Offshore wind energy potential along Indian Coast

Abstract

India being a fast developing over populated country requires energy in huge quantity to keep pace with its aspirations. The Offshore wind energy is the source of clean and economical energy of the future. This energy requires higher power capacity wind turbine installed offshore. A study of various offshore locations of west and east coast of India was conducted. Total coast line length of 7500km is available together with Arabian sea in the west, Indian ocean in the south and the Bay of Bengal in the east. The offshore locations Jamnagar, Bombay, Mangalore, Cochin, Madras, Vishakhapatnam, Paradeep and Calcutta were studied with respect to the variation in wind velocity both horizontally and vertically. Power generation potential at 90m height for various locations were evaluated and compared considering a 5 Mega Watt wind turbine developed by the National Renewable energy Laboratory USA. IAEME Publication.