Welspun Renewables

by Mr Nikhil Mehra

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Indian renewable energy Development: Past

and present
Backed by the government from the very beginning, India became the first
country in the world to establish a ministry of non-conventional energy
resources back in the 1980s. It was then that the Ministry of New and
Renewable Energy was set up. (a) Wind power was the first to develop in
India that made the use of wind current to generate electricity back in the
1990s. And the development of this particular renewable resource has
distinctly increased in the past few years. In fact, India is the country that is
has become the fourth largest installed wind power capacity in the world.
The installed wind power capacity of India reached a total of 26,769.05 MW
in the year 2016, March 31. Wind energy being the fastest growing
renewable energy sector in India, accounts for 66% of the total installed
power capacity among all the renewable energy sources. Also, India aims to
generate a gigantic amount of electricity, approximately, 60,000 MW, from
wind energy, by the year 2022.

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(b) India is an ideal set up to generate solar power owing to its high
population and the fact that it receives appreciable amount of solar
insolation (is the power of sunlight received by the Earth per unit area on a
horizontal surface). India receives a total of 300 sunny days, annually. So,
the total solar power generation in a year is more than the energy output
of fossil fuels. Initially, India did not have electrical grid for generating
electricity from solar energy but in the year 2013, India has installed a gridconnected solar PV capacity of 1.7 GW. Solar energy was initially used for
running water pumps which otherwise used diesel for power. Now, solar
energy can support giving power to an entire house. Solar energy in India
aims to generate an enormous amount of electricity, approximately, 20 GW,
by the year 2020.

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Welspun Renewables is a leading wind and solar Independent Power

Producer (IPP) in India. The power capacity that Welspun Renewables has
operationally reached is a total of 680 MW. Welspun Renewables receives
international investments, globally, for the funding of their renewable
energy projects. The government is also actively contributing to adopt
renewable energy resources by specifying a 175 GW target of renewable
energy development. The 151 MW(DC) solar project helmed by Welspun
Renewables in Neemuch, was one of the largest solar plants of the world at
the time of its commencement. In fact all of Welspun Renewables power
plants rank among the highest power generating projects in the country.

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Awards

GLOBAL SOLAR ENERGY LEADERSHIP AWARD

2015

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Contact Us

MUMBAI
406, Hubtown Solaris, NS Phadke Marg,
Andheri East, Mumbai - 400069,
Phone: +91-022-61408000
Fax: +91-022-26844888

NEW DELHI
3rd Floor, Press Trust of India Building. 4
Parliament Street, New Delhi - 110001
Phone: 91-011-66034600
Fax: 91-011-66273091

General Enquiries
Email: welspunenergy@welspunenergy.com
Website: http://www.welspunrenewables.com

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