Ministry of New and Renewable Energy
International
Bilateral/Multilateral Cooperation Frameworks between India and other
countries for cooperation in New and Renewable Energy.
The Indian Renewable
Energy Programme has received increased recognition internationally in
recent years. Many countries evinced interest in cooperation with India for
promotion of new and renewable energy. The Ministry of New and Renewable
Energy has been interacting with developed and developing countries for
cooperation in New and Renewable Energy. The focus of the interaction for
cooperation has been to explore opportunities for exchange of scientists to
share experience and for taking up joint research, design, development,
demonstration and manufacture of new and renewable energy systems/devices by
R&D institutions/organizations of both countries and thereby establishing
institutional linkages between institutions of India and other countries.
Bilateral/multilateral cooperation frameworks have been established for
cooperation.
2. The following MoUs have
been signed during the period 2007 – 2009:
i)
MoU between the Ministry of New and
Renewable Energy, Government of India and the Department of Energy of the
USA on Cooperation in the Development of Bio-fuels.
ii)
MoU on Indo-Denmark New and Renewable
Energy Cooperation between Ministry of New and Renewable Energy, Government
of the India and the Ministry of Climate and Energy, Government of the
Kingdom of the Denmark.
iii)
MoU among the Government of the Republic
of South Africa, Government of the Federative Republic of Brazil and the
Government of the Republic of India on Cooperation in Wind Resources.
iv)
Protocol on Cooperation in New and
Renewable Energy between the Government of the Republic of India and the
Government of the Republic of Cuba for the Biennium 2007-2009.
v)
MoU on Indo-Iceland Renewable Energy
Cooperation between the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy, Government of
India and the Ministry of Industry of the Republic of Iceland.
vi)
MoU on New and Renewable Energy
Cooperation between Ministry of New and Renewable Energy and Department of Resources, Energy & Tourism,
Government of Australia. 
vii)
Agreement between the Ministry of New
and Renewable Energy, Government of India and the University of
Saskatchewan, Canada on Indo-Canadian Renewable Energy Cooperation.
viii)
MoU on Indo-Italian Renewable Energy
Cooperation between the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy, Government of
India and the Ministry for Environment, Land and Sea of Italy.
ix)
MoU on Cooperation in the field of New
and Renewable Energy, Government of the India and the Secretariat of Energy
of the United Mexican States.
x)
MoU between the Ministry of New and
Renewable Energy, Government of India and the Department of Energy, Republic
of The Philippines on Enhanced Cooperation in the Field of Renewable Energy.
xi)
MoU between Ministry of New and
Renewable Energy, Government of India and the Ministry of Energy, Government
of The Kingdom of Thailand on Enhanced Cooperation in the field of
Renewable Energy.
xii)
MoU on Cooperation in the Field of New
and Renewable Energy between the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy, the
Government of India and the National Energy Commission, Republic of Chile.
Xiii)
MoU on India-Scotland Renewable Energy
Cooperation between the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy and The
Government of Scotland.
Xiv)
MoU between The Ministry of New and Renewable Energy
of the Republic of India and The Ministry of Industry, Tourism and Trade of
the Kingdom of Spain in the field of Renewable Energy.
3. The detailed MoUs in
respect of the above cooperation programmes signed by both countries are
annexed. In addition, interaction with USA and Japan for cooperation in New
and Renewable Energy is pursued under India-US Energy Dialogue and
India-Japan Energy Dialogue, respectively. Interaction with EU for
cooperation in New and Renewable Energy is pursued under India-EU Energy
Panel. A multilateral cooperation framework called Asia-Pacific Partnership
on Clean Development and Climate (APPCDC) enables interaction for
cooperation with USA, China, South Korea, Japan, Canada and Australia.