The US-India Business Council (USIBC) led a high-powered business delegation to the second edition of India Energy Week 2024 in Goa and appreciated India’s ‘global role’ in advancing energy transition for the world.

The USIBC delegation led by Ambassador Atul Keshap held a meeting with Union Petroleum Minister Hardeep Singh Puri, Advisor to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Tarun Kapoor, and Director of Energy Markets and Security at the International Energy Agency, Keisuke Sadamori.

The delegation attended the opening ceremony, where PM Modi shared with the delegates that India’s energy demand is expected to double by 2045 and the expected enhanced role of natural gas from 6 per cent to 15 per cent in India’s energy mix.

In addition to being a critical leader of India’s energy transformation and security, Hardeep Singh Puri’s championing of the India Energy Week highlights the ‘global role’ India is playing in advancing energy transition for the world,” USIBC said in a statement.

Notably, Mr Puri also co-chairs the US-India Strategic Clean Energy Partnership with US Secretary of Energy Jennifer Granholm.

The roundtable was also joined by Petroleum Secretary Pankaj Jain, during which the leaders explored potential areas of collaboration in oil and gas, the Global Alliance on Biofuels, and critical technologies like hydrogen, new fuels, energy storage, nuclear power, and Carbon Capture, Usage and Storage (CCUS), the statement added.