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Tamil Nadu Electricity Minister S.S. Sivasankar connected Thursday said the State has attracted implicit ₹29,200 crore successful investments successful the upwind and star vigor assemblage since 2021.
“Since 2021, Tamil Nadu’s upwind assemblage has attracted implicit ₹5,700 crore, adding 816 MW of caller capacity, with different ₹4,200 crore successful the pipeline for 600 MW more. Our star assemblage has drawn implicit ₹23,500 crore successful investments for 6,736 MW, with projects worthy ₹39,000 crore (5,700 MW) nether precocious stages of approval,” helium said speaking astatine the inaugural league of 7th variation of Windergy India 2025 league successful Chennai.
“We are ranked 4th nationally successful full installed renewable capacity, with implicit 25,500 MW from renewable sources. In the upwind vigor segment, Tamil Nadu stands 2nd nationally, with 11,500 MW of installed capacity,” Mr. Sivasankar said.
“Tamil Nadu’s vigor imaginativeness is wide and bold. We purpose to root 50% of our powerfulness request from renewable sources by 2030, 70% simplification successful c emissions, and Net Zero by 2070, successful enactment with India’s nationalist commitments,” helium said.
To conscionable the State’s increasing powerfulness request — projected to emergence from 20,700 MW contiguous to 35,500 MW by 2034–35 — our Resource Adequacy Plan outlines the request for 98,000 MW of contracted capacity, including 12,000 MW of wind, 18,000 MW of solar, and 11,680 MW of vigor storage, Mr. Sivasankar said.
He besides highlighted immoderate of the caller argumentation measures including Tamil Nadu Wind Repowering, Refurbishment & Life Extension Policy 2024, Tamil Nadu Pumped Storage Policy 2024 and Tamil Nadu Small Hydel Policy 2024.
Mr. Sivasankar said the State is advancing respective landmark projects, including 375 MW / 1500 MWh Battery Energy Storage System supported by Central government’s Viability spread funding, 500 MW Pumped Storage Project astatine Kundah, portion 1,100 MW task astatine Vellimalai and 2,400 MW astatine Aliyar are successful pre-project implementation phase.
“Our Green Energy Corridor-II and the upcoming 765 kV substations astatine Virudhunagar and Coimbatore volition further heighten renewable evacuation capableness by astir 6,000 MW,” Mr. Sivasankar said.
Tamil Nadu’s coastline holds implicit 35 GW of offshore upwind potential, with fantabulous upwind speeds and high-capacity factors. Through the National Institute of Wind Energy (NIWE) and the India–Denmark Green Strategic Partnership, we are preparing the crushed for India’s archetypal offshore upwind task disconnected the Tamil Nadu coast, helium said.
“With astir 64% section contented and implicit 2,500 MSMEs contributing to the sector, India has built 1 of the astir resilient and competitory upwind manufacturing ecosystems successful the world. Our home capabilities contiguous span crossed cardinal components for upwind specified arsenic nacelles, blades, and towers, commanding implicit 10% of planetary marketplace share. With continued absorption connected technology, scale, and innovation, India is uniquely positioned not lone to execute 85% localization successful the coming years but besides to service 10% of planetary upwind proviso concatenation by 2030,” Mr. Girish Tanti, Chairman, Indian Wind Turbine Manufacturers Association (IWTMA), said astatine the event.
