MNRE VGF Scheme - Tamil Nadu 500 MW

TN half of the June 2024 Rs 7,453 cr VGF scheme; tender planned 2026, distinct from the 4 GW seabed lease.

Status

Proposedlifecycle stage

Ownership

SNSECI (no developer awarded) — 100% ◇

Location

India

Verification

0/4 fields verified

2 sources

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Technology

Capacity 500 MW ◇

Turbines —

Foundation —

Site & conditions

Site rights Not established we have not found a document granting or refusing rights over this seabed — a gap in our research, not a finding about the project ∅

Revenue & grid

Offtake —

Grid —

Schedule

FID Not taken

COD · developer —

Delivery outlook not forecast

We don't put a delivery estimate on this project yet. No authority has granted rights to this site, so there is nothing to date a schedule from. That changes the moment the seabed is awarded, a consent application is filed, or the project is named in an auction.

Revenue & offtake route to market — open

No offtake secured — route to market open

The routes describe what exists in this market — not a prediction of which the project will take.

Next visible round · from the auction calendar

India first VGF offshore wind tender (Gujarat / Tamil Nadu) ◇

expected — · planned · the round’s published documents do not name this project

VGF scheme notified Sep 2024; a 500 MW Gujarat site (NIWE-identified) tender announced Sep 2024; TN 500 MW site being finalised; a separate SECI 4 GW Tamil Nadu seabed-lease-rights tender floated Feb 2024.

Installation how the build is going · from satellite counts and Hafrok’s registers

Installation not started

nothing to count yet: the satellite tracker begins when offshore construction does

Installation · on record

StageProposed

Offshore constructionnot started

Expected start of operationnot stated

Sources & verification

0/4 fields verified · rests on 2 sources

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Numbers are stable citation ids — grouped by source class, so they are not consecutive.

Regulator1

[1]

PIB2024

supportsownerTotal capacity

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Auction pipeline1

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MNRE (India)2026

MNRE offshore wind programme — VGF scheme for 1,000 MW off Gujarat/Tamil Nadu; SECI implementation; 30 GW by 2030 aim.

supportsIndia first VGF offshore wind tender (Gujarat / Tamil Nadu)

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