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The scheme will focus on developing Central Transmission Utility (CTU)-connected wind projects to power the non-windy states at a price discovered through transparent bidding process.

Solar Energy Corporation of India (SECI) will serve as the nodal agency for the implementation of the scheme, which is expected to encourage competitiveness by increasing project sizes and introducing efficient and transparent e-bidding and e-auctioning processes.

The scheme will also facilitate fulfilment of non-solar renewable purchase obligation (RPO) requirement of non-windy states.

India plans to increase the installed wind generation capacity from current 26.7GW to 60GW by 2022. It is a part of broader plan to generate 175GW of total power from renewable energy resources by 2022.

The ministry said in a statement: "In order to facilitate transmission of wind power from these windy states to non-windy states provisions have been made in the Tariff Policy to waive the inter-state transmission charges and losses for wind power projects."

According to the National Institute of Wind Energy (NIWE) estimate, the wind power potential in the country at 100m above ground level is more than 302GW.

Majority of this estimated potential exists in eight states including namely Andhra Pradesh, Gujarat, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu and Telangana.


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