A salty pelvis worker cleans the solar panel on his farm in a small kutch girlfriend near Patdi, Gujarat. File | Photo Credit: Hind
By the end of the year, the International Solar Alliance of 17 Centers of Excellence will be set up in so many countries and continues, establishes a global capability center in India, a similar “Silicon Valley for Solar”, Ashish Khanna, CEO of ISA, said on Wednesday.
These 17 Centres – Mr. Khanna Did Not Disclose of the Names of the 17 Countries-Will Provide Testing, Lab Training, And and “Startup Ecosystem” in “Indian Institute of Technology-Universities, and the Capability Center Would Act as A“ Hub ”Connecting All These Center, Mr. Khanna Said at An event Organized by Think Tank The Energy and Resources Institute (Teri), Adding, ”Those 17 Could Soon Rise to 50 As North Countries Are Looking to India to improve their human ability.”
The International Solar Alliance is a collaborative body established by India and France, which was conceptualized in Paris in 2015 at the edge of the climate conference. It is in gurigram, haryana and has membership in approximately 100 countries, with the primary goal of promoting solar energy to receive solar energy and the mission “… Unlock $ 1 trillion in solar investments by 2030 and at the same time reduce technology and financing costs”.
“Several countries are looking for engineers from India to provide vital human capital necessary to implement solar projects. This includes digital offers, operation and maintenance, and all the recilling needed in the world,” Khanna said.
Farmers use a solar water pump in the field in the district of Khowai in Tripura. | Photo Credit: Rita Raj Konwar
According to official estimates of India, it cumulatively installed a solar capacity of about 119 GW (Gigawatt) solar capacity. The Ministry for New and Renewable Energy said in July that India has reached a “milestone” of 50% of its total electricity capacity of about 484 GW of non -fossil fuel sources. About 48% of the Indian installed informative energy capacity comes from solar energy. However, publicly available data show that the share of pure energy in the electricity supplied is below 30%, with almost three quarters still coming out of coal.
In the following days, India would try to strengthen its regional connection systems, including one sun, one world, one grid system (Osowog) that allows networks from different countries to supply electricity. “Initially, the 2,000 km long underwater cable between India and the United Arab Emirates could sound incredibly, but both countries have different top clocks of solar use (and can therefore be profitable for solar energy produced in each country),” Khanna said.
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Published – August 20, 2025 9:23
