According to the report by ‘India:Transforming to a net-zero emissions energy system’ released by TERI (The Energy & Resources Institute) & Shell (otherwise known as Royal Dutch Shell plc), the Net Zero emissions in energy system in India is achievable by 2050.Amitabh Kant, CEO, NITI Aayog released the report.
- The report is one of the first assessments of the challenges that India would face if India were to move towards Net-zero emissions energy system.
Factors needed to achieve the target
- Suitable Policy and innovation driven context for deploying clean energy technologies on a massive scale.
- Development of new fuels, such as liquid biofuels and biogas, as well as hydrogen produced from Electrolysis.
- Carbon Removals (Technology & nature-based solutions) will have a major role in moving towards zero emissions.
Areas of Action – specified by report
The report highlights the transformations needed by India over the next 30 years for India to achieve the goal.
Accelerate Clean Technologies
- Growing the power sector by a factor of more than four in 30 years, dominated by renewables (around 90%).
- Fixing a target of 13% hydrogen in final energy, including as a fuel for industry and transport
- Transform Bioenergy, with liquid biofuels surpassing petroleum products by 2040 to field Industry, Transport & Aviation.
Support energy-efficient and lower-carbon choices
- Invest in processes, technologies and end uses to improve energy intensity per unit of GDP by almost 60% by 2050.
- Adopting economic mechanisms such as carbon trading to facilitate reallocation of capital and resources to support commercialization of new fuels & technologies.
Remove Carbon emissions
- Resort to Carbon sequestration to an extent of around 1.3 Gt CO2 or carbon capture and storage (CCS) to achieve net zero emissions by 2050.
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About The Energy & Resources Institute (TERI):
Director General – Dr Vibha Dhawan
Headquarters – New Delhi
About Shell:
Global CEO – Ben Van Beurden
Headquarters – The Hague, Netherlands
