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What is the News?
The Minister of Petroleum and Natural Gas has co-chaired a virtual Ministerial meeting with the U.S. Secretary of Energy to launch the revamped U.S.-India Strategic Clean Energy Partnership (SCEP).
About the U.S.-India Strategic Clean Energy Partnership (SCEP)
When was it launched? It was launched at the Leaders Summit on Climate held in April 2021.
The partnership is in accordance with the U.S.-India Climate and Clean Energy Agenda 2030 Partnership.
Pillars: It organizes inter-governmental engagement across five pillars of cooperation: (1) Power and Energy Efficiency; (2); Responsible Oil and Gas; (3) Renewable Energy; (4) Sustainable Growth and (5) Emerging Fuels.
Other Initiatives mentioned in the Article
Partnership to Advance Clean Energy(PACE): It was launched in 2009 by India and the United States to accelerate inclusive, low carbon growth by supporting research and deployment of clean energy technologies.
Hydrogen Task Force: It is a public-private initiative launched by India and the US to help scale up technologies to produce hydrogen from renewable energy and fossil fuel sources and to bring down the cost of deployment for enhanced energy security and resilience.
| Read more: Green Hydrogen: Potential, Issues and Solutions – Explained, pointwise |
Source: This post is based on the article “Ministerial meeting of the U.S.-India Strategic Clean Energy Partnership (SCEP)” published in PIB on 9th September 2021.
