Piyush Goyal, Ibrahim Baylan reviewed next Phase of Indo- Swedish Collaboration in Energy Sector

Power, Coal, New & Renewable Energy and Mines Minister ,Piyush Goyal and Swedish Minister for Policy Coordination & Energy, Ibrahim Baylan  reviewed next Phase of Indo- Swedish Collaboration in Energy Sector.

Goyal during his 3 day visit from November 1-3 , had a bilateral meeting with the Swedish Minister for Policy Coordination and Energy. Both sides referred to the existing MoU on Renewable Energy Cooperation and reviewed the current cooperation in the energy sector and discussed on the next steps to enhance collaboration especially in waste-to-energy, energy efficiency, transmission and distribution, hydropower, electro-mobility, smart grids, smart metering, solar energy, water treatment, and mining.

The Ministerial delegation participated in three Round Tables on: (i) Green Financing and Investment; (ii) Smart Grid & Energy Solutions; (iii) Smart Cities, Electro Mobility and Waste to Energy; and (iv) Energy Efficient Mining and Mine automation/optimization.

The official delegation included senior government officials from the Ministry of Power, Ministry of New and Renewable Energy and a large business delegation and representation from CII and FICCI.