ABSTRACT
CASE finally transformed into a full-fledged Department of Non-conventional Energy Sources (DNES) under the then Ministry of Energy in 1982. It was around this time that renewable energy or the non-conventional energy as it was known-comprising mainly of solar, wind and biomass programs-received focussed attention from the government with some budgetary support. In 1992, DNES acquired the status of the Ministry of Non-conventional Energy Sources (MNES), which was renamed as the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE) in 2006. It was in 1982 under a DNES project that the very first attempt to assess the wind resources of the country was initiated. The project lead by A. Mani and D. A. Mooley of the Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology (IITM) processed and compiled the wind speed data from meteorological stations all over the country [1].
