US and India Reviews Progress Made Through Strategic Clean Energy Partnership
During a recently held Strategic Clean Energy Partnership Ministerial US Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm and Indian Minister of Petroleum and Natural Gas Hardeep Singh Puri noted that by leveraging the SCEP partnerships, the US and India can spur innovation and help build more secure, resilient, and diverse clean energy supply chains.
September 17, 2024. By Mrinmoy Dey
The sides reviewed the initiatives undertaken across the technical pillars under the SCEP, including power and energy efficiency, responsible oil and gas, renewable energy, emerging fuels and technologies, and sustainable growth.
The ministers recognised the progress the two countries have made to accelerate the development and deployment of emerging clean energy technologies, advancing renewable energy deployment and reliable grid integration, promoting energy efficiency, and advancing decarbonization of high-emitting sectors like industry, buildings, and transport.
The ministers also welcomed the formal launch of the Renewable Energy Technology Action Platform (RETAP) in August 2023, aimed at developing actionable roadmaps for hydrogen, long-duration energy storage, offshore wind, and geothermal, through R&D, pilots and demonstration, and incubation-investment-industry networks.
The two countries also welcomed collaboration on the new National Centre for Hydrogen Safety in India and partnership on the 2nd International Conference on Green Hydrogen held in September 2024. The ministers highlighted expanded bilateral expert exchanges on clean hydrogen R&D, cost reduction efforts, and implementation of hydrogen hubs in both countries through RETAP.
They also welcomed the formal launch of the public-private Energy Storage Task Force to address policy and regulatory frameworks, safety, manufacturing and supply chains, and innovative business models.
They also discussed RETAP efforts on long-duration energy storage and alternative chemistries to Li-ion technologies; efforts on the technical and economic feasibility of various storage technologies available for a renewable energy battery energy storage system (BESS) in the state of Assam; and support for BESS bids and pilots in Haryana. The sides also recognized pumped storage as a long-term energy storage option.
The ministers expressed satisfaction with the range of productive public-private sector dialogues that inform enabling policy and regulatory frameworks; help scale, deploy, and reduce costs of clean energy technologies; and facilitate investment and commercial partnerships.
They welcomed increased investment in each country’s clean energy markets, including a recent investment by Indian company Waaree in a 3 GW state-of-the-art solar module manufacturing facility in Texas. The ministers also noted the signing of three new MoUs between commercial partners on important areas of emissions measurement and methane abatement, including in City Gas Distribution (CGD).
The ministers praised the breadth and depth of the US-India partnership to advance progress toward common clean energy goals and address today’s unprecedented climate challenges. They noted that by leveraging the SCEP partnerships, the US and India can spur innovation and help build more secure, resilient, and diverse clean energy supply chains.
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