Ladakh set to host India’s first geothermal power plant in Puga Valley
With this move, the remote Puga Valley, located at an altitude of over 14,000 feet, is poised to become the cradle of India’s geothermal energy revolution.
Upcoming India Energy Week (IEW) 2026 will bring global energy leadership together in Goa, Union Minister for Petroleum and Natural Gas Hardeep Singh Puri said on Friday.
“India Energy Week (IEW) 2026, to be held on 27-30 January at ONGC ATI in Goa, will bring together global energy ministers, industry leaders, policymakers, financial institutions, academia, and technology providers at a defining moment for the global energy sector,” Puri said while addressing the curtain raiser press conference on IEW 2026.
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Describing IEW as the first major international energy event of the year, the Minister said the platform will focus on strengthening energy security, catalysing investment and advancing practical decarbonisation pathways.
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Highlighting the growing global stature of the event, Puri noted that India Energy Week has expanded significantly year-on-year since its inception. While the inaugural edition in 2023 witnessed participation of around 30,000 delegates and 316 exhibitors, the event grew to over 45,000 participants in 2024 and 68,000 participants in 2025.
IEW 2026 is expected to be the largest edition so far, with over 75,000 delegates, more than 600 exhibitors, including 180 international exhibitors, over 500 global speakers and over 120 conference sessions.
The Minister underlined that the scale and diversity of participation reflects India’s rising leadership role in shaping the global energy dialogue.
Puri informed that 17 Ministers and Deputy Ministers from countries including UAE, Canada, Netherlands, Oman, Brunei, Myanmar, Tanzania and others have confirmed their participation, along with international organisations such as the International Energy Forum, BIMSTEC and the Eurasian Economic Union.
He said the exhibition will be organised across 11 thematic zones hosted by leading public sector undertakings, covering areas such as digitalisation and AI, hydrogen, renewable energy, petrochemicals, biofuels, LNG ecosystem, city gas distribution, Make in India and net-zero solutions, with new additions including a Nuclear Energy Zone and a Sustainable Aviation Fuel Zone.
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