Glasgow, Oct 31: India and the UK are set to enhance their International Solar Alliance (ISA) partnership with the launch of a new Green Grids Initiative connecting different parts of the world at the United Nations (UN) COP26 climate summit in Glasgow.
The new Global Green Grids Initiative – One Sun One World One Grid (GGI-OSOWOG) is an evolution of ISA’s OSOWOG multilateral drive to foster interconnected solar energy infrastructure at a global scale.
The new Green Grids Initiative, to be launched at COP26 on Tuesday, will mark a merging of flagship interconnection initiatives from India and the UK as part of their bilateral cooperation. “The Green Grids Initiative aims to start with a coalition of the willing, such as two countries that would mutually benefit from the transfer of solar electricity and in time, lower costs of solar around the world,” said Dr Ajay Mathur, Director General of ISA. “It is a huge opportunity not only for India and the UK, but for countries to come together to utilise the greatest source of energy – the sun. The sun is shining somewhere around the globe, even though it might have set someplace else, and the scale of GGI-OSOWOG will not only change clean energy access but could very well be the next biggest modern engineering marvel,” he said.
“The partnerships, initiatives and discussions that the ISA will be leading at COP26 will provide the necessary impetus for delivering these transitions. The ISA invites nations, institutions and stakeholders with aligned interests and investment appetite to partner and accelerate global solar-led energy transition,” he noted. (PTI)
