{"id":101186,"date":"2020-09-16T08:55:43","date_gmt":"2020-09-16T08:55:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/?p=101186"},"modified":"2020-09-16T08:55:45","modified_gmt":"2020-09-16T08:55:45","slug":"world-solar-technology-summit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/world-solar-technology-summit\/","title":{"rendered":"World Solar Technology Summit"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Question:Consider the following with respect to first World Solar Technology Summit:<\/strong><br>(1) It has been organised by International Solar Alliance(ISA) and Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce &amp; Industry(FICCI).<br>(2) Two PSUs under the Ministry of Petroleum &amp; Natural Gas will be joining International Solar Alliance Coalition for Sustainable Climate Action.<br><strong>Which is\/are correct?<\/strong><br>(a) 1 only<br>(b) 2 only<br>(c) Both 1 and 2<br>(d) None of these<br><strong>Answer:(a)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Context:<\/li><li>Union Minister of Petroleum and Natural Gas has addressed the first World Solar Technology Summit.<\/li><li>Facts:<\/li><li>World Solar Technology Summit(WSTS): It has been organised by International Solar Alliance(ISA) and Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce &amp; Industry(FICCI).<\/li><li>Aim: To bring together key stakeholders to discuss the highlights of solar technologies, cost-wise; technology-wise, technology transfers, challenges and concerns in the field.<\/li><li>Key Takeaways:<\/li><li>PSU\u2019s: Five Public Sector Undertakings(PSUs) under the Ministry of Petroleum &amp; Natural Gas will be joining International Solar Alliance (ISA)\u2019s Coalition for Sustainable Climate Action(ISA-CSCA) as Corporate Partners.<\/li><li>Project Preparation Facility: It has been set up to develop bankable Solar Energy projects in ISA member countries with the help of EXIM Bank of India.<\/li><li>Additional Facts:<\/li><li>International Solar Alliance(ISA): It is a treaty-based international intergovernmental organization jointly launched by India and France on the side-lines of the COP 21 to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change in 2015.<\/li><li>Aim: To work for efficient exploitation of solar energy to reduce dependence on fossil fuels.<\/li><li>Objectives:<\/li><li>To collectively address key common challenges to scale up solar energy applications in line with their needs<\/li><li>To mobilize investments of more than USD 1000 billion by 2030;<\/li><li>To bring about a major decrease in the cost of solar energy<\/li><li>To scale up applications of solar technologies in member countries and facilitate collaborative research and development (R&amp;D).<\/li><li>Members: ISA Framework Agreement has been signed by 86 countries, with 68 having also deposited instruments of ratification.<\/li><li>Headquarters: Gurugram, India.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-right wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>By:Arpit Mishra<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Link:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/energy.economictimes.indiatimes.com\/news\/renewable\/world-solar-technology-summit-to-see-26k-participants-from-149-nations\/77988853#:~:text=M%20Stanley%20Whittingham%2C%20winner%20of,will%20also%20address%20the%20inaugural.\">https:\/\/energy.economictimes.indiatimes.com\/news\/renewable\/world-solar-technology-summit-to-see-26k-participants-from-149-nations\/77988853#:~:text=M%20Stanley%20Whittingham%2C%20winner%20of,will%20also%20address%20the%20inaugural.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Question:Consider the following with respect to first World Solar Technology Summit:(1) It has been organised by International Solar Alliance(ISA) and Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce &amp; Industry(FICCI).(2) Two PSUs under the Ministry of Petroleum &amp; Natural Gas will be joining International Solar Alliance Coalition for Sustainable Climate Action.Which is\/are correct?(a) 1 only(b) 2 only(c) [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":101187,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1131],"tags":[7422],"class_list":["post-101186","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-dssn","tag-current-affairs-science-news___en"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/101186","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=101186"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/101186\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":101188,"href":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/101186\/revisions\/101188"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/101187"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=101186"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=101186"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=101186"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}