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Pradeep Kumar

26/09/21 10:05 AM IST

India’s Clean Energy Economy

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A special event on ‘Ambition to Impact: Opportunities for Global Collaboration in India’s Clean Energy Economy’ at the United Nations High-Level Dialogue on Energy (HLDE) 2021 was co-organised by the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy, Government of India.

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  • The webinar showcased India’s efforts to achieve the 2030 Sustainable Development Agenda through a citizen-centric energy transition and focused on enhancing the speed of India’s clean energy deployment through global collaboration.
  • It discussed the multilateral efforts required for this transition through conducive international policies, co-development of technologies, pooled finances for demonstrations, and investments to create markets and scale up deployment.
  • India is constantly engaging with international communities through global initiatives to achieve its targets. 
  • Apart from the Government of India, Energy Compacts have been submitted by a wide range of Indian stakeholders, including utilities, Smart Cities, and corporates from the bioenergy, renewable energy, power, e-mobility, telecom, consumer goods and FMCG, food, cement and hard-to-abate sectors.
  • Corporate Energy Compacts include Adani Green Energy and Adani Transmission; Ather Energy; Bharti Airtel; Heidelberg Cement; ITC Ltd.; J K Cement; JSW Cement; Punjab Renewable Energy Systems Ltd.; ReNew Power and UltraTech Cement.
Source: PIB

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