World Bank keen to aid solar mission
The World Bank is keen to become part of India’s National Solar Mission and has offered end-to-end solutions—from conceptualisation to funding—for the implementation of the ambitious power generation capacity addition envisaged by the government under the programme. The multilateral bank is currently holding discussions with the ministry of new and renewable energy, the nodal agency for the implementation of the solar mission, says a senior executive of the Bank.
The World Bank has proposed that India sets up a knowledge platform to create awareness about the benefits of solar energy by disseminating information about latest developments in the developed world. ‘‘The purpose is to get a critical mass of people to understand what is happening in the US and Europe,’’ Salman Zaheer, World Bank’s sector manager for its South Asia energy programme told reporters here. He was making a presentation on Supporting Low Carbon Energy Growth in India: Role of the..
