India and the United Kingdom on Tuesday launched a plan to connect electricity grids across continents to speed up the global transition t...
India and the United Kingdom on Tuesday launched a plan to connect electricity grids across continents to speed up the global transition to clean power.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi and British Prime Minister Boris Johnson unveiled the “Green Grids Initiative – One Sun One World One Grid” project at the COP26 climate summit in Glasgow in Scotland. Eighty countries have backed the initiative.
The project will bring together “a global coalition of energy grid stakeholders”, including governments and businesses, to build the foundation for global access to sustainable energy, the UK government said.
“This will ensure the infrastructure is in place for the whole world to be powered by renewable energy, as part of the global push to realise the clean energy transition,” it added.
The project will help countries limit global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius while also providing an impetus to green investment and “supporting millions of jobs worldwide”, the UK government said.
At the launch of the project, Modi said that “interconnected transnational grids” are going to be critical solutions if the world has to move towards a green future.
Johnson said the UK was working with India to ensure that clean electricity is available everywhere by the end of this decade.
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