Wednesday, April 28, 2010

EMPower Workshop on

Large-Scale Solar Power in Asia

The EMPower workshop on large-scale solar power in Asia, jointly funded by the German Federal Ministry for Economic Development & Cooperation (BMZ) and UNEP, is being organised on 26th and 27th April in New Delhi. The workshop is co-hosted by the German Development Bank KfW and Reliance Power, and supported by India's Ministry of New & Renewable Energy and Ministry of Power. The Minister for New & Renewable Energy, Dr. Farooq Abdullah, inaugurated the opening session at the Taj Mahal Hotel in New Delhi.


The first EMPower workshop was organised in Berlin. The second capacity building workshop is now being hosted in India. This international workshop brings together 170 participants, mostly CEO’s from leading solar companies and senior government officials from India, Germany and the Philippines.


EMPower stands for Exploring and Motivating Sustainable Power Markets. The objective of the EMPower Initiative is to provide a platform for leading practitioners from utilities and solar industries in India, Germany, and the Philippines to present their views on market barriers in mainstreaming solar energy into India. The dialogue with high-level stakeholders from government agencies focuses on possible solutions that help implementing large-scale solar projects in Asian countries, specifically in India.


Apart from devising an action plan for solar energy professionals for better and effective implementation of solar energy related programmes, the workshop provides an opportunity to network with high level representatives from some of the world's largest solar companies, policy makers, utilities, financial sector and development organisations.


The workshop is concluding today afternoon with the EMPower Declaration New Delhi”. In this document the participants will compile key findings of the workshop, including proposals addressed to investors, policy makers and regulators for the promotion of large-scale solar plants in India and in the Philippines.

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