The first edition of Sunworld will be organised in Peru between 12 November and 14 November this year and the second edition is planned to be organised in Nairobi in November 2020. The third event in 2021 will either be organised in Indonesia or Australia.
New Delhi: International Solar Alliance (ISA), the global grouping of sunshine-rich countries led by India, is planning to launch global editions of its flagship industry event Re-Invest in response to the huge interest witnessed from the overseas entities.
As a first step, ISA has signed an agreement with South American nation Peru to organise RE-Invest in that country in November and the overseas avatar of the mega event will be known as Sun-World.
“The name of RE-Invest will change to Sun-World as it moves out of India,” Upendra Tripathy, Director General of ISA told ETEnergyWorld in an exclusive interview. “We would want RE-Invest to be organised outside India as a best practice but we will not be able to continue with the same name if it moves out to any other country,” he added.
Tripathy said multiple foreign nations have expressed interest in organising the large solar energy event in their own geographies and ISA has decided that the first Sun-World will be organised in Peru.
“We have signed an agreement with Peru and they have declared it as an event of national importance. The event is called ISA Peru LAC (Latin American Caribbean) Sunworld,” he said.
The first edition of Sunworld will be organised in Peru between 12 November and 14 November this year and the second edition is planned to be organised in Nairobi in November 2020. The third event in 2021 will either be organised in Indonesia or Australia.
He said that as part of the ritual a Kenyan minister will visit Peru and take the torch to his country for the next event while the Indonesian or Australian minister will visit Kenya to take the torch to his home country.
Tripathy also informed that industry body Associated Chambers of Commerce and Industry of India (ASSOCHAM) is planning to take a delegation of 30 industry leaders to Peru to participate in Sun-World this year.
The first RE-Invest in 2015 had 200 speakers from 29 countries and 2,800 delegates from 42 countries, including representatives of 578 Indian companies and 124 foreign ones.
RE-Invest had initially been planned to be organised annually, and the next event after February 15, 2015 had been scheduled for February 2016. The event was then delayed to November 2016 and thereafter to February 2017, when the venue was shifted from Delhi, where the first meet was held, to Gandhinagar in Gujarat.
The event was postponed again to December 2017, and the venue as well moved to India Expo Mart in Greater Noida. The fourth postponement was to April 2018 and then finally the 2nd Global RE-Invest was held between 3-5 October 2018 at India Expo Mart, Greater Noida, National Capital Territory of Delhi.
Tripathy also clarified that RE-Invest will continue to be organised in India annually. Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE) had recently stated India will host the third edition of its Global Renewable Energy Investors’ Meet & Expo (RE-INVEST) on 3-5 October, 2019 in New Delhi.
Source: energy.economictimes.indiatimes
