Capacity addition in wind energy likely to grow slowly over next five years: Crisil

07 Mar 2019 Evaluate

Crisil in its latest report has said that India’s wind energy sector may see a slow growth with regard to capacity addition over the next five years, driven by the allotment of central transmission utility’s grid-connected capacities. The shift to a competitive bidding mechanism has slowed industry growth on account of a significant fall in tariffs, triggering a decline in both bid response and profitability for original equipment manufacturers (OEMs).

It is expecting that capacity addition will rise by 14 to 16 gigawatt (GW) over fiscal 2019 to 2023, entailing investments of Rs 1,100 billion (Rs 1,10,000 crore). It further noted that capacity additions would primarily be driven by central government allocations with relatively stronger counterparties like Solar Energy Corporation of India (SECI) and PTC, reducing risk as compared to direct exposure to state discoms. 

Besides, it added that state auctioning has slowed as several states have signed power supply agreements (PSAs) with PTC and SECI to procure wind power under the schemes auctioned by them, in order to help fulfil their non-solar renewable purchase obligations (RPO) targets.

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