Ministerial meeting of the US-India Strategic Clean Energy Partnership (SCEP) was held between Indian Minister of Petroleum and Natural Gas and US Energy Secretary in New Delhi.Both sides noted the critical importance of bilateral clean energy engagement and the achievements of the SCEP in strengthening energy security, creating opportunities for clean energy innovation, addressing climate change and creating employment generation opportunities.
Key Highlights of the Meeting
Review of the Ambitious and Dynamic SCEP Mandate
- Collaboration across a wide breadth of clean energy work streams, including clean and renewable energy, energy efficiency
- Emerging technologies like battery storage and swapping technologies, gas hydrates, advanced biofuels, and hydrogen and electrolyzed production.
Commitments
- Agreed to work toward development of Net zero village in India to support the clean energy transition.
- Establishment of the public-private Energy Storage Task Force to support the clean energy transition.
- Deployment of hydrogen technologies through the public-private Hydrogen Task Force.
- Launch of the U.S.-India New and Emerging Renewable Energy Technologies Action Platform (RETAP) to accelerate development of key technologies to advance common ambitious clean energy goals.
Affirmed Global Biofuels Alliance
- This Alliance will be aimed at facilitating cooperation and intensifying the use of sustainable biofuels, including in the transportation sector.
- Brazil, India and US as leading biofuel producers and consumers, with other interested countries.
- The Alliance shall work in collaboration with the Clean Energy Ministerial Biofuture Platform, the Mission Innovation Bioenergy initiatives, and the Global Bioenergy Partnership (GBEP).