India to Include Laos in Planned Global Electricity Grid
India is poised to include Laos in plans for a global electricity grid, in response to an evolving energy security architecture.
The country will present proposals for the grid at the second general assembly of the International Solar Alliance (ISA) to be held in New Delhi from October 30 to November 2, Livemint reported.
Apart from Laos, India aims to initially link countries including Myanmar, Thailand, Cambodia and Vietnam.
India is now the world’s third-largest electricity producer and is already supplying power to Bangladesh and Nepal while actively calling for countries in South Asia to consolidate efforts to improve energy interconnectivity through the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation.
“We already have electricity grid connectivity with Nepal, Bhutan and Bangladesh,” said India’s Power and New and Renewable Energy Minister Raj Kumar Singh, as quoted by Livemint.
