India, July 31 -- The Government of India issued the following news release:
Ministry of New & Renewable Energy (MNRE) had earlier issued 'Procedure to apply for inclusion of a Wind Turbine Model in the Revised List of Models and Manufacturers of Wind Turbines (RLMM)' vide OM of even number dated 01.11.2018.
The RLMM was a mechanism to ensure quality and reliability of wind turbines installed in the country, for protecting the consumer interests, while ensuring larger energy security of the country. The mechanism was one of the enablers towards promoting domestic wind turbine manufacturing industry in the country, which currently crossed the 20 GW annual manufacturing capacity.
Through this amendment, the RLMM has been renamed as Approved List of Models and Manufacturers (Wind) i.e ALMM (Wind). Further, it is now mandatory for use of major wind turbine components such as Blade, Tower, Gearbox, Generator and Special Bearings (Main, Pitch and Yaw Bearing) from the Approved List of Models and Manufacturers (Wind Turbine Components) i.e ALMM (Wind Turbine Components) in the manufacturing of listed wind turbines. The ALMM (Wind Turbine Components) list will be issued by the Ministry separately. The amendment also includes mandatorily locating Wind Turbine R&D Centre, Data Centre and/or Servers within India to strengthen the cybersecurity ecosystem.
This amendment will not be applicable on the already bided wind projects and Captive/Open Access/C&I/Third Party sale projects to be commissioned within 18 months from date of issuance of the amendment. In addition, new wind turbine manufacturer and / or new wind turbine models will be exempted from mandatory use of components listed in ALMM (Wind Turbine Components) for a total capacity of 800 MW for a period of two years to promote the new technologies having new innovation & performance efficiency not available indigenously.
This step will boost the existing quality control mechanism including the cyber security aspects along with boosting domestic manufacturing in wind sector.
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