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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