EU, India outline climate and clean energy package

The European Union vowed to help India realise its clean energy aspirations at a bilateral summit in Brussels on Wednesday.

In a joint declaration, the major economies pledged to cooperate on integrating India’s electricity grid with large solar parks, support the development of smart grids and assist in the planning of its first offshore wind array.

European Council president Donald Tusk and India prime minister Narendra Modi laid out the Clean Energy and Climate Partnership at the first EU-India summit in four years and billed as a reboot in relations.

The countries stated a “common interest to promote clean energy generation and increased energy efficiency for climate action” in the context of a new global warming accord. Read More…