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National Institute of Wind Energy Signs MoU With NCMRWF For Forecast Application 

The National Institute of Wind Energy (NIWE) has now signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the National Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasting (NCMRWF) for the use and development of a model forecast application.  The application–‘NWP (Numerical Weather Prediction) Model Forecast’ can be used in wind and solar power forecasting. Dinesh Jagdale, Joint Secretary from […]

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MNRE Looks to Develop Pipavav, Tuticorin Ports for Offshore Wind

The Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE) will soon share a proposal with the Ministry of Shipping. The proposal will look at the development of the ports in Gujarat (Pipavav) and Tamil Nadu (Tuticorin). The aim will be to handle offshore wind project cargo. Under the ambit of MNRE, The National Institute of Wind […]

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NIWE Floats RFS for 4 GW of Offshore Wind Projects Off Tamil Nadu Coast

The National Institute of Wind Energy (NIWE) has invited the request for the selection of a 4000 MW / 4 GW of offshore wind power project off the coast of Tamil Nadu through International Competitive Bidding. With this, the long awaited offshore wind segment finally moves ahead in India, although the target of 5 GW […]

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NIWE & NLCIL Collaborate to Build Onshore, Offshore Wind Power Plants

To collaborate strategically on the development of onshore and offshore wind power projects in India, Neyveli Lignite Corporation Limited India Ltd (NLCIL) and the National Institute of Wind Energy (NIWE)- an independent R&D organization under the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU). The MoU was signed and exchanged […]

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NIWE Invites Bids for LiDAR Sensors at Tamil Nadu

The National Institute of Wind Energy (NIWE) has floated a tender for the supply, installation, and commissioning of an integrated floating buoy for mounting offshore light detection and ranging (LiDAR) sensors as well as meteorological and oceanographic sensors at three locations in the Gulf of Mannar off the coast of Tamil Nadu. The deadline for […]

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State Of Offshore Wind Power in India

The Indian renewable energy sector has grown at a compounded annual growth rate of over 15.50 per cent in the last five years, with wind sector growth at about 8 per cent. India’s energy use is slated to grow by 3% per annum up to 2040. All this, even as the country has committed to […]

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NIWE E-tender for Hybrid Roof-Top 100 kW at Chennai, Tamil Nadu

An independent R&D institution of MNRE, the National Institute of Wind Energy (NIWE) has floated a 100 KW tender for Hybrid Roof-Top at Chennai in Tamil Nadu. All the solar PV modules should be Monocrystalline (PERC) modules. Bids of this 100 Kw project will be opened on July 05, 2022, at 04:30 PM and the […]

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Karnataka Sets Out To Generate 1.2 lakh MW From Wind Across Talukas

Blessed with the third largest wind energy potential in the country, Karnataka Renewable Energy Development Ltd (KREDL) has set out to generate an additional 1.2-lakh-MW of wind energy by exploiting its potential in every taluk. The National Institute of Wind Energy (NIWE)  prepared the country’s first ‘wind atlas’ in 2019. The potential of wind energy […]

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India’s NIWE and UK’s ORE Catapult Collaborate for Offshore Wind Development

India’s National Institute of Wind Energy (NIWE) has announced signing of a a Joint Declaration of Intent (JDI) with ORE Catapult of the United Kingdom under which the two wind energy organisations of their respective countries will establish a five-year collaboration programme for the development of wind energy, particularly offshore wind. India currently has zero […]

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