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India
Regulator
Clearances prior to notifying the offshore wind energy blocks for ICB
Clearances/ No- Objection Certificates
(NOCs) post allocation of offshore wind
energy block to the successful bidder
Ministry of Environment,
Forests and Climate Change
In principle clearance
Environmental impact assessment and coastal
regulatory zone clearance to be obtained
Ministry of Defence
In principle clearance
Clearances relating to defence and security
aspects to be obtained from the relevant
authorities, that is, the Indian Army, Navy, Air
Force, Defence Research and Development
Organisation and such other institutions
organized under the Ministry of Defence as
applicable
Ministry of External Affairs
In principle clearance
Clearance for development of offshore wind
projects in maritime zones of India
Ministry of Home Affairs
In principle clearance
Clearance for deployment of foreign nationals
in offshore wind blocks
Ministry of Civil Aviation
Not applicable
Clearance for construction if such contraction
is near aviation/radar/ aerodrome facilities
Ministry of Petroleum
& Natural Gas
Not applicable
Clearance for offshore wind projects in identified oil & gas blocks. NOC required in case of
developments outside oil & gas block
Ministry of Shipping
Not applicable
Clearance for projects located near major
ports. NOC required for operating away from
shipping lanes
Department of Space
In principle clearance
Clearance from security perspective with
respect to installations of the Department of
Space and for ensuring minimum safety distance from such installations
Department of
Telecommunication
Not applicable
NOC for operating outside of subsea communication cable zones
Ministry of Mines
Not applicable
NOC for operating outside mining zones
Insofar as pollution control clearances are
concerned, note that a notification of the
Central Pollution Control Board currently
identifies wind energy as a ‘non-polluting’
or ‘white category’ industry for which no
consent to establish or operate is required
(as is required for other industries) under the
Air (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act,
1981 and the Water (Prevention and Control
of Pollution Act), 1974. 31 However, given that
the process of establishment of offshore
wind projects would be different from the
process of establishment of onshore wind
farms, it appears that the Central Pollution
Control Board at the time of notification
may have only contemplated onshore wind
projects (although there is no guidance in its
notification in this regard).
2.3 Permitting process
The authorities identified in the response
above are the issuing authorities for the
31 Central Pollution Control Board, Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change, Circular dated 7 March 2016.
