India’s Deep Sea Mining Endeavours: A Search for Climate Solutions in Deep Waters

As per the International Energy Agency (IEA), India is likely to overtake the EU by 2030 and to move up to the third spot.2 Per capita energy consumption in 2021–22 in India was however awfully low at 1255kWh, almost one- third of the global average.3 The IEA has forecasted that in the coming two decades, India would account for the largest energy demand growth. [...] The present decade has also witnessed unprecedented reforms, technological advancements, policy decisions and collaborations in the turf of solar and wind energy, both of which have the potential to surge ahead of coal and gas. [...] To tap this vast renewable energy potential, Government of India in 2015 notified the ‘National Offshore Wind Energy Policy’ which designated the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy as the nodal Ministry for development of Offshore Wind Energy in India. [...] The MNRE has been entrusted with the responsibility of Development and Use of Maritime Space within the Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) of the country and for overall monitoring of offshore wind energy development in the country. [...] Disclaimer: Views expressed in Manohar Parrikar IDSA's publications and on its website are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of the Manohar Parrikar IDSA or the Government of India.