Wind Energy

Suzlon Group on Monday announced the appointment of Ashok Ramchandran as President, India Business and Senior Managerial Personnel, effective from June 4. Ashok brings over two decades of global leadership experience in energy, industrial products, and vertical mobility sectors, spanning India, Southeast Asia, and Australia, a company statement said. His appointment comes at a very crucial time as Suzlon accelerates its transition towards becoming a wind-first full-stack renewable energy company. He will be reporting to Ajay Kapur, Chief Executive Officer, Suzlon Group. Ashok is widely recognised for driving execution-led transformation at scale across complex, high-growth industries. As Chief Operating Officer and board member at JSW, he played a key role in shaping the company's long-term growth strategy, helping accelerate its capacity journey from nearly 5 GW to 30 GW in close to 3 years. Prior to this, Ashok has spent the majority of his career with Schindler Group. As the C

Industry body flags grid constraints, PPA delays, and sub-optimal resource allocation as key hurdles, urging coordinated planning to unlock India's wind energy potential

MNRE is working to enable wind projects in border areas, even as industry raises concerns over penalties, curtailment, and transmission delays affecting project viability

India records strong wind capacity additions in 2025, driven by hybrid renewable auctions, as it surpasses major markets to become the second-largest globally

India adds record 6.3 GW wind capacity in 2025, becoming the third-largest market as renewable push accelerates

Industry flags transmission bottlenecks, substation delays and land issues as key hurdles to achieving India's 100 GW wind energy target by decade-end

Wind capacity addition rises 46 per cent year-on-year to a record high, driven by policy clarity, transmission readiness, and a strong pipeline of hybrid projects

India becomes third-largest renewable energy market in 2025 with 45 GW addition, driven by strong solar and wind growth amid global energy uncertainty, IRENA report shows

Suzlon appoints Ajay Kapur as Group CEO and elevates J P Chalasani to its new Group Executive Council as the firm pursues its Suzlon 2.0 strategy to become a full-stack renewable energy provider

Suzlon Energy posted a 15% rise in Q3 net profit and record deliveries, signalling strong demand for wind power despite a dip in its share price

Tamil Nadu amends its wind repowering policy, easing rules on life extension, banking and charges to revive ageing wind projects and boost renewable capacity

Wind energy in India records its strongest revival yet, but transmission gaps, land hurdles, and ecological safeguards must be resolved to sustain momentum toward 2030 targets

Policy support and robust pipeline to drive additions; transmission and PPA delays remain key execution risks

BloombergNEF says India is set to add 6.2 GW of wind projects in 2025, helping it reclaim third place globally and narrowing the gap with the US in second place

The statement said that this pause will give the Department, along with the Department of War and other relevant government agencies, time to work with leaseholders and state partners

ACME Solar Holdings on Thursday said it has commissioned an additional 16 MW of its 100 MW wind power project, located in Surendaranagar, Gujarat. This follows the first phase commissioning of 28 MW in October, 2025, a company statement said. The current commissioning takes the project's operational capacity to 44 MW out of the 100 MW to be commissioned in phases. It has enhanced ACME Solar's total operational capacity to 2,934 MW. Recently, the project was granted an extension to its Scheduled Commercial Operation Date (SCOD) by the Gujarat Electricity Regulatory Commission (GERC). The revised SCOD date is March 5, 2026 and the project has been early commissioned with part capacity of 44 MW in first two phases. This wind power project has been financed through Power Finance Corporation (PFC). The power generated from the project will be sold through the 25-year Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) signed between ACME Eco Clean and Gujarat Urja Vikas Nigam Ltd. The commissioning was .

The country's overall renewable energy installed capacity reached 247.3 Gw at the end of September

India can position itself as the world's renewable powerhouse and green fuel exporter

Inox Wind's wind turbine generator (WTG) business stands to benefit from the MNRE's Approved List of Models and Manufacturers (ALMM) notification, effective July 31, 2025.

Suzlon Energy is also preparing to enter overseas markets, with exports to the Middle East and Europe expected to begin by FY27.