India-Japan to cooperate on clean energy tech

India-Japan to cooperate on clean energy tech

LOS ANGELES, June 27, 2017 (Xinhua) -- Photo taken on June 26, 2017 shows the 16.4 Megawatt (DC) Westmont Solar Energy Project in San Pedro, about 40 km south of Los Angeles, the United States. A just-completed rooftop solar project will power nearly 5,000 homes in southern California, making it the most powerful of its kind in the world, officials said Monday. (Xinhua/Zhao Hanrong/IANS)

New Delhi, Dec 11 (IANS) India and Japan have agreed to cooperate for efficiency and environmental improvement for sustainable, stable and low-carbon supply of electricity.

The Union Cabinet on Wednesday cleared signing of memorandum of understanding between Central Electricity Authority, India and Japan Coal Energy Centre, on Japan-India cooperation in the field of energy efficiency and environment improvement.

The MoU will provide an enabling framework to address issues and barriers in expediting sustainable, stable and low carbon thermal power development by means of studies, training program and knowledge-sharing activities.

The outcome of this work would be conducive to overall power development in India as well as to expedite relevant policy implementation, a government statement said.

--IANS

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