One sun One world One grid

IN NEWS:

• The MNRE has invited proposals from consulting firms for making a long-term One sun One world One grid road map.

About the initiative:

• India has come up with a ‘One Sun One World One Grid’ (OSOWOG) initiative.
• It aims to set up a framework for facilitating global cooperation aiming at building a global ecosystem of interconnected renewable energy resources that can be seamlessly shared.
• At a later stage, the project envisages getting this grid interconnected with the African power pools.
• The idea is to utilise solar power when the sun is not shining in other parts of the world by building a common transmission system.
• The MNRE has invited proposals from consulting firms for making a long-term OSOWOG road map.
• The proposal will also identify two or three cross-border projects that can be initiated within one or two years, “preferably one with each of Middle East, South East and Africa regions considering India as the grid fulcrum for these identified pilots.”
• The Union Ministry of New and Renewable energy (MNRE), through this initiative, plans to build global consensus about sharing solar resources among more than 140 countries of West Asia and South East Asia.

PRELIMS QUESTION

”One Sun One World One Grid” is an initiative of:
(a)France
(b)USA
(c)Russia
(d)India

Answer to prelims question