Green Grids Initiative-One Sun One World One Grid

Why in news?

• Union Minister for Power and New and Renewable Energy (MNRE), Shri R K Singh, addressed the Ministerial session of the Green Grids Initiative-One Sun One World One Grid Northwest Europe Cooperative Event

About GGI-OSOWOG

• The OSOWOG idea was first floated by the Indian Prime Minister in 2018 during the first assembly of the International Solar Alliance (ISA).
• The idea behind the concept is a trans-national electricity grid supplying solar power across the globe.
• According to the draft plan prepared by the MNRE, it will connect 140 countries through a common grid that will be used to transfer solar power
• The vision behind the OSOWOG is ‘The Sun Never Sets’ and is a constant at some geographical location, globally, at any given point of time.
• It has been taken up under the technical assistance program of the World Bank.
• With India in the middle, the solar spectrum can easily be divided into two broad zones, which are:
  • Far East including countries likes Myanmar, Vietnam, Thailand, Lao, Cambodia etc.
  • Far West covering the Middle East and the Africa Region.
• It will be implemented in three phases:
  • First phase will connect the Indian grid with the Middle East, South Asia and South-East Asian grids to share solar and other renewable energy resources
  • Second phase will connect the first phase nations with the African pool of renewable sources
  • Third phase will be the concluding step of global interconnection

Add ons:

• In May 2021, the United Kingdom and India have agreed to jointly launch the Green Grids-One Sun One World One Grid initiative at the COP26 summit  of UNFCCC being hosted by the UK at Glasgow in November 2021.

PRACTICE QUESTION:

Consider the following statements regarding ‘Green Grids Initiative-One Sun One World One Grid’:

1. The idea was first floated during the first assembly of the International Solar Alliance (ISA).

2.The initiative has been taken up under the technical assistance program of the World Bank.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

(a) 1 only

(b) 2 only

(c) Both 1 and 2

(d) Neither 1 nor 2

Answer