Wind energy installations across India reached 6.05 GW during the 2025-26 financial year — a record for the sector — with the country's renewable energy minister, Pralhad Joshi, noting that the figure is projected to climb past 8 GW in 2026-27. Pointing to annual increases in installed wind capacity, he said the nation was on track to reach more than 100 GW of wind power generation by the end of the decade.

Joshi made those remarks while addressing attendees at Windergy India 2026, the headline gathering organised by the Indian Wind Turbine Manufacturers Association (ITWMA), a forum that brings together policymakers, industry figures, manufacturers, investors, and technology providers around the shared goal of expanding wind power capacity across the nation.

India's wind energy infrastructure currently stands at 59.2 GW of operational capacity, with a further 43 GW worth of projects actively under development — a combined pipeline that puts the country on track to surpass the 100 GW wind power threshold set for 2030.

To meet those targets, the sector is working toward stepped-up installation capacity — 9 GW in 2027, rising through 10 GW in 2028 and 12 GW in 2029 before reaching 13.2 GW by 2032 — while a spokesperson noted that wind energy hardware manufacturing capacity stood at roughly 12 GW in 2023, a figure that has since grown to 24 GW.

Girish Tanti, who chairs ITWMA, noted that export figures for 2025-26 had climbed to Rs.12,800 crore — a rise of roughly 50 per cent over the preceding year — pointing to an opportunity for the country to deepen its presence in international markets. Pointing to a current share of roughly 2% in worldwide wind turbine exports, he outlined an ambition to lift that figure to one-tenth of the global market through domestic production of turbines, parts, associated technology, and engineering services.

As of mid-2026, government figures placed the country's total installed power generation capacity at 555 GW, with fossil fuels accounting for just under half of that at 46%, while solar contributed 30%, hydro and wind each adding 10%, and nuclear making up 1.6% of the remainder.

According to figures from the Global Wind Report distributed by ITWMA, worldwide wind energy capacity stood at 433 GW a decade ago, climbed to 745 GW by 2020, and has since reached 1,299 GW as of this year. Projections place worldwide installed capacity at 2,268 GW should the pattern hold at its present rate.

According to ITWMA data, turbine installations across 57 countries totalled more than 28,300 units during 2025. From roughly 2.5% of the world's electricity mix in 2015, wind power's contribution has climbed to around 8.5% of global supply today. Advances in turbine engineering have driven this shift, with rotor spans stretching to 160 metres on machines now rated at 4.7 MW — roughly double the output of the 2 MW units common a decade earlier.