The 8th meeting of the Indo – German Energy Forum concluded on 1st November in New Delhi. The Forum was co-chaired by Sanjiv Nandan Sahai, Power Secretary from the Indian side and Christian Hirte, Secretary of State, Federal Ministry of Economic Affairs and Energy, Germany.
The Forum took note of the ongoing cooperation under the following four sub-groups: Sub Group-I: Flexibilisation in Thermal Power Plants. Sub Group-II: Renewable Energies. Sub Group-III: Demand side energy efficiency and low carbon growth strategies. Sub Group-IV: Green Energy Corridors
The Forum also finalised the roadmap for future collaboration between the two countries which, inter-alia, include Flexibilisation of existing coal fired power plants, promoting niche markets for solar energy, promotion of energy efficiency in buildings through ECBC, building materials and credit lines for financing corresponding measures and RE evacuation through state-of-the-art intra-state and inter-state transmission grid infrastructure.
Ministry of Power and Ministry of New & Renewable Energy signed 8 implementation agreements or MoUs with the German counterparts.
