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Clean Energy Research India announces plan to double investment
India’s current investment in clean energy research is about $72 million which is planned to be doubled to $145 million in the near future.
Union Minister for Science & Technology and Earth Sciences, Dr. Harsh Vardhan led the Indian delegation at the 7th Clean Energy Ministerial (CEM7) and the Inaugural Mission Innovation Meet. The event was held on June 1 and 2, 2016 at San Francisco. India has been a member of CEM since its inception and has joined 8 out of 13 CEM initiatives. India is a Founding Member of the Steering Committee of the Mission Innovation and also a Member of the two sub-groups: Joint Research and Capacity Building and Private Sector Engagement. Department of Biotechnology under the Ministry of Science and Technology is coordinating the national efforts towards the Mission.
Clean Energy Revolution
Dr. Vardhan, while making the Mission Innovation Announcement at the Ministerial Panel, stated that the Mission Innovation (MI) is the noblest mission which will help humanity in the future. It is an effort to accelerate public and private global clean energy innovation, pursuing the goals set during the COP21 in Paris. In order to achieve this goal, all the MI partner countries have a shared desire to enhance the pace of innovation and scale of transformation through this clean energy revolution. They released their respective governments’ plans to double clean energy research and development funding over the next five years.
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Forging Ahead
Emphasizing upon India’s commitment to pursue a green path to growth through research-led innovations, the Minister said that India’s current investment in clean energy research is about $72 million which is planned to be doubled to $145 million in the near future. He also made a formal announcement on new joint collaborations with Mission Innovation Countries.
Dr. Vardhan also launched the Global Cooling Challenge at CEM7. He noted that by accelerating the introduction of super-efficient air conditioners we can reduce the energy demand from 60 GW of energy to 40 GW, a saving of over 30 per cent. This translates to cost savings in consumer energy bills of $2.8 billion and GHG reductions of 20 million ton of CO2 equivalent.
Showcasing India’s achievements in the field of clean energy, the Minister informed the CEM members that India has successfully implemented the world’s largest LED lighting program. This program has seen India lead the way by driving 12 per cent of global LED demand at present, up from 0.1 per cent a couple of years ago.
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