South Asia Clean Energy Forum (SACEF) 2024. Register here || Inviting applications for the SAREP Grants Annual Program Statement (APS) – FY2024. For more information click Here.

Opportunities: I. Request for Proposal (RFP) – Training and Capacity Building in the areas of ESG and sustainability. For more information click here. Last date: September 16, 2024. || II. Request for Quote (RFQ) – Optimum utilisation of Indian Railways (IR) Rooftop Solar (RTS) assets by integrating this with Auxiliary transformer of traction supply. For more information click here. Last date: September 17, 2024. || III. Request for Expression of Interest (RFEI) – Oversee state-level technical interventions and manage implementation of activities. For more information click here. Last date: September 26, 2024.

Introduction

India to achieve Net Zero Emissions by 2070
Bangladesh to reduce 22% Carbon Emissions by 2030
Bhutan to continue to be a Carbon-Negative country
Maldives to reduce 26% Emissions by 2030
Nepal to achieve Net-Zero Emissions by 2050
Sri Lanka to achieve 70% Renewable Energy by 2030

Key Interventions

Indian Railways
NTPC
Net Zero Cities, Campuses
and Buildings
EESL
NZEB Knowledge
Dissemination

Energy Efficiency- Energy efficiency policy & action plan- Low carbon cooling solutions
Renewable Energy- Strategy & action plan for renewables
eMobility – Business models & procurement of ‘e-mobility as a service’
Green Public Procurement- Innovative tenders & contracts

Net Zero Energy Transformation Plan for Townships
Net Zero Certification
Low Carbon District Cooling
Digitization for Real Time Carbon Management
Mobilizing Climate Finance

Nalanda University Net Zero Carbon Campus
TSREDCO Grid-Interactive Net Zero Energy Building
Sustainable Energy Transition Roadmap for Municipal Services & Transport for cities in South Asia

Vision & Strategy 2030 for ‘Enabling Net Zero’
Design & Implementation of programs
Innovative Business & Financing Models
Program Areas
Cooling
Buildings
Rooftop Solar
eMobility
Industries
Utilities
Cities
Villages

Web portal for Net Zero Energy Buildings
NZEB Knowledge Webinars
NZEB Training & Study tours

Key Achievements

MoU between USAID and EESL signed at the Clean Energy Ministerial 2023

Tenders for procurement of 20,000 Super-Efficient Air conditioners released

Indian Railways’ Energy Efficiency Policy and Action Plan released and adopted across all railway zones

Indian Railways’ tenders for procurement of Round The Clock (RTC) renewable energy awarded

Net Zero training program adopted by Indian Railway training institutes & Training of trainers conducted

Over 6200 GWh Energy Saving Potential

400+Railway Officials trained

Tenders for 20,000 super-efficient air conditioners

EESL’s Net Zero Vision and Strategy 2030 released

Tender for e-buses by Convergence Energy Services Limited (CESL) released

Indian Railways’ Renewable Energy Action Plan developed

Energy audit of more than 1,100 energy-intensive buildings conducted

Tenders for 2345MW Round the Clock RE

~3.3 GW RE Capacity addition

Tenders for 3825 e-buses released