Australia and India sign on bilateral Green Hydrogen Taskforce terms of reference
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has welcomed India's Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi to Australia for talks actioning previous discussions on energy and trade.
The visit follows on from a productive meeting in Hiroshima for the 2023 Quad Leaders’ Summit, and Albanese's visit to India in March for the Australia-India Annual Leaders’ Summit and is Albanese's sixth meeting with Prime Minister Modi.
Albanese's visit to India in March focused on the key pillars of the relationship between the two nations:
- Trade, investment and business cooperation;
- Defence and security cooperation;
- Climate and energy cooperation;
- And people-to-people links.
In their bilateral meeting yesterday, Prime Minister Modi and Albanese further built on those pillars.
Renewable energy was once again a focus and an important topic in their discussions, during which they witnessed the signing of the Terms of Reference of the Australia-India Green Hydrogen Taskforce.
"The Taskforce will comprise Australian and Indian experts in renewable hydrogen and report to the Australian-Indian Ministerial Energy Dialogue on the opportunities which are there for Australia and India to cooperate in this important area of renewable hydrogen."
"Investments like the taskforce will help power our industries in the future, and ensure that Australia and India meet our energy targets in the interests of both our respective countries, but also in support of reduction of global emissions", Albanese said.
