Union Power Minister R K Singh today said that One Sun One World One Grid (OSOWOG) will become a reality very soon, because many countries have shown their interest to join this initiative. Addressing a seminar 'Transnational Grid Interconnection for OSOWOG through video message, the Minister said, this initiative is well accepted by many nations and talks are underway with many countries. He said that every region has its own power grid, but there is a need to interconnect these grids, so that people will get maximum benefit out of it.
The Minister informed that India already has interconnection of grids with Nepal, Bangladesh Myanmar, while negotiations are on with Sri Lanka, Singapore, UAE and Saudi Arabia for the Inter-connection of grid. He said that an International group of countries has been constituted, which is looking at a draft agreement to implement the OSOWOG initiative. The Minister said, no region will face power crisis once the Inter-connection is established. He said, it would also enable the world to achieve net zero emission targets.
Mr. Singh said that India has emerged as a world leader in energy transition. He added that the per capita emission of India is just 2 tonnes, as compared to the global average of 6 tonnes. He said that despite this, India's pace of capacity addition of renewable energy is fastest in the world. The Minister said, by 2030, India's installed capacity from non-fossil resources will be 770 Giga Watts.
The OSOWOG initiative aims to connect different regional grids through a common grid that will be used to transfer renewable energy power, especially solar energy. The idea for the One Sun One World One Grid (OSOWOG) initiative was put forth by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, at the First Assembly of the ISA in October 2018. The OSOWOG Declaration was jointly released by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the then UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson at the COP26 Climate Meet in Glasgow in 2021. Its objective is to aid in developing a worldwide grid, through which clean energy can be transmitted anywhere, anytime.
