Green Grids Initiative-One Sun One World One Grid Northwest Europe Cooperative Event

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Green Grids Initiative- Relevance for UPSC Exam

GS Paper 2: International Relations- Bilateral, regional and global groupings and agreements involving India and/or affecting India’s interests
GS Paper 3: Environment- Conservation, environmental pollution and degradation.

Recently, Union Minister for Power and New and Renewable Energy (MNRE), Government of India, participated in the Ministerial session of the Green Grids Initiative-One Sun One World One Grid (GGI-OSOWOG) Northwest Europe Cooperative Event.
He highlighted India’s target of achieving 450 GW of installed renewable energy capacity by 2030.
He underlined that India is well on its way to achieving its Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) relating clean energy and emission reduction well ahead of the target date.

Northwest Europe Cooperative Event: It is a two-day program for a strategic discussion on the Green Grids Initiative-One Sun One World One Grid (GGI-OSOWOG), hosted by the U.K.
Participation: The Event saw a multi-layered dialogue between the One Sun One World One Grid (OSOWOG) initiative and the project in Northwest Europe for developing cross-border trading of renewable electricity.

Green Grids Initiative-One Sun One World One Grid: GGI-OSOWOG initiative is a possible solution for driving down the need for storage and in effect reduce the costs of the energy transition.
Green Grids Initiative-One Sun One World One Grid is a joint India- U.K initiative.
- The United Kingdom and India agreed to combine forces of the Green Grids Initiative and the One Sun One World One Grid initiative and jointly launch GGI-OSOWOG at the UN Glasgow Climate Change Conference (COP 26).
Key Mission of Green Grids Initiative- One Sun One World One Grid initiative: Sustainable development and climate change mitigation is at the heart of the GGI-OSOWOG initiative.