136 Indian trainees trained in Japan on Clean Coal Technology by 2011

This joint statement records the outcomes of the Fifth India-Japan Energy Dialogue held in New Delhi on April 30, 2012, where both countries agreed to intensify cooperation in energy efficiency, conservation, renewable energy, and infrastructure development.

Who it concerns: The agreement involves India and Japan, specifically the Planning Commission of India, the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry of Japan, the Energy Conservation Center (Japan), the Petroleum Conservation Research Association (PCRA), the Bureau of Energy Efficiency (BEE), New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization (NEDO), and the Economic Research Institute for ASEAN and East Asia (ERIA). It affects sectors including iron and steel, textile, transport, electricity generation, and renewable energy industries.

What was agreed

• Intensify cooperation in energy efficiency, conservation, and environmental issues.
• Expand consultation between public and private sectors to strengthen bilateral energy cooperation.
• Continue studies on Japan’s energy-saving technologies for the Indian iron and steel industry.
• Explore the possibility of establishing a second Regional Energy Efficiency Center (REEC) in India.
• Cooperate on electricity infrastructure, including highly efficient coal-fired power generation and pumped-storage power generation.
• Discuss the possibility of Japan’s contribution to India’s National Solar Mission (targeting 22 GW capacity by 2022).
• Work on methane hydrates and ensure stability/transparency in the LNG market.
• Enhance nuclear safety cooperation based on lessons from the Fukushima Daiichi accident.
• Support ERIA to encourage clean coal technology in India and research East Asian electricity networks.
• Hold the sixth India-Japan Energy Dialogue in Japan in the latter part of 2012.

Also in the document

• A total of 136 Indian trainees had been trained in Japan in Clean Coal Technology by 2011.
• The National Solar Mission aims for a total photovoltaic power generation capacity of 22 GW by 2022.
• NEDO model projects for coke dry quenching and diesel generator fuel-switching were completed in 2011.
• A model project to reduce ash content in Indian coal is advancing on a commercial scale with a target completion by 2012.