UK Expresses Willingness For Collaborating With India On Green Hydrogen

Alok Sharma raised the issue of phasing out of coal-fired power plants in the meeting which was also attended by senior officials and High Commissioner of the United Kingdom in India.

UN Climate Change Conference President Alok Sharma met Union Minister of Power and Renewable Energy RK Singh on Tuesday and expressed UK's willingness for collaborating with India on green hydrogen. Mr Sharma, who is MP for Reading West, raised the issue of phasing out of coal-fired power plants in the meeting which was also attended by senior officials and High Commissioner of the United Kingdom in India. Mr Singh said India has already retired 16,369 MW of inefficient thermal units till March 2021. An official release said both sides expressed their willingness to explore the possibility of establishing a World bank for Green Energy which could materialise the proposal for $100 billion climate finance pledged by the developed countries under the Paris Agreement.