Chennai, May 14 -- The IIT Madras Energy Consortium has signed a MoU with Energy Systems Catapult (ESC), a leading UK government-backed innovation Centre supporting the transition to a net-zero energy system, to work on energy innovation and sustainability.

This partnership opens new opportunities for cross-border knowledge exchange, applied research, and commercialisation of clean energy technologies, a release from IIT-Madras said on Wednesday.

Launched in 2015 by Innovate UK, ESC is part of a network of nine world-leading technology and innovation centres. The Catapult Network fosters collaboration between industry, government, research organisations, academia, and many others to transform great ideas into valuable products and servic...