SME Times News Bureau | 18 Apr, 2019
The Union Cabinet recently its
approval for a Cooperation Agreement between Ministry
of New and Renewable Energy of India and Ministry for Energy, Utilities and
Climate of the Kingdom of Denmark on strategic sector cooperation in the field
of Renewable Energy with a focus on Offshore Wind Energy.
The cabinet also
approved a Letter of Intent to establish an Indo-Danish Centreof Excellence for
renewable energy in India. The Agreement was signed in March, 2019 in New
Delhi.
The objective of the
Cooperation Agreement is to promote cooperation between the two countries in
the field of renewable energy with special focus on Off-shore wind.
The areas of
cooperation would include technical capacity building for management of offÂshore
wind projects, measures to develop and sustain a highly efficient wind
industry, onshore as well as offshore; measures to 'ensure high quality of wind
turbines, components, and certification requirements; forecasting and
scheduling of off-shore wind
The Indo-Danish Centre
of Excellence in Integrated Renewable Power would work on Renewable energy
resource assessments with focus on onshore and offshore wind; Hybridisation of
wind, solar, hydro and storage technologies; integration of renewable energy
inch high level of wind energy, Testing and R&D; and skill development /
capacity building.
The signing of the documents will help
in strengthening bilateral cooperation between the two countries.
