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Wind capacity targets vs actual run rate
What it is
India's wind capacity target of 100 GW by 2030 against about 52 GW installed and 28 GW under construction, leaving a substantial gap. The National Electricity Plan target for 2032 is 124 GW
Closing it implies annual additions of roughly 8.8 GW against around 3.5 GW added in a recent year
Impact on industries
- The required run rate is more than double recent achievement, so the target implies a step-change rather than continuation
- Wind lacks solar's cost trajectory and faces harder site, logistics and evacuation constraints, so it has consistently lagged solar additions
- Wind's output profile complements solar - it generates at night and in monsoon - which is why FDRE and hybrid tenders specifically need it
- Onshore wind builds in about two years, so projects entering the pipeline as late as 2030 can still contribute to 2032 targets