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 – 2011:
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.
xv)
MoU
on cooperation in the field of New and Renewable Energy between the Ministry
of New and Renewable Energy of the Republic of India and Ministry of Power
of the Islamic Republic of Iran.
xvi)
MoU for the collaboration on Solar Energy Research and Development between
the Solar Energy Centre, Ministry of New and Renewable Energy Republic of
India and The National Renewable Energy Laboratory, United States Department
of Energy.
xvi)
MoU on India-Sweden Renewable Energy Cooperation between The Ministry of New
and Renewable Energy, Government of the Republic of India and The Ministry
of Enterprise, Energy and Communications of Sweden.
xvii)
MoU for the collaboration on Wind Energy Research and Development between
the Centre for Wind Energy Laboratory, Ministry of New and Renewable Energy
Republic of India and The National Renewable Energy Laboratory, United
States Department of Energy.
xviii)
Mou on India-Egypt Renewable Energy Cooperation between The Ministry of New
and Renewable Energy, Government of India and The Ministry of Electricity
and Energy of the Arab Republic of Egypt
xix)
Mou on India-Uruguway Renewable Energy Cooperation between The Ministry of
New and Renewable Energy, Government of Republic of India and The Government
of Uruguay
xx)
Mou on Renewable Energy Cooperation between Government of the Republic of
India and Government of the People's Republic of Bangladesh 
xxi)
Programme of Co-operation
between Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE), Government of India and
Centre for the Development of Industrial Technology (CDTI), Government of
Spain
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.