PANJIM: The 4th Energy Transitions Working Group Meeting under India’s G20 Presidency will be held in Goa during July 19–20. This will be followed by the G20 Energy Ministerial meeting on July 22, which would be held under the chairpersonship of Union Minister for Power and New and Renewable Energy R K Singh.
On the margins of the G20 Energy Transitions Ministerial and Working Group Meetings, the 14th Clean Energy Ministerial (CEM) and 8th Mission Innovation (MI) meeting (CEM14/MI-8) will also be held in Goa during July 19-21. The CEM/MI Ministerial Meeting would be held on July 21 under the chairpersonship of RK Singh. Union Minister for Science and Technology Dr Jitendra Singh will be the vice-chair of the CEM/MI meeting.
The G20 Ministerial meeting will be followed by the launch of the Green Hydrogen Innovation Centre by the Union Minister for Power and New and Renewable Energy and the Global Biofuel Alliance by Union Minister for Petroleum and Natural Gas Hardeep Singh Puri, both on July 22.
Pankaj Agrawal, Secretary, Ministry of Power, informed that the Energy Ministers from G20 member countries, nine invited countries and high-ranking officials from 14 international organisations will be part of the Ministerial meeting. More than 1,000 participants including policymakers, delegates, invitees, business leaders, and researchers are expected to attend various meetings and events across these four days.
The Power Secretary said that on the sidelines of G20 meetings, the Union Minister for Power and New and Renewable Energy will also hold bilateral meetings with the European Union and seven countries namely Japan, Singapore, South Korea, USA, Germany, France and Australia. The thrust of these bilateral meetings would be on establishing common certification, regulation and standards for Green Hydrogen besides promoting its export from India.
Agrawal also informed that as part of the Global Biofuel Alliance, Brazil, India, and the United States, as leading biofuel producers and consumers, will work together during the next few months towards the development of a Global Biofuels Alliance along with other interested countries.
