IAC Background
The Industry Advisory Council (IAC) is conceived as a convening forum for organizations with interests in renewable energy in India and the U.S. with a view to share information, knowledge and expertise and cooperate to achieve Greening the Grid’s mutually beneficial objectives. The initiative will support overall private sector participation in Renewable Energy development with particular focus on grid integration of variable renewable energy. A key element of IAC will be development of a Business to Business (B2B) database that will facilitate peer to peer exchanges and gather necessary interests and information.
Under the USAID’s GTG Program, the central component is the Renewable Integration and Sustainable Energy (RISE) Initiative that focuses on the implementation of the pilot projects, which are multi-implementer work programs aimed at testing and evaluating building blocks to improve renewable energy (RE) integration in India’s state and national power grids. The IAC will support GTG-RISE in this effort recognizing the strong interest of the private sector to contribute to India’s target of 175GW of renewable energy in the power system.
IAC Objectives
The IAC aims to leverage public and private sector business resources in both the U.S. and India to promote commercially viable solutions for the integration of variable RE into the power grid. It will work in close partnership with both the U.S. and Indian Government agencies to provide coordinated private sector support in achieving its objectives. The key objectives and functions of IAC are listed below:
Structure of IAC
IAC would be a public-private industry council with representation from relevant private and public sector firms including producers, manufacturers, service providers, financiers, utilities, industry bodies and associations. It will be formed as an independent council hosted under a prominent trade chamber for synergizing U.S. - India economic engagement.
IAC will work closely with the U.S. and Indian government and partner agencies to achieve the objective of GTG-RISE initiative. The members will have a shared commitment to develop an ecosystem for collaboration and partnership for activities which help to promote trade through mutually agreed goals. The IAC would organize into working groups based on the number of members and the level of interest generated in any of the technical solution areas aligned to the overall grid integration objective.
Our Partners
Greening the Grid (GTG): India plans to deploy 175 GW of renewable energy (RE) on its power grid by 2022, aimed at strengthening the country’s energy security and reducing its carbon intensity. Compared to conventional power, RE options are more variable, less predictable. For additional information, please access https://gtg-india.com/
The US-India Strategic Partnership Forum (USISPF): The US-India Strategic Partnership Forum (USISPF) is a non-profit organization, with the primary objective of strengthening the U.S.-India bilateral and strategic partnership. To achieve these goals, USISPF works closely together with businesses and government leaders, both at the local as well as federal levels. USISPF has an established presence across both countries, with teams in New York, Silicon Valley, Washington DC, Mumbai, and New Delhi. For further information, please visit https://www.usispf.org/
United States Energy Association (USEA) : United States Energy Association (USEA) is the U.S Member Committee of the World Energy Council, the UN-accredited global energy body that advises global energy leaders and countries on energy resource management. For additional information, please access www.usea.org/.