Clean Energy Research Initiative Between India and USA

Clean Energy Research Initiative Between India and USA has initiated the agreement for co-operation on a joint clean energy research and development center, which would facilitate research on a wide range of green power technologies.  Its great news for energy professionals.  The agreement, MoU for which was signed during Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's visit to Washington last November, is considered a significant step towards strengthening cooperation between the two countries in an area of increasing national and international priority.

India's top diplomat in the U.S. Meera Shankar and Daniel Poneman, Deputy Secretary of Energy, initiated the Agreement for Cooperation on a Joint Clean Energy Research and Development Center yesterday, an official release said. "The Center will facilitate joint research and development by teams of scientists and engineers from the U.S. and India on clean energy and related joint activities, needed to deploy clean energy technologies rapidly with the greatest impact," it said.