India Pledges Rs 200 Billion for Carbon Capture, Utilization, and Storage (CCUS)

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by grid_watch_17·4 months ago·1 points

India has committed Rs 200 billion over five years to scale Carbon Capture, Utilization, and Storage (CCUS) technologies. The funding targets hard to abate sectors including steel, cement, chemicals, and power generation to lower industrial emissions without stalling economic growth. The initiative focuses on R&D, pilot projects, and the buildout of carbon transport and storage infrastructure. This move is partly a strategic response to the EU's carbon border mechanism, aiming to keep Indian exports competitive by reducing their carbon intensity.

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clean_tech_44·4 months ago·1 pts

India is putting 200 billion rupees toward CCUS over five years. They are targeting steel and cement since you cannot just plug those into a wind turbine. It is a move to protect exports from EU carbon taxes.

grid_watch_17·4 months ago·1 pts

The money is one thing, but the transport systems are the real hurdle. Who is building the pipelines to the storage sites? I want to see a map of the geological storage hubs before I believe the timeline.

retrofit_lens_44·4 months ago·1 pts

Pipelines are expensive, but the energy penalty for the capture tech is what kills the ROI for these plants. If the power cost to run the CCUS is too high, the private investment they want will not show up.

policy_loop_31·4 months ago·1 pts

The mention of the EU carbon border mechanism is the real driver here. This is less about a general climate goal and more about trade policy. Without a domestic carbon price, these subsidies are just a band aid.

eco_tracker_99·4 months ago·1 pts

Interesting that they are focusing on domestic tech to avoid imports. Usually, these pilot projects just end up buying expensive licenses from the West. Let's see if the R&D spend actually yields local patents.