By Srinivas Suthram, Senior Vice President, Kshema Power India
India’s wind sector just posted its strongest year in recent memory, and the numbers tell a story that goes well beyond a single headline figure. As of June 30, 2026, India’s total installed wind power capacity touched 57,443 MW, making the country the world’s fourth-largest wind power market, trailing only China, US, and Germany, as per the GWEC Global Wind Report 2026. But it’s the trajectory, not just the total, that deserves attention. During financial year (FY) 2025-26 alone, India added 6,057 MW of new wind capacity, nearly double the 3,253 MW added in FY 2023-24 and well ahead of the 4,151 MW added in FY 2024-25. Generation climbed in step, rising from 83 billion units (BUs) in each of the previous two years to 106.7 BUs in FY 2025–26. For an industry that critics had periodically written off as slowing, this is unmistakably a sector accelerating. This development is also raising the bar for India’s wind manufacturing ecosystem. As turbine demand increases, engineering, procurement, and construction (EPC) firms will expect original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) to offer not just manufacturing capacity but reliable deliveries and stronger coordination as well.
A geographically diversified base
The growth is also geographically diversified, which matters as much as the absolute numbers. Gujarat leads with 16,086 MW installed, followed by Tamil Nadu at 12,273 MW and Karnataka at 8,896 MW. Maharashtra, Rajasthan, Andhra Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Telangana, and Kerala round out a base spread across eight states rather than concentrated in one. Gujarat alone generated 33,706 million units (MUs) in FY 2025-26, nearly a third of the national total, with Tamil Nadu and Karnataka contributing 24,200 and 18,804 MUs, respectively, as per the data released by the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy. A wind fleet spread across multiple states and resource zones is inherently more resilient to local disruption, whether that’s a monsoon lull in one region, grid congestion in another, or a permitting delay somewhere else entirely. It is equally important for the OEMs and the EPC firms because of this geographical diversity. The transportation of the turbines and the other parts involved becomes a long process, and this makes logistics an interrelated factor in the schedule of production.
What this means for EPC execution
For EPC contractors, a near-doubling of annual capacity addition translates directly into compressed execution timelines and a tighter market for skilled manpower, cranes, and specialised erection equipment. Projects that once had comfortable scheduling buffers are now competing for the same limited pool of heavy-lift cranes and commissioning teams. Execution discipline, sequencing of civil, electrical, and mechanical works, and the ability to de-risk weather-dependent activities like foundation pours and tower erection are no longer nice-to-haves; they are the difference between hitting commissioning deadlines tied to inter-state transmission system (ISTS) waiver timelines and missing them. This also raises expectations of EPC firms from OEMs, particularly around on-time delivery and technical support. This means that OEMs are increasingly being asked not only to manufacture but also to deliver reliably and predictably and to produce at scale and in a visible manufacturing schedule. EPC companies also need better cooperation between themselves and the OEMs regarding logistics, specific site needs, erection, commissioning, and technical expertise. In view of growing project pipelines, cooperation between the OEMs and the EPC organisations may be useful for the coordination of turbine manufacturing with construction, resources, and grid connection schedules.
India’s wind boom is strengthening the supply chain
The expanding wind energy segment is gaining considerable traction throughout the whole supply chain. The makers of wind turbines are stepping up production to accommodate the increasing demand on the back of good order books and an influx of turnkey projects. This development has been contributing to the broader ecosystem as well — from casting, forging, gearboxes, blades, and towers to the logistics involved in transporting oversised equipment to remote, resource-rich sites. With the expansion of the wind energy market, the emerging supply chain ecosystem is opening up new avenues for increased capacity, efficiency, and project implementation.
Project execution
Project execution itself is evolving to match these changes as well. Acquisition of land, transmission evacuation planning, and grid connections are already being planned years before commissioning in order to make project execution much more coordinated and predictable. Funding of new transmission lines and substations by the government’s Green Energy Corridor Scheme, as well as charge waivers on ISTS for certain projects, make these trends even more prominent. For developers and their EPC partners, this provides an opportunity to plan better coordination between construction work, turbine delivery, and grid connection. Closer coordination between OEMs and EPC partners can help align turbine deliveries with construction and grid-connection schedules while managing multiple organisations and deadlines. Improved project management and execution in turn could lead to reduced delays and better preparedness of the assets in time for their commissioning. With an increasing renewable energy pipeline in India, EPC companies capable of performing all these activities will find themselves well suited to participate in the next wave of growth in this sector.
Integrated execution
The key is to see OEM manufacture, EPC implementation, and supply chain planning as one integrated discipline, not a series of hand-offs. That means locking in equipment and manpower availability well ahead of commissioning windows, building schedule buffers around known bottlenecks like heavy-lift logistics and grid connectivity, and working with partners who bring proven engineering, procurement, and construction capability specifically tuned to wind’s unique demands, from foundation design in variable terrain to precision erection of taller, heavier turbines. As India’s wind sector continues its steep climb, the projects that succeed will be the ones backed by execution partners who can match the pace of the numbers with the rigour to deliver.
