Gujarat opens rooftops to wind power under new renewable energy policy

Gujarat chief minister Bhupendra Patel unveiled the policy at an event in the state capital on 25 December

Published on: Dec 31, 2025, 21:54:45 IST

By Maulik Pathak

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Gujarat’s new renewable energy policy has opened the door to individuals installing mini- and micro-wind turbines on the rooftops of private premises for on-site consumption and limited grid export.

The Integrated Renewable Energy Policy was notified on December 25 (Representative Image/iec.ch)

The Integrated Renewable Energy Policy, which was notified on December 25, aims to provide a comprehensive framework for clean energy expansion until 2030 and positions the state as a competitive renewable energy hub. It has targeted over 100 GW of renewable energy capacity by 2030.

A senior official of Gujarat Urja Vikas Nigam Limited said there were only a handful of manufacturers, mostly startups, in the rooftop wind energy space which could expand. “The policy is for the next five years. Some companies are active in the market and pilot projects have been carried out. Some installations are in place, though the numbers remain limited. Several startups are working in this segment,” the official said.

He said rooftop wind plants could cost about ₹1 lakh per kilowatt of generation capacity, making them more expensive than solar plants. However, utilisation levels of a wind system are expected to be higher than those of solar.

“Wind systems can deliver around 35 per cent generation, compared to about 18 to 20 per cent for solar panels. A hybrid of wind and solar rooftops can work well to optimise overall cost and output,” the official said.

He added that the current policy was not centred on subsidies. “It is not about subsidy as of now. The focus is on registration, enabling systems and preparing for the future,” he said, adding that the state was looking at long-term potential rather than immediate scale.

Revayu Energy, a Pune-based firm working on rooftop and small-scale wind systems in Gujarat, said it had done a few rooftop pilot projects in Gujarat cities such as Surat and Porbandar.

“One of them is a hybrid and both are connected to the grid. For installation, commissioning and testing of the pilot projects the cost was about ₹2 lakh per kilowatt generation but this can come down to around ₹80,000-90,000 per kilowatt as per the new Gujarat government policy,” said Shravan Kumar Verma, Project Execution Head, Revayu Energy.

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Maulik Pathak
He is an Ahmedabad-based journalist with more than two decades of experience. His career spans business journalism and general news, with reporting across politics, crime, governance, public policy, business, industry, infrastructure, energy, ports, aviation, the environment, wildlife and social issues. He began his career in feature writing before moving into business journalism, reporting on companies and sectors including energy, infrastructure, pharmaceuticals, automobiles and real estate. Over the years, his work expanded to politics, courts, crime, public policy, civic affairs, the environment and wildlife. His reporting has taken him from government offices and courtrooms to factory floors, ports, forests and remote villages, covering stories that range from industrial investments and financial markets to elections, conservation and issues affecting everyday life. While many assignments demand the pace of the daily news cycle, others require sustained reporting over months and years to follow developments beyond the headlines. He started his journalism career with the Asian Age in Ahmedabad in 2002 as a feature writer and sub-editor. Since 2022, he has been working with Hindustan Times. Earlier, he worked with Business Standard, DNA, The Economic Times, Mint and The Times of India. His longest stint was with Mint, where he spent more than eight years reporting across multiple beats. During his career, he has worked in both reporting and editing roles, contributing to page planning, local editions and special editorial projects as newsrooms evolved from print-first operations to digital publishing. Early in his career, he also worked on media and documentary projects with an NGO and as a copywriter at a communications agency before returning to journalism. Away from work, he sometimes makes time for a pair of binoculars, table tennis, cinema and the occasional poem.Read More

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