India may not reap geopolitical dividends from ISA: Study
India’s efforts to use its solar energy feats as ‘soft power’ to enhance its geopolitical clout in the global arena may not be all that successful. According to a research paper published recently, India’s efforts to use the International Solar Alliance (ISA) as a vehicle for the purpose suffers from some serious shortcomings.
In 2015, India together with France founded ISA as an international organisation for promoting solar electricity in countries that mostly fall in the sunshine-rich belt between the tropic of Cancer and Capricorn.
ISA, headquartered in New Delhi, has identified as many as 121 countries which can harness solar energy in a big way to meet part of their electricity needs.
