By Satyaki Chakraborty Taking into account the continuing severe air pollution in Delhi and other parts of North India, China has offered India collaboration in clean technologies linked with the expansion of manufacturing base in the country. Global Times, the official organ of the Chinese Communist Party has analysed the nature of the air pollution […]
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By T N Ashok NEW YORK: The central question on the controversial U.S. national G.S. Pannun issue is a difficult one of sovereignty, accountability and the limits of American judicial power: can a US court summon India’s national security leadership over allegations made by a Sikh separatist, and can New Delhi reject that process as […]
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The proposal has gained fresh attention following an assessment published on Tuesday by Climate Policy Initiative, which identifies opportunities to upgrade older installations across major wind-producing states. The research ranks Maharashtra, Gujarat and Tamil Nadu as the strongest candidates for early repowering efforts, although commercial and regulatory obstacles remain.
Repowering involves removing smaller turbines and installing modern equipment with taller towers, wider rotor diameters and greater generating capacity. The approach can increase electricity production at established locations, where wind resources, access roads and connections to the electricity network may already be available.
The National Institute of Wind Energy estimates that turbines rated below two megawatts represent approximately 25.4 gigawatts of potential repowering capacity across eight states. That figure describes existing capacity eligible for assessment, rather than additional electricity generation already secured or projects approved for replacement.
Climate Policy Initiative said Maharashtra ranked highest in its readiness assessment, followed by Gujarat and Tamil Nadu. Andhra Pradesh, Rajasthan and Karnataka occupied subsequent positions, while Madhya Pradesh ranked lowest among the states evaluated. Its methodology considered wind resources at 150 metres, the scale of existing repowering opportunities, terrain suitability and the financial health of electricity distribution companies.
The assessment comes as the government seeks to expand wind capacity substantially. Installed wind capacity reached approximately 58 gigawatts by July 2026, according to figures cited by the researchers, while planning projections envisage around 155 gigawatts by 2035. Achieving that expansion will require new projects alongside more productive use of existing sites.
Land availability has become an important constraint, particularly where promising wind locations overlap with agricultural activity, settlements or infrastructure. Developers also face delays securing access routes and transmission connections. Upgrading operational wind farms could reduce the need for entirely new sites, although larger machines may still require revised land agreements, stronger foundations and additional grid investment.
The Ministry of New and Renewable Energy established a national repowering and life-extension policy in December 2023. It permits replacement of turbines below two megawatts, equipment reaching the end of its design life and machines that fail applicable quality requirements. Projects may also qualify on commercial grounds after 15 years of operation.
Under the policy, repowering should increase annual electricity generation by at least 50 per cent compared with the existing installation. Refurbishment, an alternative to replacement, allows operators to extend equipment life through component upgrades, subject to safety and performance assessments.
Renewable Energy Minister Pralhad Joshi asked industry associations in June to assess the country’s ageing turbine fleet and identify replacement opportunities. He called on the Wind Independent Power Producers Association and the Indian Wind Turbine Manufacturers Association to submit their findings within 30 days. No comprehensive results of that exercise were established in the material available publicly.
A separate assessment issued on 2 November by The Energy and Resources Institute identified repowering as one of several pathways for expanding wind generation. Its recommendations include preparing an inventory of existing turbines, identifying priority sites and developing coordinated replacement projects linked to transmission planning.
The institute estimated theoretical onshore wind resources of approximately 1,210 gigawatts at a height of 150 metres and 2,934 gigawatts at 200 metres. Those resource estimates are not forecasts of economically viable installations and depend on subsequent site assessments, infrastructure and commercial conditions.
Industry participants face practical difficulties in combining neighbouring turbine plots, negotiating with multiple owners and arranging electricity purchase contracts for upgraded projects. Existing supply agreements may offer prices that complicate investment decisions, while distribution companies must determine how additional generation will be purchased and settled. Financing must also account for dismantling costs, construction interruptions and whether older transmission equipment can accommodate substantially higher output from fewer turbines.
The Global Wind Energy Council has identified land acquisition, right-of-way permissions, grid access and power purchase agreements among barriers to development. Its market assessment also anticipates continued interest in replacing older installations in Tamil Nadu, Maharashtra and Gujarat.
Gujarat’s renewable energy policy already contains provisions addressing replacement of older turbines, including requirements tied to the operating life of projects. Implementation ultimately depends on site-specific approvals, ownership arrangements and the capacity of local electricity networks to absorb increased output.
By Dr Arun Mitra When discussing India, it is important to recognize that two fundamentally opposing ideologies are currently engaged in a direct confrontation. One thrives on hatred, division and violence, while the other stands for secularism, love, harmony and the creation of a just and egalitarian society. It is, therefore, essential to examine not […]
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Microsoft has reduced the cloud storage included with new Microsoft 365 Family subscriptions from a potential 6TB across six users to a single 2TB allowance, with existing customers scheduled to move to the shared arrangement from May 2027. The change, introduced for new subscriptions on 8 October 2026, replaces individual OneDrive allocations of 1TB per person. Families that previously could use six separate terabytes must now manage […]
By Nantoo Banerjee Indian democracy is witnessing an interesting development under which the ruling party at the Centre is holding counter public rallies in states under the banner ‘Loktantra Bachao, Arajakta Hatao (Save Democracy, Remove Anarchy) following the opposition INDIA bloc’s massive demonstration at Delhi’s Ramlila Maidan against the elected national government. A somewhat similar […]
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By Dr. Nilanjan Banik The outcome of the November 3 midterm elections has not got in favour of Mr. Trump. Republicans lost both the House of Representatives and the Senate. For India, however, the outcome of the midterm elections is unlikely to make much of a difference. A Democratic House would not bring a sharp […]
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By K Raveendran Wall Street was waiting for an excuse to punish the technology sector, whose extraordinary valuations had increasingly defied conventional measures of profitability and risk. The sweeping defeat of Donald Trump’s Republicans in the American midterm elections provided the trigger, unleashing a sell-off that exposed the fragility beneath the artificial intelligence boom. Yet […]
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By Arun Srivastava Rahul Gandhi’s strategy to mobilize people against Modi–Shah leadership and build a sustainable national alternative, remains a subject of intense debate among political analysts and observers. The realisation that saffron ecosystem is determined not to allow him the parliamentary system and space to articulate his views, he has noticeably shifted toward aggressive […]
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By Dr. Gyan Pathak Industrial Development Bank of India (IDBI) will soon be placed in a foreign hand, which the nationalist prime minister Narendra Modi’s BJP led NDA government said doing it in the national interest of the country. Employees and officers of IDBI on the other hand went on two days nationwide strike on […]
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By Nitya Chakraborty On the eve of the ASEAN Summit in Manila scheduled on November 15 to 17, a big pressure has been mounted on India by the member countries of RCEP including China and New Zealand to join the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) which was formalized in November 2020 and emerged as the […]
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By Dr. Gyan Pathak Millions of Indians will soon be deprived of government assistance across the country, if the proposed national policy shift from Aadhaar based transactions of goods and cash to Voter ID (EPIC) is implemented. It will be inhuman on the part of the PM Narendra Modi led BJP government to first getting […]
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By Nitya Chakraborty The results of the U.S. midterm elections are going to have big impact not only on the current administration of President Donald Trump, but also on the latest political situation in Latin America, Europe and even in India. At global level, Trump’s big defeat is a boost to the forces in different […]
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By Dr Arun Mitra Global civil society organisations have appealed to the US Congress to take immediate steps to prevent the use of nuclear weapons against Iran. The appeal, initiated by the Back from the Brink Coalition, the International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War (IPPNW), recipient of the 1985 Nobel Peace Prize, and […]
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By Nantoo Banerjee At a time when most big business families across the world are fighting the ‘third-generation curse’ to stay afloat, a few Indian big business houses have survived past the third generation by relying on specific longevity drivers, including early focus on preparing heirs, formal governance, and regularly sharing the foundational history, struggles, […]
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By Dr. Gyan Pathak The impressive political success of INDIA bloc’s New Delhi Ramlila ground rally on November 1 has clearly established an important milestone in Indian opposition politics. It indicates that this political movement centred round election irregularities, vote theft, and the demand of removal of Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Gyanesh Kumar is most […]
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By Dr. Gyan Pathak Real earning of workers in India remained unchanged and there was low quality of employment growth in recent years. Even though extreme poverty in India has been reported declined to 2.6 per cent by World Bank’s Poverty & Equity brief for India released on October 30, 2026. Poverty, Prosperity, and Planet […]
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By Arun Srivastava Logical Discrepancy category is an algorithmic or “rightist tool”, a central and mischievous mechanism, created by ECI under its Special Intensive Revision (SIR) scheme to disenfranchise huge population of the voters who are opposed to the political hegemony of the rightist forces, to ensure their electoral victory and push India on the […]
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By Nilotpal Basu Faced with growing protests over the large-scale electoral malpractices initiated by the supposedly neutral umpire, the Election Commission of India, which clearly favours the BJP, the government and the ruling party have gone berserk. Like a drowning man clutching at straws, the ruling party and its army of social media foot soldiers […]
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By K Raveendran The greatest mistake Narendra Modi and his Bharatiya Janata Party can make is to mistake the silence of the streets for the consent of the people. The government may have succeeded in shrinking the space for organised resistance, intimidating critics and making dissent increasingly costly. But political resentment does not disappear simply […]
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