Jerusalem, November 27: Taking about India's vital initiative to reduce carbon pollution using solar energy, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Thursday said Israel is India's partner in its quest for a future with low carbon and pollution levels.

 

 

He also exuded solar energy would constitute over 25 percent of his country's energy supply by 2030 while addressing a digital conference of the India-led International Solar Alliance (ISA).

 

"We want a future with less carbon and less pollution, a future based on green energy and that's why I welcome this vital initiative by Prime Minister (Narendra) Modi and I want to assure you that Israel is your partner in this quest," a government release quoted Netanyahu as saying.

 

I believe that the most important renewable energy is ingenuity and innovation. And all the countries represented here, beginning with India and Israel, and all of you, are committed to seizing innovation in order to seize the future. And on that I think we can all be very, very hopeful," he said on Thursday.

 

Noting that the sun is almost the exclusive source of renewable energy in his country, he said that approximately 10 percent of Israel's energy consumption originates in solar energy. Solar energy would constitute over 25 percent of Israel's energy supply by 2030. He also obstacles to conserving solar energy would have to be overcome to ensure supply on days when there is no sun.

 

It should be noted that Netanyahu attended the digital conference on the personal invitation of his Indian counterpart Narendra Modi. Indian was re-elected as a resident of the ISA for a term of two years at its third assembly in October.