India is the world's fifth highest emitter of greenhouse gases. Measures to
cut emissions can cost 1.8-2.3 percent of India's GDP over this period.
Coal presently constitutes a little over 50 per cent of India’s energy mix.
It also relies on Petroleum and Natural gas on a large scale. Restrictions over
the use of these resources to cut carbon emissions can further hinder its
economic development. India is in desperate need of finding ways to reduce
emissions. Among the other means, Carbon capture and storage (CCS) can
prove to be a milestone for carbon emission cuts in India.
CCS applied to a modern conventional power plant could reduce CO2 emissions to the atmosphere by approximately
80-90% compared to a plant without CCS. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate
Change (IPCC) estimates that the economic potential of CCS could be between 10%
and 55% of the total carbon mitigation effort until year 2100.
Considering the above potential of CCS in reducing carbon emissions,
suggest innovative methods in which carbon can be captured and stored
(prevented from entering the atmosphere) including location of the facility.
- The method can be applied to any small scale/ large scale industry, automobiles etc. (any major source of carbon emissions).
- The stress is on carbon emission cuts (i.e. CO2)
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