Major Initiatives by WISE

• Drafting of a Model Renewable Energy Law for India and its advocacy for adoption by Parliament. This effort gained national and international support, and in 2008, the Government of India decided to enact a Renewable Energy Law for India.
  
   
• Undertaking major public policy initiatives for introduction of Generation-based Incentives (GBI) for wind power, development of an innovative Solar Energy Policy for India, introduction of Renewable Energy Certificates, preparation of long-term RE Vision documents for various state governments, research into repowering of old wind farms in India, etc.
  
   
• Providing consultancy support to some major state electricity regulatory commissions, and various renewable energy industries and investors, and assisting the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy, Govt of India, in certain key areas of renewable energy development in India.
  
   
• Undertaking nation-wide field level research projects on ‘Comparative Public Cost of Conventional Electricity Generation in India’, quantifying externalities of commercial power generation, etc.
  
   
• Conducting the first-ever study of ‘Human Resource Needs of the Renewable Energy Sector upto 2015’, and initiating various cutting-edge HR programmes for the renewable energy sector.
  
   
• Sensitising and training the media, financial institutions, and the academia across the country, to generate awareness among them about renewable energy, thus facilitating a conducive environment for its market expansion.
  
   
• Organising the international conference-cum-exhibition on ‘wind power development in India’ titled Wind Power India, India's premier conference-cum-exhibition on solar energy, Solar India, and Climate Change India, and RE Regulation India, all of which were extremely successful.
   

  The different centres and units of WISE function independently, yet work cohesively in the true tradition of inter-disciplinary learning, team spirit, and knowledge sharing. WISE is the only institution in the country to possess such expertise most essential to propel the country towards sustainability in the 21st century.