Turk-Bhalla to take green energy collaboration further
The newly launched US-India Renewable Energy Technology Action Platform (RETAP) is to advance new and emerging renewable technologies with a view toward deployment and scaling, it was announced in New Delhi.
RETAP’s initial focus is to be on green-clean hydrogen, wind energy, long duration energy storage, and to explore geothermal energy, ocean-tidal energy and other emerging technologies as mutually determined in the future.
RETAP is under the Strategic Clean Energy Partnership and was announced during the 22 June 2023 meeting in Washington D. C., between President Joseph R. Biden and Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
The two leaders had then announced the expansion of collaboration on new and emerging technologies to accelerate the clean energy transition.
Led by DOE Deputy Secretary David Turk and MNRE Secretary Bhupinder Singh Bhalla, the RETAP was established to take bilateral collaboration further with a result-oriented, time-bound technology-focus during a meeting held on 29 Aug 2023.
“This launch marks rapid translation of the leaders’ vision into reality,” the Ministry of New and Renewables Energy said in a release on 30 Aug 2023.
DOE and MNRE have outlined an initial workplan under RETAP collaboration. Work is guided by five themes:
Research & Development;
Piloting & Testing of Innovative Technologies;
Advanced Training & Skill Development;
Policy and Planning for Advancing RET and enabling technologies;
Investment, Incubation and Outreach programmes.
During the meeting, the US-India delegations shared information about emerging technology developments in each country, including hydrogen, energy storage, wind, geothermal energy, and marine renewable energy technologies, and clean energy deployment programs.
Going forward, DOE and MNRE intend to enhance RETAP collaboration, including potentially through the creation of a RETAP Steering Committee, joint working groups and collaboration among subject matter experts, said the Ministry. Fiinews.com
