Global Wind Day

Global Wind Day

• Global Wind Day celebrated on 15^th June 2023 by the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE) with the theme of “Pawan – Urja: Powering the Future of India”.
• What is Global Wind Day?
• Global Wind Day is an annual event since 2007 to promote wind energy as a clean and renewable source of power.
• It was started by the European Wind Energy Association (EWEA) and later joined by the Global Wind Energy Council (GWEC).
• GWEC is a member-based organisation that represents the entire wind energy sector.

What is Wind Energy?

• About:
  • Wind energy is a form of renewable energy that uses the kinetic energy of the air to generate electricity.
• Mechanism:
  • Wind energy is created using wind turbines, which are devices that have blades that rotate when the wind blows.
• The largest wind power market in the world is China, with a capacity of over 237 GW of wind power installed followed by U.S and Germany
• India ranks fourth in wind power capacity (with 42.8 GW as of April 2023) in the world and has a huge potential for both onshore and offshore wind energy production.
• Wind energy is vital for India’s transition to a low-carbon economy and achieving its goals of 50% non-fossil fuel-based energy by 2030 and Net Zero by 2070.Tamil Nadu installs highest wind power capacity till June 2022 followed by Gujrat and Karnataka.
• Indian Initiatives:
  • National Wind-Solar Hybrid Policy: The main objective of the National Wind-Solar Hybrid Policy, 2018 is to provide a framework for promotion of large grid connected wind-solar PV hybrid systems for optimal and efficient utilization of wind and solar resources, transmission infrastructure and land.
  • National Offshore Wind Energy Policy: The National Offshore wind energy policy was notified in October 2015 with an objective to develop the offshore wind energy in the Indian Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) along the Indian coastline of 7600 km.

Practice Questions for Prelims

Consider the following statements:
1. The Non-Conventional Sources of energy are the fossil fuels which took millions of years for the formation of fossil fuels.
2. Conventional sources of energy also called as Renewable Resources, can be used again and again in endless manner.
3. The renewable resources are solar energy, wind energy, tidal energy, biomass energy, bio fuels.

Choose the correct code:
a) 1 and 2 only
b) 3 only
c) 1 and 3 only
d) 1, 2 and 3

Ans. b)

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