Contents 1. Introduction 6 1.1. Indian Power Sector 7 1.1.1. Installed Capacity 7 1.1.2. Demand and Supply Gap 8 1.1.3. Benefits of Increasing Renewable Energy in the Energy Mix 8 1.2. Renewable Energy status in India 10 1.3. Rational for selection of Wind Energy 10 1.3.1. MNRE Estimates of Renewable Energy in India 11 1.3.2. Cost of Renewable Energy Generation 12 1.4. Identification of the Study Area 13 1.4.1. State wise Capacity Addition over the years in MW 13 1.4.2. Power Sector in Gujarat 15 1.5. Need of the study 16 1.6. Aim and Objectives 18 1.7. Methodology 18 1.8. Structure of Thesis 19 2. Literature Review 21 2.1. Prospects of Renewable Energy 21 2.2. Problems plaguing the current energy system 22 2.3. Needed: Regulatory framework for transition 24 2.4. China?s paths through 24 3. Development of Wind Energy Sector: Global and National Scenario 29 3.1. Global Status of Wind Power 29 3.1.1. Leading Markets of Wind Power in the World 30 3.1.2. Renewable Support Policy Mechanism at International Level .. 32 3.1.3. Impact of the Promotional Schemes 34 3.2. Development of Wind Energy Sector in India 36 3.2.1. Policy support for Wind Power in India 37 3.2.2. Drivers for growth 38 3.2.3. Transmission and Evacuation 43 3.2.4. Effectiveness of Government Policies on Wind Energy sector . 45 3.3. Wind Power Technology and its Improvement 46 3.3.1. Wind power plants components 46 4. Wind Power Development in Gujarat 50 4.1. Wind Resource Potential Assessment for Gujarat 50 4.2. State Policies on Wind Energy 51 4.3. Wind Power Pricing in Gujarat 52 4.4. Wind Power Installation Trend in Gujarat 53 4.5. Evacuation of Generated Power 54 4.6. Future Wind Power Projects in Gujarat 55 4.7. Role of various agencies for Wind project development in Gujarat . 57 5. Opportunities and Challenges for Development of Wind Energy Gujarat 60 5.1. Developers perspective 60 5.2. Government perspective 61 5.3. Other environmental and social issues 61 5.4. Parameters considered for Analysis 61 5.5. Analysis based on considered parameters 62 5.5.1. Parameters affecting generation of power 62 5.5.2. Parameters based on policy and regulatory framework in Gujarat 67 5.5.3. Approach of various agencies involved in Gujarat 70 5.5.4. Land and grid availability 71 5.5.5. Analysis to evaluate the potential impacts on fauna 73 6. Conclusion 76 Annexure 78 References 86