New Delhi bats for integrated energy grid in South Asia
NEW DELHI: Examples of regional cooperation from many parts of the world such as south-east Asia and the Gulf region show how challenges in the creation of an integrated energy grid could be overcome, Indian foreign secretary Harsh Vardhan Shringla said on Wednesday.
An integrated grid would attract investment, result in infrastructure creation, and strengthen sub-regional cooperation, he said at the Research and Information System for Developing Countries, a New Delhi-based autonomous policy research institute.
“Inadequate transmission infrastructure or unnecessary duplication, lack of guarantee of power availability or offtake, insufficient coordination among national authorities, technical differences, and regulatory mismatch, are among the numerous challenges,” Shringla said.
