⇒ The Union Minister of State for Power and Heavy Industries, Shri Krishan Pal Gurjar, chaired the “Meeting of BRICS Ministers of Energy” under the Chairship of India on 02 September 2021.
Participants:
Energy Ministers of BRICS Countries and delegates attended the 6th meeting of BRICS Energy Ministers.
BRICS Reports Launched:
During the Meeting, BRICS Energy Report 2021, BRICS Energy Technology Report 2021 and BRICS Energy Research Directory 2021 were launched by Shri Krishan Pal Gurjar, in the presence of the Energy Ministers of BRICS Countries.
Highlights of Union Minister Shri Gurjar Address:
- Emphasised upon the need of promoting energy efficiency and renewables to combat adverse effect of climate change.
- India also reiterated focus on one sun, one world and one grid as the initiative proposed by the Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi.
- India is committed to improving the quality of life of its citizens by ensuring adequacy of electricity availability. He said, “The ‘Power for All’ by 2022 program is a major step in this direction.
- India added 28 million consumers in just about 18 months, which was the fastest expansion access anywhere in the world.
Concluding event:
This Energy Ministers’ Summit of BRICS countries was the concluding event as part of the energy dialogue between member countries, since April 2021.
Various events like hydrogen webinar, building energy efficiency and battery storage were conducted and saw participation of large number of experts from these countries.
A joint communique was adopted by the BRICS countries during the 6th BRICS meeting of Energy Ministers.
Key areas of the joint communique:
- BRICS Cooperation in Energy Access and Affordability
- BRICS Cooperation in Energy Security and Clean Technology
- BRICS Cooperation in Energy Efficiency
- BRICS Cooperation for Energy Transitions
- BRICS Cooperation in Renewable Energy
- BRICS Energy Cooperation Framework
Important Note:
» The 25th World Energy Congress to be held in Saint-Petersburg, Russia in October 2022.
» The People’s Republic of China will take over as the chair of BRICS next year and host the 14th summit of the bloc in 2022.