India’s Installed Wind Capacity Rose 45% YoY in Q4 2024
Capacity additions were up 13% quarter-over-quarter (QoQ)
January 31, 2025
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India added over 800 MW of wind power capacity in the fourth quarter (Q4) of calendar year (CY) 2024, up 45.1% year-over-year (YoY) from 551 MW. The capacity additions surged 13.3% quarter-over-quarter (QoQ) from 706.6 MW, according to Mercom India Research.
Increasing demand for wind-solar hybrid power and improvement in the wind turbine supply chain with project developers undertaking construction and erection activities reduced commissioning timelines. The increased focus of commercial and industrial (C&I) consumers on meeting corporate sustainability goals further drove the installations in the quarter.
A significant increase in auctioned wind projects and increasing demand for hybrid, firm, and despatchable renewable energy (FDRE) and round-the-clock (RTC) by C&I consumers and distribution companies (DISCOMs) will likely see more wind installations in the coming quarters.
Recently, Corcord Biotech signed an agreement for renewable power from a 9.9 MW wind-solar hybrid power project. Bharti Airtel announced that it would procure power from a 50 MW wind-solar hybrid power project in Rajasthan.
Tamil Nadu led the installations in Q4, adding 366.6 MW. Gujarat, Karnataka, and Maharashtra added 264.6 MW, 166.9 MW, and 2.1 MW, respectively.
As of December 2024, the cumulative installed wind capacity was 48.2 GW. The cumulative installations rose 1.7% from 47.4 GW at the end of September 2024.
Gujarat, Tamil Nadu, and Karnataka continued to lead the cumulative wind capacity with 12.5 GW, 11.4 GW, and 6.7 GW installed as of December 2024.
Maharashtra and Rajasthan retained their fourth and fifth position with around 5.2 GW each of cumulative installed wind capacity.
The top five states accounted for 89.9% of the cumulative installed wind capacity as of December 2024.
In Q4 2024, Andhra Pradesh and Rajasthan notified their integrated clean energy policies. As a part of these policies, Andhra Pradesh targeted 35 GW of wind, and Rajasthan aims to add 25 GW of wind and hybrid energy capacity by the financial year (FY) 2030.
In its recently released renewable energy policy, Telangana announced a target to achieve 4.5 GW of wind energy capacity by FY 2035.