**Executive Summary**
The Union Minister of New and Renewable Energy, Shri Pralhad Joshi, launched the India-UK Offshore Wind Taskforce in the presence of UK representatives, including Deputy Prime Minister Mr. David Lammy and British High Commissioner to India Ms. Lindy Cameron. The taskforce aims to foster strategic cooperation in clean energy and deliver time-bound, measurable progress by converting global lessons into solutions tailored for India. The initiative is aligned with Vision 2035 and the Fourth Energy Dialogue.
**Key Points / Main Content**
* **Taskforce Overview:**
* The India-UK Offshore Wind Taskforce is a working mechanism under Vision 2035.
* It aims to provide strategic leadership and coordination for India's offshore wind ecosystem.
* The taskforce seeks to address execution challenges through cooperation between India and the UK.
* **Strategic Pillars for Cooperation:**
* Ecosystem planning and market design, including refined seabed leasing frameworks and credible revenue-certainty mechanisms.
* Infrastructure and supply chains, including port modernisation, local manufacturing and specialised vessels.
* Financing and risk mitigation through blended finance structures and mobilization of long-term institutional capital.
* **India's Renewable Energy Transition:**
* Offshore wind will strengthen reliability, grid stability, industrial depth, and energy security.
* Promising offshore wind zones are identified off the coasts of Gujarat and Tamil Nadu.
* The Government has introduced a Viability Gap Funding scheme with a total outlay of ₹7,453 crore (approximately £710 million) to support early projects.
* India's installed non-fossil fuel capacity has crossed 272 GW, including over 141 GW of solar and 55 GW of wind capacity.
* **Synergy with Green Hydrogen:**
* Offshore wind aligns with India's green hydrogen ambitions under the International Breakthrough Agenda.
* India is leading the Hydrogen Breakthrough Goal.
* Green hydrogen prices have fallen to ₹279 per kg (approximately £2.65 per kg), and green ammonia prices to ₹49.75 per kg (approximately £0.47 per kg).
* **Vision:**
* Offshore wind can emerge as a strong pillar of India's clean, reliable, and self-reliant energy future.
* The collaboration between India and the UK represents a flagship project under Vision 2035.
**Impact Analysis**
**Stakeholder: India**
* **Impact:** Benefits from UK's experience in scaling offshore wind and developing mature supply chains, accelerating its own clean energy transition.
* **Action Required:** Participate in the taskforce, contribute to ecosystem planning, infrastructure development, and financial frameworks.
**Stakeholder: United Kingdom**
* **Impact:** Gains access to India's scale, long-term demand, and rapidly expanding clean energy ecosystem.
* **Action Required:** Share expertise in offshore wind development, supply chain management, and regulatory frameworks.
**Stakeholder: Renewable Energy Sector**
* **Impact:** Stimulated growth and innovation in offshore wind and green hydrogen production.
* **Action Required:** Invest in infrastructure, technology, and workforce development for offshore wind projects.
**Stakeholder: Coastal Industrial and Green Hydrogen Clusters**
* **Impact:** Enhanced energy security, industrial competitiveness, and access to high-quality renewable power.
* **Action Required:** Develop infrastructure to utilize offshore wind-generated power and integrate with green hydrogen production facilities.
Key Entities Referenced
India–UK Offshore Wind Taskforce: A working mechanism for strategic leadership and coordination for India's offshore wind ecosystem.
Ministry of New and Renewable Energy: The ministry responsible for launching the India-UK Offshore Wind Taskforce.
Vision 2035: A framework under which the India-UK Offshore Wind Taskforce is constituted, aimed at long-term development.
Viability Gap Funding Scheme: A government scheme supporting early projects in offshore wind, with an outlay of ₹7,453 crore.
Gujarat and Tamil Nadu: States where promising offshore wind zones have been identified and initial projects planned.
Ministry of New and Renewable Energy
India–UK Offshore Wind Taskforce Launched;
Shri Pralhad Joshi Calls It a ‘Trustforce’ for
Accelerating Strategic Clean Energy Cooperation
Shri Pralhad Joshi Highlights Offshore Wind as Potential
Strategic Pillar of India’s Next Phase of Energy Transition
Posted On: 18 FEB 2026 2:07PM by PIB Delhi
Union Minister of New and Renewable Energy Shri Pralhad Joshi today addressed the launch of
the India–UK Offshore Wind Taskforce in the presence of the Rt Hon Deputy Prime Minister of
the United Kingdom Mr. David Lammy and British High Commissioner to India Ms. Lindy
Cameron.
Calling the Taskforce a “Trustforce,” Shri Joshi said it reflects the confidence that India and the
United Kingdom can work together to address real execution challenges. He urged that the
platform deliver time-bound workstreams, measurable milestones and visible progress,
converting global lessons into solutions tailored to Indian conditions.
Launched the India-UK Offshore Wind Taskforce today with @DavidLammy, Rt.
Hon Deputy Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, @Lindy_Cameron, the British
High Commissioner to India, along with participating delegates.
This Taskforce is truly a Trustforce, built on confidence,… pic.twitter.com/UDTwki
GT4u
— Pralhad Joshi (@JoshiPralhad) February 18, 2026
Describing the India–UK Offshore Wind Taskforce as a working mechanism rather than a
symbolic platform, the Minister said it has been constituted under Vision 2035 and the Fourth
Energy Dialogue to provide strategic leadership and coordination for India’s offshore wind
ecosystem. He observed that while the United Kingdom has demonstrated global leadership in
scaling offshore wind and developing mature supply chains, India brings scale, long-term
demand and a rapidly expanding clean energy ecosystem.
He outlined three practical pillars for cooperation: ecosystem planning and market design,
including refined seabed leasing frameworks and credible revenue-certainty mechanisms;
infrastructure and supply chains, including port modernisation, local manufacturing and
specialised vessels; and financing and risk mitigation through blended finance structures and
mobilisation of long-term institutional capital.The Minister emphasised that the next phase of India’s transition must strengthen reliability, grid
stability, industrial depth and energy security, and that offshore wind has a strategic role in this
journey. Promising offshore wind zones have been identified off the coasts of Gujarat and Tamil
Nadu along with grid planning and required studies and surveys have been conducted through
National Institute of Wind Energy for the initial projects.
To support early projects, the Government has introduced a Viability Gap Funding scheme with
a total outlay of ₹7,453 crore, approximately £710 million. Shri Joshi noted that offshore wind is
among the most complex segments of the global energy transition, requiring specialised port
infrastructure, marine logistics, robust seabed leasing frameworks, clear risk allocation and
bankable commercial structures.
Shri Joshi further highlighted the synergy between offshore wind and India’s green hydrogen
ambitions. He noted that India is leading the Hydrogen Breakthrough Goal under the
international Breakthrough Agenda and has achieved globally competitive benchmarks under
the National Green Hydrogen Mission, with green hydrogen prices falling to a historic low of
₹279 per kg (approximately £2.65 per kg) and green ammonia prices reaching ₹49.75 per kg
(approximately £0.47 per kg).
Offshore wind, he said, can provide high-quality renewable power to emerging coastal industrial
and green hydrogen clusters, strengthening energy security and industrial competitiveness.
Shri Joshi underlined that India’s clean energy transition is defined by execution at scale. He
informed that India’s installed non-fossil fuel capacity has crossed 272 GW, including more than
141 GW of solar and 55 GW of wind capacity. In the ongoing financial year alone, India has
added over 35 GW of solar and 4.61 GW of wind capacity.
With clarity of purpose and shared commitment, he concluded, offshore wind can emerge as a
strong pillar of India’s clean, reliable and self-reliant energy future, and a flagship of India–UK
cooperation under Vision 2035.
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Navin Sreejith
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