FIIA Spotlight on Energy Transition #4: India: from critical minerals to nuclear power

India is emerging as a major power in renewable energy production, currently ranking fourth in the world in terms of installed renewable capacity and spurred by plans to increase non-fossil fuel-based electric power capacity to 50% by 2030. With considerable domestic reserves of critical minerals that are crucial for renewable energy production, India has an advantage not only to innovate and further develop the sector but also to boost its position in geostrategic competition with other players in the field. In addition, the country continues to invest heavily in nuclear energy, which expands its potential for low-carbon production. The choices that India makes will have implications on the low-carbon transition at a global scale.

This webinar will consider the geopolitical ramifications of India’s low-carbon transition. How is India working towards securing resilient and self-reliant supply chains for critical minerals? How is it using and cultivating international partnerships to promote not only clean energy targets but also geostrategic aspirations? What kind of implications will this have on India’s relations with other regional and global powers, particularly China? To what extent is the aim of safeguarding renewable energy supply chains seen as an issue of national security?

Speakers:
Dhanasree Jayaram, Assistant Professor at Manipal Academy of Higher Education (MAHE), Karnataka, India

Ramu C. M., Senior Geopolitical Analyst, APAC Assistance, Singapore

Pallavi Pal, Doctoral candidate, University of Tampere

Chair: Emma Hakala, Leading Researcher, Finnish Institute of International Affairs

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