While the Central and Tamil Nadu governments have, in recent weeks, initiated measures to tap into offshore wind energy, the State may still have a long way to go in achieving success.
Tamil Nadu Electricity Minister V Senthilbalaji had earlier this week visited offshore wind farms in the United Kingdom along with a delegation of State government officials. He visited offshore wind farms located in Grimsby, North Sea, “with a view to setting up wind farms at sea and increasing power generation in Tamil Nadu”.
In a related development, the Union Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE) had recently announced that through its implementing agency, it will issue a tender for leasing out offshore wind energy blocks. equivalent to 4.0 GW capacity, off the coast of Tamil Nadu in the next three-four months.
