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RESOURCESINSTITUTE

WORKINGPAPER

Environmentalandsocio-economicimpactassessmentofoffshorewindenergyprojectsinIndia

DeepakSriramKrishnan,RushabhSoni,AkanshaSaklani,JonathanBaines,MichelineKhan,VaisakhSureshKumar

CONTENTS

Executivesummary2

Introduction............................5

Definingtheproblem6

Methodology...........................7

Needforaframeworkofenvironmentandsocio-economicimpact

assessment............................8

Learningsfromthestakeholder

consultationsandliteraturereview16

Recommedations18

AppendixA22

AppendixB27

AppendixC33

AppendixD36

References38

Acknowledgments43

Abouttheauthors.....................43

WorkingPaperscontainpreliminaryresearch,

analysis,findings,andrecommendations.They

arecirculatedtostimulatetimelydiscussionand

criticalfeedback,andtoinfluenceongoingdebateonemergingissues.

SuggestedCitation:Krishnan,DeepakSriram,RushabhSoni,AkanshaSaklani,JonathanBaines,MichelineKhan,VaisakhSureshKumar.2025.

“Environmentalandsocio-economicimpactassessmentofoffshorewindenergyprojectsin

India:Whystudyingexamplesofothercountriesandengagingwithaffectedcommunitiesare

important.”Washington,DC,USA:WorldResourcesInstitute.Available:https://doi.org/10.46830/wriwp.22.00157

HIGHLIGHTS

.Offshorewind(OSW)projectsareanewsourceofrenewableenergy

capacityinIndia’stransitiontowardcleanerenergy.Indiaaimstoachieve37GWfromOSWby2030.Tomeetthistarget,abetterunderstanding

ofthepotentialenvironmentalandsocio-economicimpactsofOSWprojectsisrequired.

.ThisstudysummarizestheimpactsofOSWprojects,highlightingthe

needforrobustenvironmentalandsocio-economicimpactassessments(ESIA).Whilerenewableenergyprojectsareexemptedfromthe

requirementsstipulatedunder