India Aims for 85% Domestic Content in Wind Projects

Pralhad Joshi, India’s Minister for Renewable Energy, has urged the wind-energy industry to increase localisation of equipment and components in wind projects to 85% - up from the current 64%. The appeal was made at the 7th edition of Windergy India in Chennai, where he emphasised the role of wind energy in boosting India’s energy self-reliance (“Aatmanirbharata”) and strengthening the clean-energy supply chain amid global uncertainties.

India currently manufactures a significant portion of its wind-turbine components domestically, with over 2,500 MSMEs contributing to the sector. The government expects that the next ~46 GW of wind-capacity additions will largely be driven by domestic manufacturing under the Approved List of Models & Manufacturers (ALMM) policy framework.

Looking ahead, Joshi stated that India has the potential to capture up to 10% of the global wind-supply chain by 2030, and possibly 20% by 2040, leveraging its manufacturing base and policy measures.

Increasing wind-project localisation from 64 to 85 percent is a strategically important target for both industrial-policy and energy-security reasons.

Wind supply chains are more diverse than solar - with turbines, towers, blades, gearboxes and control systems each involving different manufacturing capabilities - so higher localisation requires coordinated development across multiple industrial segments.

The 2,500-MSME base provides a foundation, but scaling to serve 46 GW of additions requires further investment.

The 10 percent global wind supply-chain share by 2030 (potentially 20 percent by 2040) is ambitious but not unrealistic given India's manufacturing scale, cost competitiveness and growing domestic market. ALMM policy structures and PLI-style incentives have already demonstrated effect in solar; extending similar mechanisms to wind can accelerate the transition from imported to domestic capacity across the sector.

For wind developers, equipment manufacturers, MSME suppliers and financiers, Cognitud's supply chain and operations, market intelligence and responsible investment teams help clients evaluate localisation opportunities, structure supplier-development programmes aligned with ALMM criteria, and prepare disclosures that give investors visibility into supply-chain resilience and export potential as India positions to serve both domestic demand and international wind markets.