Joint Statement reviewed progress made under partnership to promote clean energy innovation and accelerate clean energy transitions.

• Both sides highlighted joint efforts under five core pillars i.e. Power and Energy Efficiency, Responsible Oil and Gas, Renewable Energy, Emerging Fuels and Technologies, and Sustainable Growth. 

Key Initiatives highlighted at SCEP Ministerial

• Renewable Energy Technology Action Platform: Launched in 2023 for developing actionable roadmaps for hydrogen, long duration energy storage, offshore wind, etc. through incubation-investment-industry networks.
• Launch of National Centre for Hydrogen Safety in India.
• Public-private Energy Storage Task Force to address policy frameworks, safety, manufacturing and supply chains, etc.
  • Launch Projects like technical feasibility study of Battery Energy Storage System (BESS) in Assam and BESS pilots in Haryana.
  • Recognized pumped storage as a long-term energy storage option.
• Engagement on Sustainable Aviation Fuels (SAF) to support training supply chain capacity building, fuel certification, etc.
• New developments in smart grid under US-India CollAborative for Smart DiStribution System wIth Storage (UI-ASSIST) program (funded by US Department of Energy & India's Department of Science & Technology).
  • UI-ASSIST program bridges gap between smart grid, storage, and renewable energy research and it is under U.S.-India Partnership to Advance Clean Energy-Research (PACE-R).