One Sun One World One Grid declaration
- November 15, 2021
- Posted by: OptimizeIAS Team
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One Sun One World One Grid declaration
Subject – IR
Context – The declaration was jointly released by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson at the COP26 Climate Meet in Glasgow.
Concept –
- The declaration was jointly released by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson at the COP26 Climate Meet in Glasgow.
What is its objective?
- While the sun is the source of all energy and solar energy is totally clean and sustainable, it is available only during the day time and is dependent on the weather. OSOWOG is the solution to this challenge.
- Its objective is to aid in developing a worldwide grid through which clean energy can be transmitted anywhere, anytime (use power at night in one part of the world from solar energy generated on other side of the world where it is day time).
- It also aims to help in reducing storage needs and enhancing the viability of solar projects. Its ultimate goal is to reduce carbon footprints and energy costs.
Who all are behind this initiative?
- At the first assembly of the International Solar Alliance (ISA) in October 2018, Prime Minister Narendra Modi floated the idea of the OSOWOG initiative.
- The UK and India decided to merge the UK’s Green Grids Initiative (GGI) and ISA’s OSOWOG into GGI-OSOWOG as part of the UK-India Virtual Summit earlier this year.
- The ISA is an inter-governmental organisation formed by India and France, comprising 101 members, to accelerate the global adoption of solar power.
How will it be implemented?
OSOWOG is divided into three main phases.
- In the first phase, the Indian grid will be connected to the grids of West Asia, South Asia and South-East Asia to develop a common grid. This grid will then be used to share solar energy as per need, in addition to other renewable energy sources.
- The second phase will connect the functional first phase to the pool of renewable resources in Africa.
- The third phase will look at achieving true global interconnection. The idea will be to integrate as many countries as possible to create a single power grid of renewable energy.