With the Advent of Reverse Auctions Wind is a Player Again
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India’s wind sector has been around for much longer than the solar sector with steady installations of about 1.5 – 2.5 GW per year. Cumulative wind installations have reached 32 GW and currently account for more than 50 percent of installed renewable energy capacity in India. After the National Solar Mission (NSM) was announced, solar stole wind’s thunder with exponential growth and supporting policies, quickly becoming cheaper than wind.