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by mgoetzke 3095 days ago
https://natgrp.files.wordpress.com/2013/07/india-renewables-...

"We therefore note that wind is now cost competitive with new coal-based generation capacity."

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Your article [1] mentions lots of subsidies:

“Over the past 12 months, across key wind states, except Karnataka, the wind tariff has been raised

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Generation Based Incentive (GBI) restored: In its FY2014 (April 2013-March 2014) budget the GoI reintroduced GBI for wind power.

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During the past 12 months, we have seen various states announcing their wind and/or solar installation targets (refer to table 3).

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The GoI has committed to providing low interest- bearing funds from the National Clean Energy Fund (NCEF) for five years to the Indian Renewable Energy Development Agency (IREDA), the nodal agency providing debt finance to renewable projects in India.“

[1] https://natgrp.files.wordpress.com/2013/07/india-renewables-...