India plans to hold auctions for 5GW of offshore wind power next year, the country’s power minister RK Singh said.

No further details have been released about the auction plans, which would be the first offshore tenders in an Indian renewables sector so far dominated by onshore wind and PV.

Speaking at an event, Singh is reported by Indian news agency PTI to have said: "Our target is that we would auction at least 5GW of offshore wind capacities next year.