{"id":1767,"date":"2021-09-27T17:55:50","date_gmt":"2021-09-27T09:55:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.powerpartners-awi.com\/?p=1767"},"modified":"2024-01-12T03:11:52","modified_gmt":"2024-01-12T03:11:52","slug":"news-highlight-news-in-un-energy-summit-2021","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.powerpartners-awi.com\/uat\/news-highlight-news-in-un-energy-summit-2021\/","title":{"rendered":"NEWS: Highlight News in UN Energy Summit 2021"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.powerpartners-awi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/News-Post-Image_India-Commit-Clean-Energy-by-2030.jpg\" alt=\"News Image for PPG news for India Commit Clean Energy\" class=\"aligncenter\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3><strong>India Makes Clean Energy Commitments at UN Summit<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">At the first leader-level meeting on energy under the UN General Assembly in 40 years, India <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/energy.economictimes.indiatimes.com\/news\/renewable\/india-makes-clean-energy-commitments-at-un-summit\/86510449\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"News Release\" rel=\"noopener\">made commitments<\/a><\/strong> to increase renewable energy installed capacity to 450GW by 2030, and looking forward to attaining a National Hydrogen Energy Mission to produce annual green hydrogen 1MT by 2030.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>In conjunction with this announcement, India aims:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>to begin a production linked incentive scheme to add 10GW solar PV manufacturing capacity by 2025<\/li>\n<li>to create 15MMT production capacity of compressed biogas by 2024<\/li>\n<li>enhance energy efficiency in agriculture, buildings, industry and transport sectors<\/li>\n<li>promote energy-efficient applications and equipment to reduce the country&#8217;s emissions intensity of GDP by 33-35% over 2005 levels by 2030<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Besides, the UN General Assembly President,<a href=\"https:\/\/energy.economictimes.indiatimes.com\/news\/coal\/indian-is-a-very-important-player-for-the-climate-agenda-unga-president\/66121145\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"News Article Click Here\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong> Maria Fernanda Espinosa<\/strong><\/a>, also mentioned, <em style=\"color: #70838f;\">&#8220;India is indeed a very important player of the multilateral system. It is a friendly country to the United Nations. If India succeeds in the achievement of the 2030 Agenda &#8211; we are talking about 1.3 billion people &#8211; this really can change the face of the world.&#8221;<\/em> She is very much looking forward to having India&#8217;s success in achieving sustainable development goals.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3><strong>Sri Lanka Aims To Be A Net-zero Emitter by 2050<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thestar.com.my\/business\/business-news\/2021\/09\/27\/sri-lanka-aims-to-be-net-zero-emitter-by-2050\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"News Article Here\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>The Star<\/strong><\/a> published similar news on renewable energy in India on 27 Sept. Sri Lanka will cease building new coal-fired power plants and achieve net-zero carbon emission by 2050.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><em style=\"color: #70838f;\">&#8220;Our aim is to transition away from fossil fuels, promote de-carbonisation, and make Sri Lanka a carbon neutral country by 2050,&#8221; <\/em>said Mr Gotabaya Rajapaksa, the president of Sri Lanka, at United Nations International Energy Forum.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Sri Lanka is the latest Asian country to pledge an end to building new coal-fired power, following similar moves by South Korea and Japan earlier this year.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; India Makes Clean Energy Commitments at UN Summit At the first leader-level meeting on energy under the UN General Assembly in 40 years, India made commitments to increase renewable energy installed capacity to 450GW by 2030, and looking forward to attaining a National Hydrogen Energy Mission to produce annual green hydrogen 1MT by 2030. 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