Global Wind Day 2024 | 17 Jun 2024

Source: PIB

Recently, the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE) organised ‘Global Wind Day’ on the 15th June 2024 with the theme of “Pawan Urja: Powering the Future of India”.

  • The event aimed at celebrating the success of the Indian Wind Sector and discussing ways to accelerate wind energy adoption in India.
  • India has a cumulative installed wind power capacity of 46.4 GW by May 2024 (4th largest in the world) after China, US and Germany.
  • Wind energy is crucial for India's efforts to achieve 50% of its electric power installed capacity from non-fossil fuel-based resources (500 GW renewable energy capacity) by 2030 and net zero by 2070.
  • Gujarat, Karnataka, and TamilNadu are leading wind-energy producing states in India.


Read more: India's Wind Energy Potential