Minister for New and Renewable Energy Pralhad Joshi Inaugurates Windergy India 2025; Urges Wind Industry to Raise Local Content to 85%
Chennai, 30th October 2025: Shri Pralhad Joshi, Hon’ble Union Minister for New and Renewable Energy, Consumer Affairs, Food & Public Distribution, called upon India’s wind energy industry to enhance local content in wind projects from 64% to 85%, aligning with the Hon’ble Prime Minister’s vision of an Atmanirbhar Bharat in clean energy. Addressing the 7th edition of Windergy India 2025 in Chennai, the Minister emphasized that higher domestic value addition will strengthen India’s clean energy supply chain amid global uncertainties. He also announced that the Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) for ALMM (Wind) will be released shortly. Inauguration Youtube video Link ЁЯСЗ Shri Joshi highlighted that wind energy accounts for nearly one-fifth of India’s 257 GW renewable capacity and has played a pivotal role in promoting indigenization. “India can capture 10% of the global wind supply chain by 2030 and up to 20% by 2040,” he noted. With close to 54 GW of installed wind capacit...