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International Solar Alliance Announces New Innovative Initiatives

The Union Power Minister and the President of International Solar Alliance (ISA), R.K. Singh, announced the launch of eight new and innovative initiatives at a meeting of the members of the ISA.

 

Some of the important initiatives announced during the meeting included solar PV technician skill development initiative, making solar bankable, an undergraduate program for Small Island Developing States (SIDS) and Least Developed Countries (LDC), ISA Cares initiative, and initiating price exploratory global bid for providing energy access to 47 million households by solar home systems.

 

The announcement also included the action plan for developing up to 20 GW of solar parks. The announcement also saw the launch of an ISA advisory for the manufacturers of ventilators for the use of solar kits. Besides this, a new website for the ISA was also announced.

 

The alliance, which is an Indian initiative, was jointly launched by Prime Minister Modi and former French President Hollande on November 30, 2015, in Paris, on the sidelines of COP21, the UN climate conference. The ISA is a coalition of solar-resource-rich countries (which lie entirely or partly between the Tropic of Cancer and the Tropic of Capricorn) to address their special energy needs.

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