Ltd in the field of
electrical infrastructure, vis-à-vis the challenges and solutions in the development of electrical power
projects. He explained the High Voltage DC (HVDC) technology and the applications of the HVDC
transmission system.
Various aspects of HVDC Classic and HVDC Light technologies like the technical specifications and the
benefits of using the HVDC Light technology for offshore wind power projects were highlighted; and it is
believed that this technology will be supportive in developing of offshore wind power sector in India. He
further illustrated the practical installation of HVDC technology for large scale wind farms and hoped
that this technology could augment the development of offshore wind power in India in the coming
future.
Mr. Sreenivasa Krishnamurthy from AWS
TruePower discussed the various risks
associated with transmission of electric
power and the ways to address them. He
primarily discussed Grid Integration,
Interconnection Issues and Project
Technology in the context of four main
components: 1) Design Decisions 2)
Technologies and Techniques 3) Risk Areas
and 4) Addressing the Risks.
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Mr. Krishnamurthy explained how all these issues affected effective installation and management of
offshore wind projects and suggested best practices. In this regard a national/ regional grid
interconnection and grid integration study should be undertaken to assess the technical and economic
impacts of offshore wind power integration. Such a study will be useful in devising a roadmap for future
use of grid integration techniques and hence in the development of offshore wind power projects across
India. He also advocated the use of modeling and hindcasting tools to evaluate the short – term
variability of power generation from a proposed offshore wind farm.
Mr. K Bharathy presented the latest technological developments and innovations in the fields of turbine
technology and offshore wind equipment, which help in bringing about increased cost effectiveness and
enhanced efficiency. He discussed the various types of wind mill towers, offshore foundation
technologies and the advanced tower production equipment to give a glimpse of the rapid technical
progress in the field of wind power generation.
Mr. Harsh S Pandit from Suzlon Energy Ltd talked about the technical issues and challenges with
implementation of offshore wind turbine generator installations and the possible solutions to address
them. He discussed the technical issues with respect to: Substructures, Electrical Systems, Turbine
Installation, Port Facilities and Vessels.
He illustrated the various types of Sub - Structures with respect to saving time & cost and preparing for
installation challenges. He also pointed out that ports and vessels, if chosen optimally can play an
important role in saving costs and precious time during construction of offshore structures. Finally he
stressed the need of more innovative solutions to meet industry specific needs in terms of offshore wind
turbine installations.
Mr. Vittal Kumar Dhage gave a presentation on the benefits of leveraging the EU experience for better
implementation of offshore wind energy projects in India and the ways in which the European Business
and Technology Centre has been actively supporting development projects in India. Further, he
explained an innovative offshore wind farm development technique called the ‘Hexicon’.
Mr. Dhage illustrated the technical specifications of the ‘Hexicon’ which is a combination of: Floating
Offshore Oil, Wind energy and Marine technology. He further explained why the ‘Hexicon’ was a better
choice for offshore wind installations because of its maximum wind capacity utilization, lower O&M
costs, less environmental impact and reusability. Finally, he also illustrated the business process of the
‘Hexicon’ which includes a feasibility study, Front End Engineering Design (FEED) study and the basic
construction process.
The last presentation of the technical session was delivered by Dr. Suman Sharma who demonstrated
the practical use of the Windfarmer software in designing a complete wind power project vis-à-vis: 1)
MCP analysis of measured wind data; 2) Energy yield prediction of planned wind farms; 3) Modeling
effect of wakes from neighboring turbines; 4) Automatically finding optimum layout of turbines; 5)
Calculating environmental impact and; 6) Visualizing completed wind farms. The Windfarmer software is
thus useful for better management of wind power projects right from concept to implementation stage.
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She also demonstrated numerical results from a simulation example conducted by her organization and
the conclusions of another value test case which was conducted. Both the simulations highlighted the
fact that a superior optimization of a wind power project with the help of a simulator could lead to a
huge improvement in the energy output and hence effectively in the revenues from the project.
Her session was
followed by a Question
and Answer round. Key
issues covered in this
were related to the
optimum design of
turbines and other
offshore wind energy
equipment for wind
power projects. One of
the questions was
related to the concept
of ‘Wind to Hydrogen’
which is a futuristic
topic at this moment
because of the tendency of hydrogen to convert to gaseous form at very low temperatures. Questions
related to the techniques to measure sub – sea temperatures were also raised. In this regard, Ocean
Thermal Energy Conversion Group deals with the difference in temperature to produce energy from the
change in temperature.
The closing remarks and the vote of thanks were delivered by Mr. Ranajit Banerjee who thanked all the
distinguished guests for sharing their experiences and knowledge on the topic. He hoped that the
findings and learnings from this event will be helpful in understanding and harnessing the wind industry
domain and help India get on the next level of renewable energy development.
Way Forward The event provided a forum for policy makers, researchers and industry players to come together and
discuss the issues, challenges and way forward in the development of offshore wind power in India.
India is yet to embark on an offshore wind power project and the learnings from this seminar will turn
out to be quite fruitful.
The most important factor affecting the harnessing of wind power in any country is the policy
framework. India’s offshore wind policy is awaiting cabinet approval from the Government of India.
Key policy makers should work in collaboration with all the concerned stakeholders to ensure that
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the policy is implemented in a positive way to ensure the best possible utilization of India’s offshore
wind resources
The National Offshore Wind Authority which is being proposed in India should be promoted as the
single window system to aid in the development of offshore wind power projects in India
Investors should look forward to harnessing the immense potential for offshore wind power
development in Gujarat, especially in the Gulf of Kachchh and the Gulf of Khambhat. These areas
have now been experimentally proven to have tremendous wind resources
Proper environmental clearances from all the stakeholders should be sought to ensure no
roadblocks are encountered in the development of offshore wind farm projects
Offshore wind power being a very capital intensive business, banks and financial corporations should
look to support the developments in the sector, thus promoting green energy
Advanced technologies such as HVDC, Hexicon and numerical simulation should be further
developed through R&D and then promoted in actual offshore wind power projects to improve
project efficiency