India, March 13 -- India is reassessing the launch of its first 1 gigawatt (GW) offshore wind power tender as rising global costs and weak developer interest in similar auctions abroad raise concerns over investor participation, a top government official told Down To Earth (DTE).

The reassessment follows a setback last year when the Solar Energy Corporation of India (SECI) cancelled two offshore wind tenders totalling 4.5 GW in August 2025 after failing to attract developer interest. The tenders included a 4 GW seabed lease rights auction issued in February 2024 for projects off the coast of Tamil Nadu and a 500 MW interstate transmission system (ISTS)-connected offshore wind project issued in September 2024 off the coast of Gujarat. The...