{"id":253210,"date":"2023-07-24T18:50:33","date_gmt":"2023-07-24T13:20:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.forumias.com\/?p=253210"},"modified":"2023-07-24T18:50:33","modified_gmt":"2023-07-24T13:20:33","slug":"india-may-build-solar-infra-in-pacific-island-nations-amid-chinese-push","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/india-may-build-solar-infra-in-pacific-island-nations-amid-chinese-push\/","title":{"rendered":"India may build solar infra in Pacific island nations amid Chinese push"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><b>Source: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The post is based on the article <\/span><b>\u201cIndia may build solar infra in Pacific island nations amid Chinese push\u201d\u00a0 <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">published in<\/span><b> Livemint on 20th July 2023.<\/b><\/p>\n<h2><b>What is the News?<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">India is considering expanding its solar STAR-C initiative to a number of Pacific Island countries.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>What is the STAR-C Initiative?<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The STAR-C Initiative is being led by the International<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Solar Alliance (ISA) and the United Nations Industrial Development Organization(UNIDO) with funding from the Government of France.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Aim: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">To create a strong network of institutional capacities within ISA Member States to enhance quality infrastructure (QI) for the uptake of solar energy product and service markets, particularly in least developed countries (LDCs) and small island developing states (SIDS).\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u2013 To boost solar power ecosystems in the poorest countries.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Activities under the initiative: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">B<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">uilding solar workforces, standardizing products, setting up infrastructure and raising awareness among policymakers in developing countries.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Focus regions:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> STAR C project will initially focus on the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), the East African Community (EAC) and the Pacific Community (SPC)\/Pacific Island Forum (PIF).<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Significance:<\/b> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">India\u2019s expansion of the STAR-C initiative in Pacific Island countries demonstrates its commitment to promoting solar power ecosystems and addressing climate change in the region.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>What is the International<\/b><b> Solar Alliance (ISA)?<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/international-solar-alliance\/#:~:text=What%20is%20International%20Solar%20Alliance%20(ISA)%3F&amp;text=It%20is%20an%20intergovernmental%20body,Tropics%20of%20Cancer%20and%20Capricorn.\"><b>Click Here to read<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Source: The post is based on the article \u201cIndia may build solar infra in Pacific island nations amid Chinese push\u201d\u00a0 published in Livemint on 20th July 2023. What is the News? India is considering expanding its solar STAR-C initiative to a number of Pacific Island countries. What is the STAR-C Initiative? The STAR-C Initiative is&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/india-may-build-solar-infra-in-pacific-island-nations-amid-chinese-push\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">India may build solar infra in Pacific island nations amid Chinese push<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10317,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1566,4182,164,9],"tags":[10501],"class_list":["post-253210","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-daily-factly-articles","category-environment","category-international-relations-daily-factly-articles","category-public","tag-live-mint","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":{"total":2,"cached_at":"","cached_date":1698187589},"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/253210","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10317"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=253210"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/253210\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=253210"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=253210"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=253210"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}