Windergy India 2026: India’s Wind Industry To Focus on Manufacturing Depth and Supply-Chain Resilience

Indian Wind Turbine Manufacturers Association is set to host the 8th edition of  ‘Windergy India 2026: Wind - Powering India’s Energy Resilience’, on October 7–9, 2026 in Chennai. The event is taking place at a time when India has added 6.05 GW of wind capacity in FY2025-26, taking cumulative installed capacity to 58.14 GW as of July 31, 2026. The industry is targeting 100 GW by 2030, against a live pipeline of roughly 43 GW under construction.

Dr. Saravanan Manickam, Vice Chairman cum Secretary, IWTMA, said, "India has made significant strides in wind energy capacity, having nearly doubled in just five years to reach around 58 GW of installed capacity. To sustain this momentum towards 100 GW by 2030, we need to focus equally on manufacturing depth and supply chain resilience. Tamil Nadu's role in this journey has been significant, and India has made commendable progress in indigenisation, with domestic value addition now estimated at 70-80 percent, but strengthening capability in high-value components such as gearboxes, specialised bearings and materials will be critical to closing the remaining gap and building a truly self-reliant wind manufacturing ecosystem."

Manufacturing depth is IWTM’s central focus. Domestic turbine-making capacity has grown to 24 GW annually, up from 12 GW in 2020-21, and wind equipment exports crossed INR 12,000 crore in FY2025-26, up nearly 50 percent. 

Pandu Chillakuru, Whole-time Director, Flender Drives, and Executive Committee Member, IWTMA, stated, "Building critical components for wind turbines is about far more than production, it is about engineering the backbone of the next generation of renewable energy infrastructure. That means investing in advanced production technologies, deepening the domestic supplier ecosystem, and building skilled engineering talent that can innovate, not just manufacture. India's real opportunity lies in creating technologies from India that meet global standards, not merely assembling them here. 

Murali Sivaperumal, Executive Committee Member, IWTMA, and Business Director – Region India and AP Service, ZF Wind Power Coimbatore, added, “As component manufacturers scale up to meet India's wind ambitions, the focus must remain on standardisation, vertical integration and process discipline that can deliver dependable, high-performance components at volume. Strengthening the local supply chain in this way is what will support both the industry's growth and India's position in the global wind value chain." 

Repowering is a further opportunity for the state, with 7.4 GW of Tamil Nadu's ageing wind fleet out of 25.4 GW nationally eligible for upgrade, part of an estimated INR 1.4 -- 1.5 lakh crore national opportunity. Offshore wind also features Tamil Nadu prominently, with 500 MW of the government's first 1 GW VGF-backed offshore capacity earmarked off the state's coast, alongside Gujarat.

Aditya Pyasi, CEO, IWTMA, said, “India’s next phase of wind growth must be supported by a resilient and globally competitive domestic manufacturing ecosystem. As the industry transitions towards higher-rated turbines, we need to accelerate indigenisation across critical components while simultaneously building the manufacturing capacity required to meet growing demand. This will require coordinated efforts across OEMs, component manufacturers, technology providers and government, with a focus on strengthening supply chains, developing domestic capabilities and enabling scale. Windergy India 2026 provides an excellent platform to bring the ecosystem together.” 

Pradeep Devaiah, Chairman and CEO, PDA Ventures, said, "Windergy India, an international trade fair and conference, has grown into a platform that brings the entire wind ecosystem together. As India works towards its capacity targets, we will keep doing our part to give this industry the platform it needs to connect and grow."