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19/07/23 06:53 AM IST

India-USA Strategic Clean Energy Partnership

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  • The Ministerial meeting of the U.S.-India Strategic Clean Energy Partnership (SCEP) was held between Indian Minister of Petroleum and Natural Gas, HE Hardeep S. Puri and U.S. Energy Secretary.
About USISCEP
  • The revamped USISCEP was launched in accordance with the U.S -India Climate and Clean Energy Agenda 2030 Partnership announced by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and President Joe Biden.
  • The partnership continues to advance energy security and innovation and deploying technical solutions through five pillars.
  • Responsible Oil and Gas Pillar
  • Power and Energy Efficiency Pillar
  • Renewable Energy Pillar
  • Sustainable Growth Pillar
  • Emerging Fuels and technologies
Joint Statement
  • establishment of the public-private Energy Storage Task Force and related efforts to support large-scale integration of renewable energy needed to support the clean energy transition;
  • deepened collaboration to scale and accelerate deployment of hydrogen technologies through the public-private Hydrogen Task Force and other efforts in support of their national hydrogen strategies, including a focus on common cost reduction goals;
  • launch of the U.S.-India New and Emerging Renewable Energy Technologies Action Platform (RETAP) to accelerate development of key technologies to advance common ambitious clean energy goals.
  • modernizing the power system to improve reliability, resilience, flexibility, affordability, and sustainability of clean energy systems;
  • promoting energy efficiency and conservation, including in buildings, appliances, and the industrial sector;
  • reducing emissions across the oil and gas sector, including through examining methane abatement and transfer and deployment of technologies under voluntary and mutually agreeable terms; and
  • advancing emerging technologies to support electrification and decarbonization of hard-to-abate sectors.
  • Both sides launched the South Asia Group for Energy (SAGE) to deepen the engagement between Indian agencies and US national laboratories to support research, analysis and capacity building activitie.
Source- PIB

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