Offshore wind is making an ever-stronger case for a role in India’s fast-growing renewable energy sector, said a senior official with an EU-backed project helping pave the way for deployment in the country’s waters.

Early Lidar data has proved more promising than expected, and growing constraints on onshore wind and solar deployment makes the scale of offshore wind an attractive option for the Indian government as it chases massive renewables targets, said Gabriel Zeitouni, deputy head of the First Offshore Wind Project of India (FOWPI) project.