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The International Solar Alliance Enters into Force Today
Dec 06, 2017
New
Delhi, December 6, 2017: The International Solar
Alliance (ISA) became a treaty-based international inter-governmental
organization with ratification by Guinea as the 15th country, today. ISA
aims at large scale deployment of solar energy through better harmonization and
aggregation of demand from solar rich countries lying fully or partially
between the tropics of Cancer and Capricorn.
Applauding the Governments of India and France, Mr.
Pankaj R. Patel, President, FICCI said, "We congratulate the Government of
India and Government of France for their relentless effort in making ISA a
reality and enabling it to come into force within 2 years of its launch in
December 2015 in Paris. FICCI will be happy to work with ISA to bring
innovation to the forefront of the solar energy landscape. We are sure that
many more countries will realize the strong value proposition of ISA and ratify
the treaty in the coming months."
He congratulated Mr. Upendra Tripathy, the Interim Director
General of ISA, for his dynamic leadership in taking ISA to this level,
when they met in FICCI today.
FICCI Secretary General, Dr. Sanjaya Baru said "FICCI
believes ISA could harness the strengths and capabilities of private sector
companies engaged in advance Research and innovation as well as the prowess of
leading Research Institutions around the globe engaged in cutting edge research
for solar energy applications. ISA can play an instrumental role for bringing
various companies together for the deployment, manufacturing, R & D,
capacity building and skill generation in the solar space."
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