India’s Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi has approved a cooperation agreement with Denmark to work more closely together on renewables, focusing on offshore wind. Modi’s cabinet signed off on the agreement between Ministry of New and Renewable Energy of India and the Ministry for Energy, Utilities and Climate of the Kingdom of Denmark. Areas of cooperation include enhancing India’s technical capabilities for managing offshore wind projects, measures to ensure quality of wind turbines, components, certification requirements as well as offshore wind forecasting and scheduling. A Letter of Intent has also been signed recently that will establish an Indo-Danish Centre of Excellence for renewable energy in India. The Indo-Danish Centre of Excellence in Integrated Renewable Power will focus on renewable energy resource assessments with focus on onshore and offshore wind, hybridisation of wind, solar, hydro and storage technologies, integration of wind at higher penetration levels, testing, research and development, skills training and workforce capacity building.
The Indian and Danish governments have agreed a deal to improve India ’s offshore wind capabilities . India ’s Ministry of New and Renewable Energy and the Danish ministry of Energy , Utilities and Climate will work together on building technical knowledge , improving turbine and component quality , certification requirements , and forecasting and monitoring . An agreement was also reached to set up the Indo - Danish Centre of Excellence in offshore Renewable Power , which will develop workforce capacity and skills training in India , as well as promoting technological innovation in the offshore industry .