Context:
India is considering expanding its solar STAR-C initiative, run by the International Solar Alliance(ISA), to a number of Pacific Island countries.
About STAR-C Initiative:
- Objective:
- To support capacity-building efforts in the ISA member countries through training.
- To create a skilled workforce for large-scale deployment of solar energy applications and research, development, innovation, standardization and testing in solar energy.
Additional Information:
About International Solar Alliance (ISA):
- ISA was unveiled by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and then French President Francois Hollande at the U.N. Climate Change Conference in Paris in 2015.
- Aim: To form a coalition of solar resource-rich countries to collaborate on addressing the identified gaps in their energy requirements through a common approach.
- Membership: The ISA is open to 121 prospective member countries, most of them located between the Tropics of Cancer and Capricorn as this is the region worldwide with a surplus of bright sunlight for most of the year.
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News Source: Livemint
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