NITI Aayog inked a pact with US Energy Information Administration (EIA) to develop India’s energy data agency which would take 3-4 years to develop. The web portal will host all the data related to energy sector including oil & gas, coal, solar & thermal energy etc.

On the occasion, Environment, Forest and Climate Change Minister Anil Madhav Dave made a case for having a global energy data grid which clearly specified the use of clean and unclean (polluting) energy across the world to deal with the larger issue of climate change.

US Ambassador to India Richard R Verma said: “The real challenge (for India) is to provide power and energy to all. Growing at 8 per cent and still doing so in carbon neutral way is very very ambitious (in view of India’s 175 GW renewable energy target).” Niti Aayog also inked an SOP with US Agency for International Development (USAID) and UK’s Department of Energy & Climate Change (DECC) for collaboration in the area of energy research.

About US Energy Information Administration (EIA)

The U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) is a principal agency of the U.S. Federal Statistical System responsible for collecting, analyzing, and disseminating energy information to promote sound policymaking, efficient markets, and public understanding of energy and its interaction with the economy.