Wind Energy Systems in India

An international workshop on the performance and potential of wind energy systems in India was held in Bengaluru recently. It included participants from industry, research organizations, academic institutes and decision-makers from India and the USA. The two-day workshop began with a welcome address by S. K. Satheesh (Chairman, Divecha Centre for Climate Change, IISc, Bengaluru) who highlighted the need for examining the performance of existing power plants and address the challenges to meet the ambitious target of 60 GW of installed wind power capacity by 2022.