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Title: MNRE unveils draft offshore wind policy
Source:Financial Chronicle
Date:16 May 2013

The MNRE (Ministry of new and renewable energy) has come out with draft policy for offshore wind energy sector in the country. There is potential to develop 1,000 mw of offshore wind capacity along Tamil Nadu’s south coast, while other states such as Gujarat, Kerala, Karnataka and Goa also have prospects for offshore projects. The objectives are to enable optimum exploitation of offshore wind energy in the best interest of the nation, to promote deployment offshore wind farms in the first instance up to 12 nautical miles from coast, and to achieve energy security and to reduce carbon emissions, among others.




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