India is likely to establish a sustainable offshore wind sector “sooner rather than later”, said the international consortium helping to kick-start the sector there as it set out a pathway that could lead to 5GW by 2032 in the key states of Gujarat and Tamil Nadu.

The FOWIND consortium listed five priority issues to address in its first over-arching assessment of possible development in the two states, which have been identified as most sutable first movers in an Indian offshore sector.