Green transition, net zero goal: India, Finland explore tie-up
In a meeting held Tuesday, Mika Lintilä, Finland’s Minister for Economic Affairs, is learnt to have discussed Finnish offerings in energy and related sectors including grid balancing and grid stability, biofuels, green hydrogen, energy storage and waste-to-energy, among other things.
The meeting between
NITI Aayog and the Finland delegation, on Tuesday. via Twitter @NITIAayog Senior Niti Aayog officials met with a top delegation from Finland to discuss the Scandinavian nation’s offerings in the green energy sector and explore potential partnerships for India’s green transition and decarbonisation efforts, including sharing of resources like technology and finances, The Indian Express has learnt.
In a meeting held Tuesday, Mika Lintilä, Finland’s Minister for Economic Affairs, is learnt to have discussed Finnish offerings in energy and related sectors including grid balancing and grid stability, biofuels, green hydrogen, energy storage and waste-to-energy, among other things.
The meeting took place a day after Lintilä had met Science and Technology Minister Jitendra Singh. “Finland has a lot of experience in transitioning to green energy. At the meeting, we discussed sharing technology, finances and Finland’s experience in reaching net zero by 2035, which is much ahead of us,” said a top official NITI Aayog. At the 26th Conference of Parties (COP26) last year, Prime Minister Narendra Modi had committed India to a net zero carbon emissions target by 2070.
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