Petroleum minister Hardeep Singh Puri will co-chair the ministerial dialogue of the US-India Strategic Clean Energy Partnership (USISCEP) in Washington this week, an official statement said on Wednesday.
Puri will lead an official and business delegation to Washington and Houston, the US from October 6-11.
“In Washington, the minister will co-chair the ministerial dialogue of US-India Strategic Clean Energy Partnership (USISCEP), to be held on October 7, 2022, with Jennifer Granholm, Secretary of Energy, USA,” it said.
The visit also gains significance as the global energy market is going through a volatile phase. The partnership aims at scaling up emerging clean energy technologies and deploying technical solutions through five pillars — responsible oil and gas pillar, power and energy efficiency pillar, renewable energy pillar, sustainable growth pillar, emerging fuels and technologies.
The revamped USISCEP was launched in accordance with the US-India Climate and Clean Energy Agenda 2030 Partnership announced by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and President Joe Biden at the Leaders’ Summit on Climate held in April last year. Puri will meet World Bank Officials on climate resilient urban infrastructure.
