Proposed India-UAE interconnected power grid to give energy access to millions: Indian minister

Proposed India-UAE interconnected power grid to give energy access to millions: Indian minister

If a proposed India-UAE interconnected power grid is materialised, it will help give energy access to millions of people in South Asia and Southeast Asia, a senior Indian official told Gulf News. R.K. Singh, Indian Minister of Power and New and Renewable Energy, said in a recent interview in Abu Dhabi that the proposed project will also help India and the UAE to share renewable energy to enhance production of low-carbon fuels such as hydrogen and ammonia in each other’s country to meet export demand for such fuels from Europe, Japan and elsewhere. He said this while mentioning about India-UAE talks about a feasibility study on laying undersea cables between both countries to interconnect their power grids. Singh said he discussed the matter with Suhail bin Mohammed Al Mazrouei, Minister of Energy and Infrastructure, during his three-day official visit to the UAE from January 13 to 16. “Our assessment is that both regions will benefit from the project. The cost will be shared by both countries,” Singh revealed, adding that the feasibility study will estimate the actual cost of the project. The proposed interconnection of power grids is part of a mission announced by Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on