UPSC 2021 GS-III · 10 marks · 150 words

Explain the purpose of the Green Grid Initiative launched at World Leaders Summit of the COP26 UN Climate Change Conference in Glasgow in November, 2021. When was this idea first floated in the International Solar Alliance (ISA)?

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GGI-OSOWOG: interconnected transnational solar grids — 'the sun never sets' logic for round-the-clock renewables
Purpose: smooth intermittency across time zones, reduce storage cost, enable green-power trade; India-UK launch at COP26
First floated: OSOWOG at ISA's First Assembly, October 2018
Challenges named: financing, grid-interdependence geopolitics, technical harmonisation

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Explain the purpose of the Green Grid Initiative launched at World Leaders Summit of the COP26 UN Climate Change Conference in Glasgow in November, 2021. When was this idea first floated in the International Solar Alliance (ISA)?

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