New Delhi: In a joint statement, India and Maldives have declared their intention to undertake a feasibility study aimed at identifying enablers for facilitating Maldives’ participation in One Sun One World One Grid (OSOWOG). Mohamed Muizzu, the President of Maldives, who is on a four-day visit to New Delhi, met Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday. “… both sides will also undertake a feasibility study to identify measures that would enable Maldives to participate in the One Sun One World One Grid initiative,” said a joint statement released after the meeting between the two leaders.
Stressing the role of energy security in sustainable development, India and Maldives agreed to explore co-operation in the areas of solar enery, Renewable Energy (RE) and energy efficiency. “Given the role of energy security in ensuring sustainable development, the two sides agreed to explore cooperation through implementation of solar power and other renewable energy and energy efficiency projects to bring down energy costs and enable Maldives to achieve its NDC Goals, both sides will establish a framework for an institutional partnership which will include training, exchange of visits, joint research, technical projects and promotion of investments,” said the joint statement.
The idea for the OSOWOG initiative was put forth by the Prime Minister at the First Assembly of the International Solar Alliance (ISA) in October 2018. The initiative aims at connecting energy supply across borders. The OSOWOG initiative aims to connect different regional grids through a common grid that will be used to transfer renewable energy power and, thus, realise the potential of renewable energy sources, especially solar energy. India and Maldives have been in talks since 2022 for setting up a transmission interconnection for transfer of renewable power between the two countries.
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