First Offshore Wind Project of India (FOWPI) is a project funded by European Union (EU) and it aims to support Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE) and National Institute of Wind Energy (NIWE) in strengthening the country's offshore wind energy sector and provide technical assistance in preliminary implementation of first off-shore wind farm project of India, on a sea bed area of 70 sq. km. with a tentative capacity sizing of 200 MW near the Gulf of Khambat, approximately 25 km off the coast of Gujarat.

FOWPI's scope includes technical advisory designs which shall be used by the Indian offshore wind stakeholders to advance preparations and reduce risk for project developers and investors. FOWPI will bring the vast experience from offshore wind rich countries of Europe to the Indian wind industry and help the country in strengthening its offshore wind energy sector. This web portal is developed with an objective to act as a useful source of information about offshore wind energy industry globally.

FOWPI project is led by COWI A/S Denmark with local key-support provided by WinDForce Management Services Ltd and COWI India Ltd involved in the project implementation. The project is well supported by European Union (EU), Ministry of New and Renewable Energy- India (MNRE) and National Institute of Wind Energy- India (NIWE).

Project is awarded under the Clean Energy co-operation in India and funded through the partnership instrument of the European Union.

FOWPI will undertake specific technical studies for the selected area of 70 sq. km. under Zone-B (as outcome of FOWIND project), including coastal surveys, environment scoping, cost-benefit analysis, electrical transmission layouts, wind farm key components and its conceptual design, and other relevant technical studies as identified.

Broadly FOWPI will cover following services: