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WHAT IS ISA?
Isolar resource rich countries lying fully or partially
From 40 nations to 68 and counting
The first assembly of ISA, held in October 2018,
was attended by representatives of 40 countries.
However, the Prime Minister said, the body needs
to move forward in the direction where these
options of solar energy do not remain confined to
the 100 or 125 nations located around the Tropic
of Capricorn rather the entire world should benefit
from it. The ISA is now proudly supported by 68
member countries, and further 20 countries are in
the process of becoming its members.
175 gigawatt electricity through non-fossil fuel
India has a set a target of 40 per cent of
electricity through non-fossil fuel resources by
the year 2030. India has doubled its renewable
energy generation capacity to 72 gigawatt in the
past four years. The solar power capacity has
also grown by nine times. Currently, non-hydro
renewable energy accounts for 20 per cent of the
total electricity produced by India. Now, India is
moving on the path to achieve the target of 175
gigawatt by the year 2022.
nternational Solar Alliance (ISA) is an alliance of
between the Tropics of Cancer and Capricorn. ISA
was jointly launched by Prime Minister Narendra
Modi, and the then President of France Francois
Hollande on November 30, 2015 in Paris, France on
the side-lines of the 21st Conference of Parties (CoP
21) to the United Nations Framework Convention on
Climate Change. The ISA Framework Agreement
was opened for signature on November 15,
2016 in Marrakech, Morocco, on the side-lines of
CoP-22.
Vision, Mission and Objective: The vision and
mission of the ISA are to provide a dedicated
platform for cooperation among solar resource rich
countries that lie completely or partially between
the Tropics of Capricorn and Cancer. Global
stakeholders, including bilateral and multilateral
organizations, corporates, and industry to make a
positive contribution to assist and help achieve the
common goals of increasing the use of solar energy
in meeting energy needs of prospective ISA member
countries in a safe, convenient, affordable, equitable
and sustainable manner. The objective of the ISA is
to mobilize member countries, seek commitments
from international organisations and mobilize
private sector, to support rural and decentralised
applications, access to affordable finance, island
and village solar mini grids, rooftop installations,
and solar e-mobility technologies.
Activities and programmes initiated by ISA
l Six programmes and two projects are underway
covering various aspects of solar energy
l A robust pipeline of more than $5 Billion has
been developed for solar energy applications
to meet lighting, irrigation, drinking water and
productive energy requirements of the ISA
member countries
l ISA has aggregated a demand for more than
2,70,000 solar pumps across 22 countries, more
than 1 GW of Solar Rooftop across 11 countries,
and more than 10 GW of Solar Mini-grids across
9 countries under its respective programmes
l It has framed a roadmap for mobilization of $1
Trillion by the year 2030
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