India’s wind energy sector now as much an industrial and export story as a clean-power.one will take centre stage at Windergy India 2026, the 8th edition of the country’s flagship wind platform, organised by IWTMA and PDA Ventures Pvt Ltd, supported by the Ministry of Power and MNRE from 7–9 October 2026 at the Chennai Trade Centre.
The show lands on record momentum. India added 6.05 GW of wind capacity in FY26, its best year on record, taking cumulative installed capacity to 58.14 GW as of July 31, 2026. The industry is now targeting 100 GW by 2030, requiring sustained annual additions of around 10 GW. A scale IWTMA research frames against a live pipeline of roughly 43 GW under construction and assessed wind potential of up to 1,164 GW at 150m hub heights.
Manufacturing capability
Manufacturing underpins the story: domestic turbine-making capacity has grown to 24 GW annually, up from 10 GW in 2014, with 70–80 per cent domestic value addition. Wind equipment exports crossed Rs.12,000 crore in FY26, up nearly 50 per cent, and MNRE has launched WT-MARUT, India’s first wind supply-chain portal, built with IWTMA positioning India as both a rapid-deployment market and a global export hub.
Resilient ecosystem
Speaking at the curtain-raiser of Windergy India 2026 at Delhi, Rajesh Kulhari, Joint Secretary, MNRE, said, “As India scales up its wind ambitions, the focus is increasingly shifting towards building a resilient and globally competitive wind ecosystem that can support deployment at scale. This includes strengthening domestic manufacturing and supply chains, creating skilled employment, enabling exports, and ensuring that wind power contributes effectively to India’s broader goals of energy security and a more resilient energy system.”
Towards FDRE
Tariffs and bankability feature prominently on the agenda, with industry voices arguing that project viability now hinges less on chasing the lowest discovered tariff and more on bankability, timely PPAs, transmission readiness and bidding structures that recognise the added system value of wind, hybrids and firm renewable power as India shifts from standalone wind toward wind-solar hybrid, storage-backed and Firm & Dispatch able Renewable Energy (FDRE) procurement.
Offshore wind
Offshore wind is a major new frontier: a Rs.7,453 crore Viability Gap Funding scheme is backing India’s first 1 GW of offshore capacity 500 MW each off Gujarat and Tamil Nadu against assessed offshore potential of nearly 71 GW across both coasts, with MNRE engaging the World Bank and KPMG on further support to close the tariff gap.
Repowering
Repowering presents a substantial opportunity of 25.4 GW from India’s ageing fleet of 19,000+ sub-MW WTGs in high wind zones, nearly doubling the performance of legacy turbines from 14-15% CUF to ~30% CUF through modern turbines.
Over 30 countries to participate
Organised by IWTMA and PDA Ventures Pvt Ltd, supported by the Ministry of Power and MNRE, the event brings 20,000+ attendees, 400+ delegates and 350 exhibitors from 30+ countries, with Suzlon India as Platinum Partner, Envision and Senvion as Gold Partners, Venwind and Renfra as Silver Partners and country pavilions from Germany, Denmark and Spain. The two-day conference, “Wind – Powering India’s Energy Resilience,” and a dedicated Academia Session addressing the sector’s growing skilled-workforce needs round out the programme.