Kerry visit marks India, US shifting gears for clean energy partnership

India and the United States have realigned their energy partnership to focus on clean enThe two countries had launched the realigned Strategic Clean Energy Partnership (SCEP) last week. An official statement said this SCEP is launched in accordance with the US -India Climate and Clean Energy Agenda 2030 Partnership announced by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and President Joe Biden at the Leaders Summit on Climate held in April this yearly.
India and the US had decided to revamp their strategic partnership to focus on clean energy sectors such as biofuels and hydrogen after the Joe Biden administration took charge. This is a shift from the partnership efforts under Donald Trump that focused more on shale exploration and Liquefied Natural Gas deals. In March this year, the two countries said they will intensify efforts to take advantage of advanced US technologies and India's rapidly growing energy market. John Kerry, the US President’s Special Envoy, will oversee the launch of the Climate Action and Finance Mobilisation Dialogue during his two-day visit to India starting Sunday.