The India–UK Offshore Wind Taskforce was launched on Wednesday to deepen cooperation between India and the United Kingdom in offshore wind, green hydrogen and resilient clean energy supply chains.
Speaking on the occasion, Union Minister for New and Renewable Energy Pralhad Joshi said the India–UK Offshore Wind Taskforce is a working mechanism rather than a symbolic platform. He said it has been constituted under Vision 2035 and the Fourth Energy Dialogue to provide strategic leadership and coordination for India’s offshore wind ecosystem.
Joshi noted that while the United Kingdom has demonstrated global leadership in scaling offshore wind and building mature supply chains, India brings scale, long-term demand and a rapidly expanding clean energy ecosystem to the partnership.
David Lammy, Deputy Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, and Lindy Cameron were present at the event.
The minister outlined three key areas of cooperation: ecosystem planning and market design, including improved seabed leasing frameworks and revenue-certainty mechanisms; infrastructure and supply chains, such as port modernisation, domestic manufacturing and specialised vessels; and financing and risk mitigation through blended finance structures and mobilisation of long-term capital.
Joshi said the next phase of India’s energy transition must focus on reliability, grid stability, industrial depth and energy security, with offshore wind playing a strategic role. He said promising offshore wind zones have been identified off the coasts of Gujarat and Tamil Nadu, and that grid planning, studies and surveys for initial projects have been conducted by the National Institute of Wind Energy.
To support early projects, the government has introduced a viability gap funding scheme with a total outlay of Rs 7,453 crore, or about £710 million. Joshi noted that offshore wind is among the most complex segments of the global energy transition, requiring specialised port infrastructure, marine logistics, clear risk allocation and commercially viable project structures.
He also highlighted the link between offshore wind and India’s green hydrogen ambitions, noting that India is leading the Hydrogen Breakthrough Goal under the international Breakthrough Agenda. Under the National Green Hydrogen Mission, green hydrogen prices have fallen to Rs 279 per kg (about £2.65 per kg), while green ammonia prices have reached Rs 49.75 per kg (about £0.47 per kg).
Offshore wind can supply high-quality renewable power to coastal industrial zones and green hydrogen hubs, strengthening energy security and industrial competitiveness, the minister said.
Joshi added that India’s clean energy transition is driven by large-scale execution. He said the country’s installed non-fossil fuel capacity has crossed 272 GW, including more than 141 GW of solar and 55 GW of wind capacity. In the current financial year alone, India has added over 35 GW of solar power and 4.61 GW of wind capacity.
