(Topics covered: General Studies III- Technology and Environment)
PM Narendra Modi stressed that India would generate 40% of power from non-fossil fuels by 2030 and has called for connecting solar energy supply across borders giving the mantra of ‘One World One Sun One Grid’. The 121-country International Solar Alliance can be seen as the future of OPEC(Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries) for meeting energy needs of the world. Solar power can thus, play the same role that oil wells have played over the past few decades.
INTERNATIONAL SOLAR ALLIANCE:
World map with areas between Tropic of Cancer and Tropic of Capricorn highlighted in red
- It is an alliance (Treaty-based inter-governmental organization) of 121 countries initiated by India, mostly lying partly or completely between the Tropic of Cancer and the Tropic of Capricorn.
- It was founded at a meeting of member countries ahead of the 2015 United Nations Climate Change Conference in Paris in November 2015.
- Its objective is to work for exploitation of solar energy needs to reduce dependence on fossil fuels.
PM Narendra Modi stressed that India would generate 40% of power from non-fossil fuels by 2030 and has called for connecting solar energy supply across borders giving the mantra of ‘One World One Sun One Grid’. The 121-country International Solar Alliance can be seen as the future of OPEC(Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries) for meeting energy needs of the world. Solar power can thus, play the same role that oil wells have played over the past few decades.
INTERNATIONAL SOLAR ALLIANCE:
World map with areas between Tropic of Cancer and Tropic of Capricorn highlighted in red
- It is an alliance (Treaty-based inter-governmental organization) of 121 countries initiated by India, mostly lying partly or completely between the Tropic of Cancer and the Tropic of Capricorn.
- It was founded at a meeting of member countries ahead of the 2015 United Nations Climate Change Conference in Paris in November 2015.
- Its objective is to work for exploitation of solar energy needs to reduce dependence on fossil fuels.