Govt to set up 1000 MW CTU connected wind power project

15 June, New Delhi

With an objective to facilitate wind power supply to the non-windy states at a price discovered through transparent bidding process, the government has launched a scheme for setting up of 1000 MegaWatt (MW) Wind Power Project connected to transmission network of Central Transmission Utility (CTU).

Solar Energy Corporation of India (SECI) has been designated as the nodal agency for implementation of the scheme.

The government has set an ambitious target of achieving 175 GigaWatt (GW) power capacity from renewable energy resources by 2022 and out of this 60 GW has to come from wind power, Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE) said in a statement.

The scheme would encourage competitiveness through scaling up of project sizes and introduction of efficient and transparent e-bidding and e-auctioning processes.