page_title: Wind power in India
section_title: Wind power by state
hierarchical_section_title: Wind power in India / Wind power by state
caption_attribution_description: English: The wind turbine is one of the many private owned turbines in the area.. It's part of the Aralvaimozhi wind form in Tamil Nadu.
context_page_description: Wind power generation capacity in India has significantly increased in recent years. As of 29 February 2020 the total installed wind power capacity was 37.669 GW, the fourth largest installed wind power capacity in the world. Wind power capacity is mainly spread across the Southern, Western and Northern regions.
  Wind power costs in India are decreasing rapidly. The levelised tariff of wind power reached a record low of ₹2.43 per kWh during auctions for wind projects in December 2017.
  In December 2017, union government announced the applicable guidelines for tariff-based wind power auctions to bring more clarity and minimise the risk to the developers.
context_section_description: There is a growing number of wind energy installations in states across India.
caption: Muppandal Wind farm near NH44
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