Vision for affordable and reliable clean energy system needs to be revived

Dr. Harsh Vardhan lauded Mission Innovation’s contribution for accelerating clean energy innovation and emphasized Mission Innovation’s role in mobilizing greater public and private investments and partnerships to move the innovation needle.

Mission Innovation’s goal is to accelerate global clean energy innovation. Announced on 30th November 2015, as world leaders came together in Paris to undertake ambitious measures to combat climate change. Mission Innovation (MI) is a global initiative of 24 countries and the European Union to accelerate global clean energy innovation dramatically. The first phase has shown that work done under Innovation Challenges (ICs) have mobilized in a relatively short period, relying on members’ leadership and voluntary efforts to advance IC objectives. These resources have dramatically accelerated the availability of the advanced technologies that will define a future global energy mix which is clean, affordable, and reliable.

Speaking on occasion, the Union Minister of Science & Technology, Earth Sciences, Health and Family Welfare, Dr. Harsh Vardhan  lauded Mission Innovation’s contribution for accelerating clean energy innovation and emphasised Mission Innovation’s role in mobilising greater public and private investments and partnerships to move the innovation needle. The Minister underlined the importance of collaborative scientific efforts to realize the vision of affordable and reliable clean energy system and reiterated India’s pledge to pursue a sustainable future through research-led innovations. Dr. Harsh Vardhan emphasised the need to strengthen the collective efforts towards more significant MI 2.0 and wished MI fraternity all success in its new phase and new endeavors.

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