ISA to unveil first multi-nation bidding platform for solar power: DG

It is a unique moment in ISA's history. It took 25 years to build the first 1,000 GW of solar capacity - and just two years to add the next 1,000 GW

International Solar Alliance (ISA), the global treaty-based organisation launched by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in 2015, is set to announce the world's first multi-country joint bidding platform for solar-cum-storage power at its eighth Assembly in Delhi on Monday. In an interview with Sudheer Pal Singh in New Delhi, ISA Director General Ashish Khanna shares the larger vision behind the initiative, among other key priority areas for the alliance. Edited excerpts:      

 

What is the significance of the discussions taking place at the 8th ISA Assembly beginning Monday?

 

It is a unique moment in ISA's history. It took 25 years