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An Assessment of CO2 Reduction Potential from Carbon Sequestration Versus Renewable Energy Targets in India

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Climate Change and Green Chemistry of CO2 Sequestration

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Carbon management from the energy sector is a key challenge before the nations. India as a nation is undergoing rapid economic and social transitions requiring diversified energy resources to meet basic energy needs of the people. India is having a 7% share in the world coal resources, and coal has been the dominant fuel for energy. Several policies that work toward climate change control by reducing or avoiding greenhouse gas emissions, exist. This chapter describes India’s energy scene, trends in coal consumption, and India’s renewable energy targets. To assess the potential of CO2 sequestration—carbon capture, utilization, and storage, in mitigating emissions from the Indian industry—CO2 emission scenarios need to be generated. Using basic assumptions from Coal Vision 2030, the CO2 emission projections in three scenarios of high coal, business-as-usual, and high renewable energy, without and with CO2 sequestration are calculated for 2017–2030. The current national and international CO2 sequestration research is highlighted.

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Abbreviations

ADB:

Asia Development Bank

BAU:

Business as Usual

BCS:

Best case Scenario

CCUS:

Carbon capture, Utilization, and storage

CDIAC:

Carbon Dioxide Information Analysis Center

CEA:

Central Electricity Authority

CSMCRI:

Central Salt & Marine Chemicals Research Institute

GISS:

Goddard Institute of Space Studies

HELE:

High-efficiency Low-emission

IEA:

International Energy Agency

IES:

Indian Energy Scenario

IESS:

India Energy Security Scenario

IIASA:

International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis

IITB:

Indian Institute of Technology, Mumbai

IGCAR:

Indira Gandhi Centre for Atomic Research

IGCC:

Integrated Gasification Combined Cycle

IGFC:

Integrated Gasification Fuel Cells

MANIT:

Maulana Azad National Institute of Technology

MI:

Mission Innovation

MNRE:

Ministry of New and Renewable Sources of Energy

NAPCC:

National Action Plan of Climate Change

NDC:

National Determined Contribution

NETRA:

NTPC Energy Technology Research Alliance

RCN:

Research Council of Norway

SECI:

Solar Energy Corporation of India

TREC-STEP:

Tiruchi Regional Engineering College—Science and Technology Entrepreneurs Park

UNEP:

United Nations Environment Programme

UNFCCC:

U.N. Framework Convention on Climate Change

UNFPA:

United Nation Population Fund

WUSTL:

Washington University at ST. Louis

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Goel, M., Pal, R., Sharma, A. (2021). An Assessment of CO2 Reduction Potential from Carbon Sequestration Versus Renewable Energy Targets in India. In: Goel, M., Satyanarayana, T., Sudhakar, M., Agrawal, D.P. (eds) Climate Change and Green Chemistry of CO2 Sequestration. Green Energy and Technology. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-16-0029-6_3

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