India to be testbed for implementing decarbonisation technologies globally, says GEAPP CEO

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Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. New Delhi: The Global Energy Alliance for People and Planet (GEAPP) plans to use India as a testbed for new decarbonisation technologies that would then be commercially operationalised in other developing countries.

"We can use India as a testbed where we can actually try innovative approaches to solve climate problems and then through that process, we expect to gain solutions that are actually workable in the developing world," Woochong Um, CEO of the organisation, told Mint in an interview. He said GEAPP is working on digitisation of a transmission grid in Rajasthan, using artificial intelligence to optimise its functioning, reduce circulation and provide better services.

Once the project is complete, GEAPP plans to showcase it at the UN Climate Change Conference (COP 30) in Brazil in November 2025. Um said that amid geopolitical uncertainty, India will be among the global leaders in sustainability, along with Brazil and South Africa.

Acknowledging concerns over countries moving away from their green targets, he said the emphasis and progress on sustainability will continue and developing countries like India would take the lead. "The world will pursue this green growth because that's where the opportunities will be and especially in countries like India – you have tremendous capital, human capital with skills and expertise and abundance and a relatively young population.

We at GEAPP are looking at bringing in global knowledge, global experience, global financing – public and private – here," he said. The GEAPP CEO said India’s strength in information technology and AI, along with cheaper labour costs, plays a major role in bringing in new clean energy solutions and implementing them